G-cluster has announced in 2013 that PES introduces innovated improvements to facial identification of players. When PES 2012 released it introduced new intelligence with the ball, positioning into space, and wingers attempt overlaps. The trailer for this was released on the same date as the release of the pack. This data pack added Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile, and new boots and new player faces however, the update also removes licenses for Avaí, Fluminense, São Paulo and Vasco da Gama players, replacing them with generic players. The data pack 2.0 was released on November 15, 2017. The first data pack, titled Data Pack 1, launched on October 5, 2017, and featured 117 new player face updates, ten of the latest boots, updated backboards in Master League for Barcelona, and over 3,000 new player thumbnails. A Nintendo Switch version was not developed, but Konami have said they are open to the idea of porting future games in the series. The demo version includes limited stadiums, clubs, and feature sets. Konami released a demo version of Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 for download on Augfor PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. France national football team license was confirmed in the online beta.

Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, and Liverpool were confirmed as being licensed at E3 2017, FC Schalke 04, Valencia, Fulham, and the Brazil national football team are licensed as well. They announced a special 'Barcelona Edition', along with a pre-order bonus content for digital downloads and physical disc versions. Konami has kept with the theme of the previous release.

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