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PES 2009 includes Champions League News

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News by Tom Bramwell

11 September, 2008

Konami has secured the exclusive rights to the UEFA Champions League for Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 and has agreed terms with Liverpool and Manchester United to include licensed versions of each team in the game.

The Champions League licence means that the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions due out on 17th October will include "all elements and attributes of the competition".

PES 2009 not only features Liverpool, but is the Official Football Videogame of Liverpool FC, and Konami is even producing a specially-packaged version for exclusive use by the club.

"Liverpool FC fans can look forward to the most realistic video game recreation of their team, with the likes of Torres, Gerrard and Carragher recreated with an incredible level of detail," said Konami's Jon Murphy.

PES 2009 promises more detailed likenesses and special animations to match in-game players to their real-life counterparts, and Konami says that will be particularly evident with the licensed Man United team, for which Tevez, Ferdinand, Ronaldo and van der Sar will all have their own graphical sequences.

Both clubs' official kits, crests and other details will also be replicated.

To see how it's all going to look, check out our Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 galleries for Champions League football and Liverpool and Manchester United teams.

PES 2009 is due out on PS3, 360 and PC on 17th October with a Wii version to follow in spring 2009.

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Bealsy
11/09/08 @ 07:50
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Bonza
lambtron
11/09/08 @ 07:53
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That's all well and good. But will it be actually be any good this year instead of the tired re-hash it's become?
onezeonx
11/09/08 @ 08:00
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wow thats poops news!

Fifa for me and i used to love pro evo :(

will try the demo when its out but will only get it if its class....which doesnt look good atm!
Zomoniac
11/09/08 @ 08:05
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WE HAVE TWO LICENSED TEAMS!! IN YOUR FACE!!!

We have 32,975,392,591 licensed teams.

Oh.
JaysonG
11/09/08 @ 08:09
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Surely if it has exclusive rights to the UEFA Champions League they should be able to include all Champions League teams.
Bealsy
11/09/08 @ 08:16
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Pah. Licences mean pish if the game still has "zomg why hasn't my player passed it yet" response times. And anyone who's unsure about new pes yet, watch the HD trailer of Champs League :

http://demos.pesfan.com/PES2009_CL_Europ...
Aretak
11/09/08 @ 08:33
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Surely if it has exclusive rights to the UEFA Champions League they should be able to include all Champions League teams.

Nuh-uh.

At least Torres looks like his sexy self this year, and not a failed genetic experiment. It does of course mean that Liverpool will be laughably overrated though, just like Newcastle and Spurs were last year due to their licenced status.
skillian
11/09/08 @ 08:35
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Haha, I guess Peter Crouch is no longer the people's hero?
andywilkie35
11/09/08 @ 08:35
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yeah I agree, Liverpool are going to be the second best team in it this year after Man Utd, even tho we all know that they'll struggle to hold onto 4th this season

But thats great news about the Champions League
Steroyd
11/09/08 @ 08:36
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Liverpool will be overrated in this year's PES you say. XD
Zomoniac
11/09/08 @ 08:42
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Also the Champions League is SHIT.

Primarily because watching the coverage on ITV makes me want to stab my face. That and the fact that it's destroying football.

(not at all resentful of our 2001 semi-final defeat)
lazywanker
11/09/08 @ 08:46
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As a Liverpool fan and PES devotee from 98 until 07 when it FIFA absolutely destroyed PES (except for the Wii version which was amazing!) I must admit I'm a bit dissapointed. I'd love for PES to be king again but until it gets the revamp it deserves FIFA will be my home.
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11/09/08 @ 09:32
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I'd be more over the moon if it included Championship + Divs 1 & 2
viper_h
11/09/08 @ 10:24
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PES 6 was awful... not sure if I'll bother with this, despite being a huge Liverpool fan...
Banksy
11/09/08 @ 10:33
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No Man City licence?! How could they miss out the "biggest club in the world"[-to-be]?
Zebula77
11/09/08 @ 10:51
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Seems the demo may not be out today :(
http://www.winningelevenblog.com/news/pe...

Oh, well the FIFA demo will be good enough *sarcasm* :P
Tweakmonkey
11/09/08 @ 11:18
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This is fantastic news! You all realise that FIFA has the Premier League stitched up don't you so there's nothing Konami can do there.
itsfuzzy
11/09/08 @ 11:19
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So Utd and the Pool will be the new Inter and Barca on Pro Evo this year. . . . . . .
itsfuzzy
11/09/08 @ 11:20
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Wonder will Adriano still be able to bulldoze his way through 5 players and smash the ball through the net from 45 yrds. Pro Evo was realistic once
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11/09/08 @ 13:10
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So Utd and the Pool will be the new Inter and Barca on Pro Evo this year. . . . . . .

What are you lot talking about? There has always been 2 licensed English teams and it doesn't make the ability any different.
MightyMouse
11/09/08 @ 15:35
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Is PES 2009 going to give us some of the awesome stuff that it got on the Wii?

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