Pro Evolution Soccer 4

Pro Evolution Soccer 4
Cover featuring Thierry Henry, Pierluigi Collina and Francesco Totti
Developer(s)	Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Publisher(s)	Konami
Series	Pro Evolution Soccer
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC
Release date(s)	August 5 2004 PlayStation 2 JP August 5, 2004 PAL October 15, 2004 NA February 1, 2005 Xbox PAL November 26, 2004 NA February 2, 2005 Windows PAL December 3, 2004 NA February 16, 2005
Genre(s)	Sports game
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone PEGI: 3+
Media/distribution	Optical disc

Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 8 in Japan and World Soccer: Winning Eleven 8 International in North America) is the fourth installment of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer football video game series. The cover features former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry, AS Roma forward Francesco Totti, and world-renowned Italian referee Pierluigi Collina. It was the first game in the series to feature licensed leagues.

Features

• Expanded master league teams containing up to 138 teams. More elements added to the development and retirement of master league players. Winning a game in Master League will raise the abilities of your players
• A total of more than 200 club and national teams.
• For the first time, Referees will be seen on pitch during the game. There is also an animated linesman seen after a player is given offside. The referee will not issue a yellow card for the first 'average' tackle, but if a player continues to commit 'average' fouls, a card will be given
• Wear and tear including dirt will be visible on the player's uniforms according to the pitch conditions.
• Improved edit mode allowing changes to be made to trophy, league and player names.

Content

Leagues

'With teams from the 2004/05 season

Licensed

• Italy: Serie A
• Netherlands: Eredivisie
• Spain: La Liga

Unlicensed

• England: FA Premier League
• France: Ligue 1
• Germany: Fußball-Bundesliga