Well I’ll be damned!
I thought no other developer/publisher would dare take on the FIFA vs. PES battle. The two titles have been at each others necks for so long now, that both have come up with a decent product. Some years ago a true ‘footy’ fan bought PES without question. Now FIFA has come so far that the choice is no longer a ‘clear-cut’ one.
So what could another developer/publisher bring to the table? Well we may just find out. According to Jeux Video as interpreted by CVG, “Ubisoft is in discussion with a number of English clubs to help consult on a direct competitor to FIFA and PES.”
Apparently Ubisoft has long wanted to move into sports gaming, even “dabbling with football by way of a kids title Academy of Champions and handheld Real Football series. That’s nothing compared to this new endeavor, which would see Ubisoft aggressively attacking the genre with the title purportedly coming out before the end of 2010. If so, we’d anticipate an announcement at E3.”
Well I don’t know how successful they would be in the genre that is completely dominated by the previously mentioned franchises, but I will most certainly get the game should they release it just to find out.
[UPDATE]
I have spoken to an official Ubisoft rep to who I told UBISOFT’s comment regarding the rumours that are circulating on the net and whether it is official – “No Comment”.
Well that is not a NO.