First up a confession: I'm a total PES devotee. I've been playing Konami's football franchise ever since it burst onto the PS2 back in 2001. I've bought and played every version since, and consider myself something of a PES connoisseur.

Before...

We knew that Pro Evolution Soccer 3D for the 3DS would be coming in the "launch window", but now we know exactly when it'll be kicking-off; 25 March, the same date the 3DS itself lands.

"PES 2011 3D has been selected as one of the launch titles...

Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series is big business over in Japan (although it goes by the title Winning Eleven in the land of the Rising Sun).

So it's no surprise that the developer has got on board with the latest handheld console to hit...

It's obvious if you read Pocket-lint's comprehensive reviews of Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 and FIFA 11 that EA Sports was, once again, the undoubted winner in the football sim franchise battle last year.

And, if further proof was needed, then...

During its CES keynote Microsoft mentioned that some big game titles would be coming to its latest mobile OS, Windows Phone 7, and a few of these titles have now been detailed. The line-up includes PES 2011 and a new Fable title.

Starting with...

We at Pocket-lint are a fair bunch. And so, when it comes to deciding which apps to feature in App of The Day, we like to make sure that we're giving everyone a shot.

And, seeing as how we gave EA Sport's FIFA 11 iPhone version the once over,...

It was talked up as the battle of the football sim heavyweights.

But, rather than being a Barcelona v Real Madrid El Clasico, it has turned out to be a bit like a one sided, Spain v San Marino, style drubbing, with EA's effort far-outselling...

Konami has announced that the first DLC content for Pro Evolution Soccer is coming on 12 October, just 4 days after its UK release.

The news will be welcomed by the PES community, with players already frustrated that all of the summer wheeling...

Just as PES 2011 gears up for release (on 8 October), the end of the real-life PES 2010 world championship season is in sight.

The PES 2010 World Finals are to be held in Majorca on 25 September and Konami is, for the first time, to stream...

And so it begins. Konami is not one to be outdone, so has also put its playable demo of PES 2011 up for download on Xbox Live, PlayStation Store and at www.konami-pes2011.com, for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC respectively.

The demo allows you to play...

FIFA or Pro Evo? EA or Konami? It's the debate that won't seem to go away. Every year the rivalry intensifies and even here at Pocket-lint Towers we have argued long into the night as to what is the king of the footie sim? And, as the 2011 versions...

iPhone owners will be able to play the latest incumbent of the world's best football sim franchise (says the honourable gentleman on the left) on their handsets from October 2010.

The date was confirmed at the Konami stand at Gamescom 2010,...

Order, order. When the rabble have quite reduced their rambunctiousness I would like to call the Honourable Gentleman to the Left, from the ward of Shroppham-in-the-Frotting; and the Honourable Gentleman to the Right, of Bunting-upon-Herbert, to approach...

Konami has released this preview video of the latest instalment of the massively popular Pro Evolution Soccer series, PES 2011.

The trailer shows off a few of the new features in the game, including a completely revamped tactics area, with...