Attention all Enchanted Folk players - There is a special broom for July called the "Spoon Broom" which you can get via Wi-Fi connection. Try flying around the town with the silver spoon. How lovely!



During end July, if you hear someone talking to you at the depth of the forest, listen to them carefully. They are talking to you using some magic spells and asking you to make their wish come ture.Try to make their wish come true!

Hello. Hatsumi again.

Sorry it's been a while since the team blogged. We've been focusing so hard on the development. We'll provide more regular updates from now on.

Today, I would like to explain online play for PES 2010. I'm really
aware how important an issue online play is to the fans and we know
we've got to get it right this year.

We have been thoroughly studying technologies in order to address all the feedback we've heard about PES2008 and PES2009. It's been a long process - there's been many, many aspects to think about.

However, I'd like to say here and now that not only have we fixed the lag and warp problems of the past, but we thoroughly overhauled the entire online system! I know people are going to want to see proof of this, but I'm 100% confident in my predictions.

Trying to explain everything in detail would get much too complicated (and boring!), but put simply we have adopted an enhanced version of the system used for PES6 examining the experience we had with PES2008 and PES2009, which guarantees a rewarding level of play control as well asno lag & warp problems. We're really excited by the results.

In addition to the enhanced system, we are going to implement a new feature with which you can play various competitions with others users from all over Europe and another feature which provides several options specifically to enjoy with your registered friends.

Stay tuned and we'll give you more info when we can!

Naoya Hatsumi
Producer

Hi all.

Just wanted to post some pics from our Messi mocap session. If you want
to know more about the day, take a look at my last blog.

Enjoy.
Jon.

You might meet a Kappa one day at the end of June, when summer is just around the corner. Kappa seems quite cautious, so be careful when you try and talk to it.

There is a special broom for June called the "Bone Broom" which you can get via Wi-Fi Connection. How about combining it with the "Skeleton Mask" which you can get at some other place?

Another busy week in the world of PES. I was in Barcelona last week for the mocap session with Leo Messi. We flew in the day of the Champions League celebrations and the place had gone mad. Basically the whole of the city was out on the streets celebrating. What an atmosphere.

I think Leo was suffering a little the following day at the start of the capture session, but he put on a brave face and we got his motions. We also got some great interview footage which you'll be able to see soon on a new website.

The other big news of course is E3. Unfortunately I couldn't make the show, but I'll be interested to see the reaction to the video. It's just a teaser of course, but it has been produced from the game engine and does hint at some of the new tactical improvements. Our fans will want to know how PES2010 plays and that info is just around the corner. Expect feedback really soon now. You can also expect
news on another PES endorsement player very soon.

Cheers, Jon

*This is Satoshi Suzuki (Leader of the Game Mechanics Project) and me in Barcelona.*

Hi there,

I'm Toru Nagai, art director on PES Productions for the last three years and I'll be producing a regular blog from inside the team. I've included a picture of me using the edit mode. Enjoy!

Right now we're trying to reproduce different lighting effects according to the general environmental conditions. To begin with we worked on improvements for the Daytime/Fine environment. Complex effects such as the way colours from the sky and grass reflect on players will make the matches look and feel much more realistic. At the moment our focus is on improvements to the texture of players' skin so that it looks much more natural.

Beside all that we're also spending a lot of time improving shadow effects. This is having a much greater effect than we first imagined on enhancing the realism of the game. Everything, particularly the players is looking much more life-like. As a result of what we're achieving I think the whole team is really getting motivated. You can see what I mean from the screenshot we just released.

Getting a little more technical now, since PES2009 we have also remade the 'colour correct filter'. Our producer Mr. Hatsumi complained when I started to remove the last filter, but I strongly believe the new one is much nicer and more powerful :-)
Using this new colour correct filter, we will be able to reproduce more subtle colours and atmospheres than before. For example in some stadiums I'd like to take a more adventurous approach with colours and experiment with metal effects.

Many more improvements and enhancements will follow - so keep checking back to my blog.

Back from Japan with nasty food poisoning but no bad taste in my mouth after I played the new PES!

As a die-hard fan I am happy to report that 2010 is looking really promising. I was treated to some demos of what the new lighting, textures and animations are like and in my humble opinion the changes really made a big difference. Check out the first screenshot for yourself.

I got to see changes to the team first hand. Numbers have swelled and the WEP development area is now buzzing. I was also treated to a look at the newly formed "future development" department, but that is all very hush hush. Good to see the team really thinking about PES years from now.

Seabass was also kind enough to give me a first hands-on with the gameplay, which is at a really early stage. It is going in the right direction for fans. Goals are harder to score, with less down to luck or mistakes. Support for the man with the ball is also better. I really like what they are doing with penalties and strategies too. So much I could talk about, but I want to keep my job. Finally, to all those with eagle eyes who spotted something on my screen during my last blog...can't say much more at the moment. We've already said the fan will be our focus this year and into the future. Hope to start proving that shortly.