Football Academy For DS

EA Sports has announced their first DS exclusive, Football Academy due out in March 2009.  Not NFL, this is Soccer to Americans.  Football Academy will present a variety of mini games testing players knowledge of football/soccer such as technique, strategy, and positioning.

In other words, football addicts, this is another way to absorb yourself into your sport and ignore everything else.  I suggest practicing going “Uh-huh”, “Yeah”, and the all classic “Innit” while playing games on your DS.  This way your partner might not be as angry with you as they really should be.

This game is aimed at all ages, so I’m not sure how many cockney, swearing, hooligans will be up for purchasing this to play on their younger sisters pink DS.

Hit the Jump for the Press Release and Pics from the announcement.

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PES 2008 (Xbox 360) Demo Now Available in Europe

PES 2008 Screen

In case FIFA isn’t your cup of tea, there’s now a demo for Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, better known as PES 2008, for the Xbox 360.

The download weighs in at 1.18GB, but here’s the catch: the demo is NOT available in North America or Asia. I guess Konami is really sticking it to EA by not releasing the FIFA demo in the continent that loves the game the most.