Konami has released its results for the financial year ended March 31 2008, revealing a growth in net revenues to JPY 297 billion (USD 2.8 billion). The Japanese business group reported a growth in its digital entertainment arm, its videogames business, of 8.4 per cent, to JPY 178.9 billion (USD 1.7 billion) from JPY 165 billion (USD 1.5 billion) the previous year.
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Konami Entertaintment today announced that it will release PES 2009 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PS2 and PSP this Autumn in Europe. The new game has undergone a stunning graphical update to ensure its players look and move even more like their real-life counterparts. Similarly, all-new options allow users to tailor the game to their own tastes, while new moves, innovative new control elements and key online elements will further the realism of the new game.
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In this month's Official Nintendo Magazine, a sequel to Elebits (Eledees) is in the works. It reveals that Konami are indeed working on Elebits 2 and its due for release on Wii later this year. No additional details were mentioned, but expect an official announcement shortly.
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METAL GEAR SOLID 4 for PS3 has already passed the four million mark and the sales are still steadily increasing. Konami's consolidated net revenues and consolidated operating income for the first half ended September 30, 2008 were 146,904 mil yen (109.8 % of the same period in the previous year) and 22,844 mil yen (175.2 % of the same period of the previous year).
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It seems like ages ago I unearthed Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia on the US Patent and Trademark database and that probably won’t be the only vampire hunting game from Konami. They also registered Castlevania Judgment for “video game software, video game programs, computer game software” use. In simpler terms this is a game, another Castlevania game that isn’t named Castlevania something of something else.
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Today Konami confirmed to IGN that the franchise formerly titled Winning Eleven Soccer in the United States will now be known as Pro Evolution Soccer 2008. This in no way affects the title in Europe where it will stay known as Pro Evolution Soccer.
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Konami has released its financial report for the nine months ended December 31 2008, with profits up 17.3 per cent to JPY 17.8 billion (USD 198 million). Revenues from the company's videogames arm, the Digital Entertainment division, recorded the overall highest increase in profits of 10.6 per cent, reaching JPY 148.7 billion (USD 1.6 billion) - making it the highest earning section of the business.
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Konami Corp., the Japanese maker of the ``Metal Gear Solid'' espionage action game, fell the most in almost four years in Tokyo trading after the company's delay of the latest installment prompted concerns earnings growth may slow. Konami shares fell 6.8 percent to 3,160 yen at the 11 a.m. break on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, while the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 0.8 percent. Shares of Tokyo-based Konami had the largest drop since Dec. 8, 2003.
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Hidden in Konami Japan website, is the fact that PES 2009 is available also available on Wii (a fact that was missing from previous announcement of PES 2009). It also revealed that PES 2009 will be released in 2008 in Japan. I am not sure whether this is Fiscal Year 2008 (up to Mar 2009) or Calendar Year 2008 (up to Dec 2009).
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Konami is showing off a teaser for an upcoming Castlevania title on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 at its TGS booth, reports ITmedia (translation). The 10-second clip features your typical creep wielding a glowing-red sword and includes some text about a father, his family and a curse -- and, predictably, no hints about actual gameplay.
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