A product page on Xbox.com for Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 is showing a PES 2018 release date of September 13 (via TrueAchievements).

As well as that, a number of the game’s new features are listed including strategic dribbling, Real Touch+, and a new set piece system that will hopefully see me finally score from a free kick. That’d be nice.

Menus have been rejigged, too, while the Master League will see players able to compete in pre-season tournaments, and use a new transfer system while trying (and failing) to sign Lionel Messi for a pittance.

PES 2017 was out during the second week of September. PES 2016 was out around the second/third week of September, so it wouldn’t take Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman to come up with the same timeframe for PES 2018, really.