XBOX 360 PRO

Xbox 360 puts you at the center of the most exciting games and entertainment experiences on earth. Xbox 360 not only has the best, highest-rated games, and the most robust title library, but it also offers access to the industry-leading Xbox LIVE service and tailored digital entertainment experiences that revolve around you.

Personalized entertainment: Xbox 360 is the most powerful next-generation gaming system. Featuring high-definition (HD) graphics and multichannel digital sound, Xbox 360 heralds the new era of gaming. As the centerpiece of your entertainmentexperience, Xbox 360 allows you to integrate music, movies, photos and TV choices into game scenarios through a Windows-based PC or any Universal Serial Bus (USB) peripheral. The new Xbox experience allows users with Xbox LIVE service to personalize their entertainmentwith avatars, challenge and talk to friends, stream 15,000 Netflix movies and TV shows, and download new content including demos and games. Xbox 360 offers the best HD entertainment options with the greatest games, and it offers both right now.

Games: Xbox 360 is home to the best, highest-rated and most varied library of games for everyone to enjoy. Now Xbox 360 offers more choices than before with blockbuster titles, Xbox LIVE Arcade games, and community games on Xbox LIVE coming later this year. With a hard drive attached, Xbox 360 is backward compatible, allowing anyone to play their favorite original Xbox games. In addition to looking and sounding fantastic on standard definition TVs, all Xbox 360 titles perform in HD for smooth, movie-like graphics and multichannel surround sound.

Xbox LIVE: Xbox LIVE is where games and entertainment come alive. Connect your Xbox 360 console to a broadband connection and get instant access to Xbox LIVE with an Xbox LIVE account (see xbox's web site for system requirements; hard drive or memory unit is also required). Express your digital identity through a personalized avatar, Gamertag and gamer card. Talk using video and voice chat on Xbox LIVE, or text chat with anyone who has access to Windows Live Messenger. Access Xbox LIVE Marketplace and Xbox LIVE Arcadeall right out of the box. Xbox LIVE Marketplace Video Store offers more than 5,600 hours of entertainment content, including high and standard-definition movies and television shows. Upgrade to an Xbox LIVE Gold Membership, and enter the exciting world of multiplayer online gaming. With matchmaking, access to all your Achievements and statistics, video chat and video messaging, and an enormous selection of games, Xbox LIVE Gold delivers your competition, on your terms.

Xbox Gamer Guide: Press the Xbox 360 Guide Button on your controller at any timewhether playing a game, watching a movie, or listening to musicand the Xbox Gamer Guide heads-up display will slide into view. From here, you can quickly see your Gamerscore and online status, access Messages, Friends List and players lists, set up a private chat, adjust your personal settings, and control your music.

Family Settings: The new, more robust Family Settings features in Xbox 360 help parents control the online and offline game experiences of their children by selecting whether they can play online and whom they play with, and by locking the console to play only games that meet a certain rating. The Family Timer also helps parents regulate what kids play and for how long.

PES 2009

It's back, and this years Pro Evolution Soccer has been reworked from the ground up! New player models, AI elements and physics routines all combine to create the most advanced and realistic football game ever, but at the heart of PES 2009 are two new modes designed to make players rethink the way they approach the game.

'PES Unites' is the key phrase Konami is using to sum up the ethos of the new game. PES 2009 also improves on its many existing game modes and adds a number of new ways to play the game. Central to this is the new 'Become a Legend' solo mode, which casts the user as a midfielder or striker within a match. Using a default vertical camera view, the player starts as a rookie pro at the start of their career, and charts the many highs and lows of becoming a professional player. An extension of the popular 'Fix' mode, the 'Become a Legend' mode sees the player operate in their favoured attacking position, and work as part of the overall team as opposed to controlling every member as in a normal game.

If successful, the player must first cement their place in the starting line-up with strong performances, before catching the eye of bigger clubs and earning a move to top flight teams. Of course, results are everything in modern day football, and players must force their way into contention or face lengthy stints as a substitute or eventually be forced to take a step down to a smaller club if performances are not good enough. The 'Become a Legend' mode has already proved a massive hit in Japanese versions of PES since 2007, and is certain to enjoy similar status across Europe.

PES 2009 also boasts an online variant of the 'Become a Legend' mode, entitled simply 'Legends.' Players can use their saved player in online matches with like-minded friends, and can show their skills on the larger online stage.

The PES series has always been famed for its deep yet accessible control system, but the new game is aiming even higher. PES 2009 offers an unprecedented level of control, redefining the intricacies of first touch, close control and ball distribution, while also enhancing its shooting and AI mechanisms to create an all-round footballing experience. Konami's Tokyo-based Pro Evolution Soccer Production Team has introduced new control systems wherein the player can now perform tricks and feints without the use of special moves, but within the context of the player's run and via rapid turns and movements of the Dpad or analogue stick.

Likewise, the way the player guides the ball has been changed. The PES series has always treated the ball as a separate entity, but new calculations related to the air resistance and friction of the ground make passing and movement in PES 2009 a great deal more realistic. Different weather conditions will now have a more pronounced effect on the weight and movement of passes, with players having to compensate for more heavy conditions in poor weather.