Konami announces Pro Evolution Soccer 2009

  • Posted June 23rd, 2008 at 12:41 EDT by
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According to a press release sent out this morning, Konami has confirmed the release window for Pro Evolution Soccer 2009. With an expected retail window for this fall (autumn for the Europeans), PES 2009 hopes to rekindle the magic that made it such a classy football title in the past. Last year left a lot of its supporters feeling the last installment was a stale upgrade into the next generation football race, FIFA 2008 saw a lot of new users.
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Konami has recognized this and is refining the title with new features and customization that they have said will "further bridge the gap between PES and the real thing."

Although the rest of the press release was mainly press talk, users can expect improved graphics, better online quality and expanded moves being utilized by your artificial Ronaldinho. We'll see if Konami can pull itself up after the unexpected slip last season.

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  1. Emo-Mercenary | Clarky-132

    • 12:42pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 1

    Hopefully they don't mess uo this time, and perhaps use the PS3 as the main platform? They seen how MGS4 turned out, they could go the same way with PES 2009, uber-footy..

  2. T-Dogg400 | T-Dogg400

    • 12:45pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 2

    Might actually buy this game instead of Fifa 09, to decide apon dont which football game to buy yet.Hope there will be traliers and pics soon.

  3. GamesPlayer | GamesPlayer

    • 1:14pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 3

    I hope that this will be better than the previous one which i've not bought cuz sucks...
    Fifa?sucks too...

  4. pirulee | evoPiru

    • 2:24pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 4

    If they go with the gameplay from PS5 / WE9, then I'm OK, and perhaps buying the game.

  5. TwiSta | TwiSta

    • 3:04pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 5

    It went down hill after PES5. The last one was awful.

  6. Barcelona_4-life

    • 3:23pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 6

    im a fifa guy but i wouldnt mind giving this game a try

  7. marronthered | MarrontheRed

    • 3:33pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 7

    fifa has copied all the good bits of this game - time for konami to bring this game to the next generation!! and sort out the frame rate etc !!!!

  8. psycho_mantis | makaveli_71

    • 3:34pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 8

    if its like PES 4 and 5 then itll be good, the last one was the worst

  9. Phantasmn | PHANTASMN707

    • 4:06pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 9

    Just don't be surprised if it uses the Konami ID trio to get you into any online matches.

  10. Odium_Generis_Humani

    • 4:15pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 10

    I think I'm gonna try my first footbal/soccer game this year.  I don't buy EA, but who cares because I hear that the one called winning eleven is the best out there.  Is that true?  Or is it this pro-evolution one?  Hook me up please.

  11. Bdare | Bdare

    • 4:43pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 11

    definately has to be better than the previous one. i reckon it should be more of pes4..... well here comes the waiting game

  12. TwiSta | TwiSta

    • 4:52pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 12

    @10,
    Winning Eleven is the Japanese version of Pro Evo, I've never played Winning Eleven but I'd imagine they're almost identical.

  13. Odium_Generis_Humani

    • 5:09pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 13

    @12

    *

    Thanks for the info.

  14. gingo | gingo

    • 5:35pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 14

    psn id: gingo... fifa looked like it was finally starting to come good last year and i think marginally beat pro evo 2008 so they need to make quite a few improvements to take back the title of being the best football game around

  15. SEAl72

    • 9:21pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 15

    This game is so gunna SUCK!!!!!

  16. Killa_5150

    • 11:16pm BST - June 23rd, 2008
    • 16

    PES 4 EVER!!!

    but FIFA is starting to look better after what i saw in FIFA 2008...I will end up buying with FIFA 09 and PES 09.

  17. bloodwarg | bloodwarg

    • 5:51am BST - June 24th, 2008
    • 17

    pes has always won the football war with fifa but the 08's it was fifa that was the much better game well just have to wait and see ill probably still get fifa 09 on the account that i suopport leeds utd and you cant play as them in pes est and i just prefer the fifa gameplay

  18. AdamDW | AdamDW

    • 6:39am BST - June 24th, 2008
    • 18

    Its lookin' good so far.

  19. bombox

    • 1:12pm BST - June 29th, 2008
    • 19

    TNX FOR  INFO...

  20. senderos

    • 2:27pm BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 20

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