PES series tops 70 million sales

The Pro Evolution Soccer series has surpassed 70 million copies sold worldwide. Publisher Konami said in an earnings release that the franchise - known as Winning Eleven in Japan and the US - continues "to uphold strong repeat sales".Earlier this week Konami released a new batch of screenshots for PES 2012, which launches in the UK and Europe on October 14.Last week it launched a PES 2012 gameplay video detailing the improvements to one-on-one situations in this year's edition, as well as upper body feints, stepovers and other tricks. Tom Ivan