PES series creator Shingo "Seabass" Takatsuka recently assured football fans that Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS3, Xbox 360, PSP, Wii, PC, PS2) will have a more robust online system compared to last year's release, considered by many PES fans to be a disaster in the online front.

"This year we looked at this [online] as a top priority and we tested half way around the world, so that even for people who don't have good connections we wanted to pursue how we can make the game still playable... we found a solution as well as taking on more players, four this time, for multiplayer online," Takatsuka told CVG.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 is slated for an October 17 release, but Takatsuka promised more improvements for Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 even after launch. "We're not going to stop... So I promise you it will still continue to change and improve further as we go along."

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