The cover athletes for this release in the popular PES franchise were Portugal and (at the time) Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo, and one other guest star that depended on the country where the game was sold - Michael Owen in the UK, Didier Drogba in France, and others. After this game, Konami unified the naming structure of their games and focused only on the Pro Evolution Soccer brand. It is also known internationally under several different names - Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, PES 2008, PES 4, World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2008, or World Soccer: Winning Eleven 11. World Soccer Winning Eleven is a football simulation game developed and published by Konami in 2007 and is notable for being their first soccer title that was developed for home consoles Wii and PS3.