Rangers No Luck With Nintendo

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Rangers won’t be in PES 2013

September 7 2012

 

A couple of months ago we reported that Rangers would not be in FIFA 13 due to the club’s liquidation (caused by overspending and tax-dodging) and subsequent re-entry as a new company to the Scottish league at the bottom of the Scottish third division. Now we’re sorry to say to fans of the Teddy Bears that they won’t be in Konami’s game PES 2013 either.

 

The reason they aren’t in FIFA is clear – since EA only licences the Scottish Premier League, each year it only features that league and the twelve Scottish teams in it. Since Rangers are no longer in the SPL, that means they’re no longer in FIFA. Easy.

 

Less obvious was their omission from PES, because outwith a few major leagues Konami picks and chooses which big European clubs to license individually. For years now Konami has sorted out individual licensing deals with Celtic and Rangers (one year Hearts and Aberdeen were included too) instead of the SPL, so chances were that given due to the relatively large Rangers fanbase and the fact that EA weren’t featuring Rangers, Konami might re-license them in PES 2013.

 

No such luck though for fans of the third-division Newco Rangers. Instead, they’ve been replaced by Motherwell, who finished third in the SPL last season and took Rangers’ spot in the Champions League qualifiers. Ouch.

 

To recap then, Celtic and Motherwell are your two Scottish teams in PES 2013 this year. The game is out on 20 September and features the full Champions League license. A few days later, Rangers face Montrose, who currently lie second-bottom of the Scottish third division. Think of what you could have had, Konami.