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Ep. #184 - Jon Hare about Sociable Soccer 24

Now that Sociable Soccer 24 was finally released on PC end of 2023, we welcome back famous and pioneering designer Jon Hare to talk about what had happened between our first interview with him (Podcast Episode #25 in August 2016!) and what the hurdlers have been for him and his time to finally be able to release another kick-ball arcade soccer game! The interview parts starts at minute 22:13

Posted by Nafcom on Feb 08, 2024 // Read more »

Podcast Episode #81 - Kick-Off II World Cup with Frank Fuhrmann and Oliver Stender

Kick-Off II is one of the most difficult football (or soccer, if you're NTSC) games to master. Oliver Stender and Frank Fuhrmann have done just that, though, and their skill has lead to them being two of the highest ranked players to take part in the Kick-Off II World Cup -- championships that are still being held today. AJ and Joerg talk to them about what draws them to this game, as well as the challenges of keeping a vintage game championship series relevant and entertaining in the 21st century. (Interview starts at 21:34)

Posted by Derision on Dec 30, 2019 // Read more »

Podcast Episode #25 - Jon Hare talking about Sociable Soccer & Gamescom 2016 Special

Scene World ran again a booth together with the retro gaming music group Hans Hiscore and crashed into Jon Hare to talk about his newest and upcoming soccer game: Sociable Soccer!

Posted by Nafcom on Aug 25, 2016 // Read more »

Podcast Episode #16 - Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 with Konami's Adam Bhatti

Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 has been released to rave reviews, with IGN saying that it "might well be the best football game ever made." We played the game ourselves, and were duly impressed. Tonight, Joerg and AJ talk to PES Global Product and Brand Manager Adam Bhatti about the future of PES, and where he thinks the franchise is going.

Posted by Derision on Nov 19, 2015 // Read more »

First time live on our own Twitch.tv channel!

Konami USA was kind enough to send us a review code for PES 2016 for Steam, so this enabled us to play against each other LIVE and on Twitch!

Posted by Nafcom on Oct 17, 2015 // Read more »