Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (abbreviated to PES 2012 and known officially as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2012 in Asia) is a video game which is the eleventh edition in the Pro Evolution Soccer series developed and published by Konami with production assistance from the Blue Sky Team. Lionel Messi, who has been the cover star for the series since PES 2009, will be replaced by Cristiano Ronaldo,^[3] while Shinji Kagawa replaces Messi as the cover star for the Japanese version. The US and Latin American cover will feature Santos player Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo.^[4]
Like previous versions of the game, it will be exclusively licensed by UEFA to contain the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup competitions along with a license from CONMEBOL to feature the Copa Santander Libertadores. Referees' governing UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup matches will wear the official UEFA Champions League uniforms, which is a first for the series.^[5]
On July 28, 2011, Konami confirmed that PES 2012 will be released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows on October 14, 2011 in Europe and October 6, 2011 in Japan.^[6] At Gamescom 2011 it was announced that the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 versions will follow on October 28, 2011 and the Wii on November 4, 2011. The publisher has also confirmed that versions for Nintendo 3DS and iOS formats are also in development, with firm dates to follow.
There are two demos, both of which were released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The first is based on a preview build of the game and was released on August 24, 2011 for PlayStation 3 and PC,^[7] though because of "issues on both sides" according to Jon Murphy, PES Team Leader, it was not released on the Xbox 360.^[8] The second demo was released 14th September on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.^[9][10]

Contents  [hide]  1 Gameplay 2 Content 2.1 Leagues 3 National teams 3.1 Africa 3.2 Americas 3.3 Asia/Oceania 3.4 Europe 3.5 Classic teams 4 Other Club Teams 5 Updates 5.1 Version 1.01 5.2 Version 1.02 5.3 Version 1.03 5.4 Datapack 1.00 5.5 Datapack 2.00 6 Soundtrack 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Gameplay

PES 2012's gameplay is primarily a refinement of PES 2011, with fewer big changes than the previous iteration but many smaller improvements and changes in areas such as artificial intelligence, speed, animation, and physics.^[11]
Among the new features is the Teammate Control system, where a secondary player may be controlled, either during play, or at a set piece or throw-in. This allows players to be placed precisely, make runs, and shake off markers before calling for the ball. Manual and assisted versions of the feature are available for varying degrees of difficulty and control.^[12]
Refereeing has been improved and includes a full implementation of the advantage rule, with the referee pulling back play for bookings after the ball goes out of play.^[13] The "catch-up bug", where defenders would catch dribbling attackers too easily, regardless of the attacker's pace, will be addressed.^[13] Gameplay is more fluid, with better response when controlling the ball,^[13] and goalkeepers have been improved with new animations and generally more reliable goalkeeping performances.^[13]
Artificial intelligence has been improved over previous PES games, for example AI players will play more thoughtfully when defending rather than simply applying pressure, and AI teammates will make more intelligent movement decisions.^[11]

[edit] Content

Thanks to an exclusive deal with UEFA and CONMEBOL, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Super Cup and the Copa Santander Libertadores are fully licensed. The tournaments are integrated into the new mode, Football Life, which features a Master League mode and a Become a Legend mode, and for the first time, a Club Boss mode. The Football Life mode also includes a Master League Online mode, however, fan favourite 2V2 Ranked Matches have been removed from the Xbox 360 version due to "internal decisions".^{[citation needed]} Like previous versions, there is also a separate two leagues with 18 empty teams (PES League and D2 League), each of which can be edited fully. All the teams are entirely fictional.^{[citation needed]} The UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Super Cup and the PES and D2 Leagues are features not included in the PSP version of the game.

[edit] Leagues

The following leagues are fully licensed. ^[14]

• France: Ligue 1
• Netherlands: Eredivisie
• Spain: La Liga

The following leagues are partially licensed.

• England: English League (Premier League) — 2 teams licensed: Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur F.C..
• North London (Arsenal FC)
• West Midlands Village (Aston Villa)
• Lancashire (Blackburn Rovers)
• Middlebrook (Bolton Wanderers FC)
• London FC (Chelsea FC)
• Merseyside Blue (Everton)
• West London White (Fulham)
• Merseyside Red (Liverpool)
• Man Blue (Manchester City)
• Tyneside (Newcastle United)
• Northluck City (Norwich City)
• North West London (Queens Park Rangers)
• The Potteries (Stoke City)
• Wearside (Sunderland)
• Swearcle (Swansea City)
• West Midlands Stripes (West Bromwich Albion)
• Lancashire Athletic (Wigan Athletic)
• Wolves (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

• Italy: Italian League (Serie A) — All clubs licensed, but the logo and name of the league are unlicensed.

All teams licensed but league licensed is not.

• Portugal League (Primeira Liga) - 3 teams licensed: SL Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting Lisbon.
• Aratalcao (Académica)
• Befmaxao (Beira-Mar)
• Bresigne (SC Braga)
• Forceilho (Feirense)
• Gavorence (Gil Vicente)
• Maseadeira (Maritimo)
• Nardimcol (CD Nacional)
• Osquancha (Olhanense)
• Podefteza (Paços de Ferreira)
• Rovaneche (Rio Ave)
• Uqueidol (União de Leiria)
• Viscuato (Vitória FC)
• Verfolcao (Vitória de Setúbal)

The Portuguese League is not included in the iOS, Wii, PSP and PlayStation 2 versions of the games.

[edit] National teams

The game contains 81 national teams.

[edit] Africa

Algeria the only country in africa with the national anthem  Angola 3  Cameroon  Côte d'Ivoire 1  Egypt

Ghana 1  Guinea 3  Mali 3  Morocco 3  Nigeria 3

Senegal 3  South Africa  Togo 3  Tunisia 3

[edit] Americas

Canada 3  Costa Rica 3  Honduras 3  Mexico 3  Trinidad and Tobago 3  United States 3

Argentina 1  Bolivia  Brazil  Chile  Colombia

Ecuador  Paraguay 3  Peru  Uruguay  Venezuela 3

[edit] Asia/Oceania

Australia 1  Bahrain 3  China PR 3  Iran 3  Iraq 3  Japan 1

Kuwait 3  North Korea 3  Oman 3  Qatar 3  Saudi Arabia 3  South Korea 1

Thailand 3  United Arab Emirates 3  Uzbekistan 3  New Zealand 2

[edit] Europe

Austria  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3  Bulgaria  Croatia 1  Czech Republic 1  Denmark  England 1  Finland  France 1  Germany 1  Greece 1

Hungary  Republic of Ireland 1  Israel  Italy 1  Montenegro 3  Netherlands 1  Northern Ireland 1  Norway  Poland  Portugal 1  Romania

Russia  Scotland 1  Serbia 3  Slovakia 3  Slovenia  Spain 1  Sweden 1  Switzerland  Turkey 1  Ukraine 3  Wales 3

[edit] Classic teams

Argentina 3  Brazil 3  England 3

France 3  Germany 3

Italy 3  Netherlands 3

Notes
¹ – Fully licensed teams
² – New teams added for 2011
³ – Teams players are fictional

[edit] Other Club Teams

Genk Standard de Liege Dinamo Zagreb AC Sparta Praha FC Copenhagen HJK Helsinki Bayer Leverkusen Bayern München AEK Athens F.C. Olympiacos

Panathinaikos PAOK F.C. Rosenborg Ballklub Wisla Krakow Otelul Galati CSKA Moscow FC Rubin Kazan FC Zenit St. Petersburg Celtic FC Rangers

AIK FC Basel 1893 Beşiktaş JK Fenerbahçe SK Galatasaray Trabzonspor Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kiev Boca Juniors River Plate

[edit] Updates

[edit] Version 1.01

On 29 September 2011, the first update for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions was made, featuring tie-in features with Facebook for the new myPES mode, as well as improvements made to the Gameplay AI.^[15]

[edit] Version 1.02

On 7 November 2011, the second update for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions was made, improvements have been made to overall gaming experience including areas such as free kicks and penalty kicks, goalkeeper movements, together with the elimination of sudden stops when dash dribbling. The Game Plan Screen has been altered to make Player Stats easier to see. Issues where the game sometimes froze when playing online have been addressed. Minor playability issues found in a variety of modes including “Become a Legend” have been tweaked accordingly.

[edit] Version 1.03

On 15 December 2011, the third update for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions was made, improvements include adjusting goalkeeper's responses to long range shots and redressing the effectiveness of the Skill Card "Speed Merchant" (It will be toned down as it was deemed too strong). Changes Search Conditions when looking for Opponents in Online Mode ("Friendly Match" will be changed to "Pass Support"). Adds improvements to a variety of modes for an enhanced overall gaming experience.

[edit] Datapack 1.00

On 11 October 2011, the first DLC of PES 2012 is available through in-game update. The datapack adds 13 new boots to the game, with new makes from Adidas, Nike and Puma. Included with the datapack are updates to the team colors of 29 teams, player transfers, also the abilities of players and teams.

[edit] Datapack 2.00

On 27 December 2011, the second DLC of PES 2012, also available through in-game update, adds 14 new styles of boots to the game, with new makes from Adidas, Nike, Umbro and Mizuno. This datapack also updates the team colors of Japan national football team.