Pro Cycling Manager 2008 landed in the French shops today, and to celebrate this Jeux Video - as the first media (if you don't count PCM.daily, of course ;)) - has published their review of the game. Overall, it's more of a look-through the new features of the game, but they do come forward with a few points: - Track is fun, but it's simple and only resembles a little part of the real track cycling. - Graphics are still not revolutionary, but they like the new backgrounds at the stages. - The new features in career mode works very well
Overall, the game gets 15/20, saying that "It's a big update, costing 45 €. The update focuses on what it should and is presented as a worthy follow-up to PCM07. It's very complete, and with the improved AI, PCM08 is a pleasant surprise" (Freely translated, I don't speak a whole lot of French)
Since the first downloads for PCM08 are being released now, PCM.daily has been allowed to release its work too. Therefore, we, as promised, release Dankan's Real Name DB which includes pretty much everything you need for an optimal playing experience: It has real names for riders, teams, sponsors, etc., and it includes all the needed jerseys, rider photos for almost all riders, race logos, team logos and other graphical stuff. It's available right here!
Along with this, Dankan has also made a Save Game which makes it possible to relive the last two stages of Giro 'd Italia 2008, just as it was in real life. It's the same standings, same riders, same backnumbers, same fitness levels, etc., etc. It's basically like in real life ;) It's available from this link.
PCM.daily and PCM-Spain wish everyone a happy PCM 08 Release Day! :)
As we revealed yesterday, Eyolfur, the maker of the official editor, is also making an advanced editor, by some known as the XML converter. Why? Because that's what it does. Using the tool will convert the database to .xml-files which can be opened with Excel 2007. You may have to convert the files to .xls with an external converter if you want to use older versions of Excel or OpenOffice. You can change everything in the editor as you have been able to previously with PCM Kicker and Hannes Converter. All tables are open and fully editable. The design is pretty much equal to what we have seen previously. That said, it's not nearly as user friendly as the simple official editor. I have added some screenshots to the General PCM08 Screenshot album to give you an idea of what I mean.
Release date? Supposedly today at around 18:00 GMT +1. Although nothing is official, Eyolfur expects to have it ready for today. Also, he has promised to be around to answer questions if you have any. Feel free to ask in the Comments section of this news article or in the forum ;)
Update: It has, as promised, been released today. It's available from our downloads section or by clicking this link.
With the Download version due to be release at 00:01 CET on the 19th June, Cyanide have released 6 more Official Screenshots, which are presumably the last Official Screenshots to be released. They include 2 images from on the Champs Elysses. Friendware, the Spanish publisher of the game, has also finally decided to release the cover of the Spanish version - this can also be found in the album ;)
