As we revealed yesterday, Konami were in the throes of announcing details regarding Pro Evolution Soccer 4's online plans and we now have the full story with regard to the Xbox iteration.
The game will be fully compatible with Xbox Live so, for the first time ever, players will be able to go head-to-head online. In addition to realtime matches, the Xbox Live service will also provide a rating system where players can set up mini-leagues. Which is all a bit of a coup for Microsoft's machine, seeing as this is PES4's Xbox debut.
That's not to say it won't be online on other systems. We asked Konami if there would be any forthcoming PS2 online announcements and they told us they were "still looking into it". One thing's for sure, if PES4 on PS2 isn't online, multi-format gamers will have a simple choice when it comes to which version of the game to splash out on.