Today, Konami has announced that Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (shorthanded as PES 2013) will be available sooner than you may think. It will be available at retail stores on September 25th of this year. Bringing tons of new features to the soccer game genre, PES 2013 is supposed to be a really great experience that will bring you very close to what it would be like to actually playing professional soccer, a feat that not many of us have accomplished in our everyday lives.

PES 2013 will introduce “PES Full Control”, a new feature that gives players an unrivalled level of control, including full manual control over every pass and shot. You will feel like you are on the pitch making the decisions. It will also feature real life players (obviously), but the catch is that you will be able to tell who they are by their face and play-style. The details are pretty intense, so everything will be even more lifelike. Who doesn’t want that?

People who pre-order the game from select retailers will receive an exclusive limited edition metallic SteelBook. Players can choose to either get the UEFA Champion’s League cover, or the Copa Libertadores cover. This pre-order bonus is exclusive to EB Games (for Canada) and Gamestop (for the US).

Are you excited for PES 2013?