Key Highlights:
- Konami shut down PES 2011 online services on 29 January 2013.
- Online multiplayer and other network-dependent features are no longer available.
- PES 2012 and PES 2013 remained online at the time of the shutdown.
Konami has shut down the online services for PES 2011, ending online multiplayer and other network-dependent features for the football game.
“Today we’re closing #PES 2011 online services. Thanks for all your support and remember you can still enjoy #PES 2012 and 2013 online.”
Konami
The servers were scheduled to close at 06:00 UTC on 29 January 2013. Konami thanked players for their support and confirmed that PES 2012 and PES 2013 would remain online.
The shutdown affects features that require a connection to Konami’s servers. Offline modes remain playable because they do not depend on the discontinued online service.
PES 2011 launched in 2010 for multiple platforms, with its online modes remaining active for more than two years before Konami ended support.
At the time, PES 2013 was the newest mainline entry in the series. GLN had recently covered PES 2013 Patch 1.03, which included fixes for online matchmaking and multiplayer modes.
Konami continued the same support cycle with later PES releases, closing older online services as newer entries became established.
