In an announcement on the Konami website, the Japanese company said top German club Borussia Dortmund will not be officially licensed for PES 2019, despite the club appearing in marketing material for the game and, it seems, Konami actually expecting Dortmund to be in its game.
Konami said it had an agreement with Dortmund for the club to appear in its games until June 2020, but “this agreement was prematurely terminated by Borussia Dortmund”.
The upshot is Borussia Dortmund’s logos, players, stadium and other features won’t appear in PES 2019.
Pro Evolution Soccer has already lost the Champions League – to rival football video game FIFA, it looks like – and now there’s more bad news for Konami when it comes to official licences.