PES 2008 is back online
The eightserver by pes6.es – no VPN, no Hamachi
The eightserver by pes6.es – no VPN, no Hamachi
Hi everyone,
We're very happy to announce that Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PC) can be played online again. You don't need a VPN or Hamachi: you connect straight from the game's own online menu, just like when Konami's servers were up.
The pes6.es team has built a new server for PES 2008, the eightserver. It runs alongside our PES5 and PES6 servers.
What you can do
- Ranking and friendly matches: quick match, or create and search for rooms
- Invite your friends to your room
- Your last 20 matches and the in-game rankings
- Monthly seasons with points and rating
- Lobbies and played matches, with teams and results, in the new Eightserver section on pes6.es
How we did it
PES 2008 speaks almost the same language as PES6, so the eightserver is built on the same base as our sixserver. We worked out the differences by reverse-engineering the game itself and from network captures of matches played over Hamachi. Every feature has been tested between two PCs on different networks, with no VPN.
How to join
The server opens to everyone on [DATE]. You need the PC version of PES 2008 (we tested it with the official 1.20 update) and a pes6.es account.
- Sign up at pes6.es/signup. In the PES 2008 serial field, enter the serial your game was installed with (20 characters). Then activate your account from the email we send you.
Already have a pes6.es account? Add your PES 2008 serial in your profile and save it. - Edit your hosts file. Open Notepad as administrator, open
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hostsand add these two lines at the end:
If you already play PES6 with us, keep the lines you have and just add these two.Code:46.101.172.11 pes7pcgate-e.winning-eleven.net 46.101.172.11 pes7stun-e.winning-eleven.net - Log in from the game. Go to the online menu. In the password field, type your pes6.es username and password joined by a hyphen. For example, if your username is karim and your password is benzema9, type
karim-benzema9.
For now there's one lobby, No Patch / Original, for the unpatched game.
Can't get into a room, or the match won't start? Forward UDP port 5739 to your PC on your router, or turn on UPnP. If PES6 is open on the same PC, close it first, because both games use that port.
Thanks to everyone who kept asking for PES 2008 all these years. See you on the pitch!
The pes6.es team
P.S. The server is up and running, and all game features are functional; however, over the next few days, you may notice occasional downtime as we make some improvements.
