14 DAY TRIAL // Konami, the famous Japanese entertainment company, has unveiled the future release of Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 for mobile phones, which comes as a sequel of the 2008 edition of the game. Published by Glu Mobile, PES 2009 will be available starting this autumn, offering football fans the chance to enjoy the on-field excitement while on the go.
Built on the success of PES 2008 for mobiles, the new game will bring all the features of the previous one, plus many new ones. Most importantly, there will be a Bluetooth multiplayer mode, hence one-on-one matches should be easily played. Also, you will find enhanced animations, improved controls, new arenas, bonuses and so on.
The symbol of Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 is, officially, the Argentinean football star Lionel Messi. Thus, Barcelona's young striker will appear on the cover of all the PES 2009 versions.
The 2008 edition of Pro Evolution had another (and maybe more famous) football star on its cover: the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who currently plays for Manchester United. However, some local versions of PES 2008 featured other players: Michael Owen in the UK, Gianluigi Buffon in Italy, Didier Drogba in France, Jan Schlaudraff in Germany and Lucas Neill in Australia.
At the same time with the release for mobile phones, Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 will also be made available for desktop PCs, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, PSP and Xbox 360. Moreover, there will be a Wii version too, but this is scheduled for a 2009 release, so die-hard Wii fans have to wait a bit longer.
Of course, besides Pro Evolution Soccer, there are various other football mobile games on the market, so gamers who like sports have a lot of options to pick up from. However, knowing that Konami's 2008 Soccer game was a good one, the 2009 edition is almost a sure bet.