Rugby League (video game series)
| Rugby League | |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Sports game |
| Developer(s) | Sidhe Interactive, Wicked Witch Software, |
| Publisher(s) | Tru Blu Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | Current: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android Notable past systems: Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Wii |
| Original release | 2003–present |
| First release | Rugby League 9 December 2003 |
| Latest release | Rugby League Live 4 20 July 2017 |
Rugby League is a rugby league video game series developed by Sidhe Interactive, Wicked Witch Software, and Big Ant Studios. The first games was Rugby League, released on 9 December 2003. The latest game released was Rugby League Live 4, released on 20 July 2017 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
History[edit]
Prior to Tru Blu, there were a handful of Southern Hemisphere-focused rugby league video games:
- E.T.'s Rugby League (1992, Ozisoft, for Commodore 64) named after Andrew "ET" Ettingshausen[1]
- Australian Rugby League (i-Space Interactive and EA Sports, 1995, for Mega Drive)[2]
- ARL '96 in 1996 (Creative Assembly, EA Sports for PC CD-ROM)[2]
The Rugby League franchise started in 2003 when Rugby League was released by Sidhe Interactive and Tru Blu Entertainment. This led to Rugby League 2 in late 2005 and the World Cup Edition (a content update of RL2) in 2008. In 2009, Wicked Witch Software released two off-series games on the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable and Rugby League 3 was released. Big Ant Studios in 2010 starting releasing the Rugby League Live series in 2010. Rugby League Live 2 followed in 2012, again developed by Big Ant Studios.
On 31 May 2013, Tru Blu Entertainment announced Rugby League Live 2 would receive an update to the game, the 2013 season pack, developed by Melbourne's Big Ant Studios. It features an update to the 2013 season of rugby league; team Kits, roster updates, new 2013 competitions, new and updated stadiums, sponsors and a number of other features and improvements. The update was released on 19 June 2013, as DLC on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Wicked Witch Software created Rugby League Live 2 for iOS, which was released in 2013 and later on Android.
Rugby League Live 3 was released by Big Ant Studios in September 2015 on seventh-gen and eighth-gen consoles as well as Microsoft Windows.
On 9 May 2017, the NRL announced the latest title Rugby League Live 4 which was released on 28 October 2017.
In 2020, the NRL confirmed that a new Rugby League game is due for release in 2021.The game has since been delayed multiple times, the game is still in production with a currently unknown release date. [3]
On July 1st, 2024, Tru Blu Games announced that Rugby League Live 3 and Rugby League Live 4 would be removed off sale on all platforms due to their NRL license expiry. The Publisher stated that the servers would be kept back up.[4][5]
List of games[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "E.T.'s Rugby League : Hall of Light - the database of Amiga games".
- ^ a b "One game at a time: Video games of the rugby codes (Part VI)". 6 April 2016.
- ^ Grixti, Shannon (13 August 2020). "A New Rugby League Game Is On The Way". Press Start Australia.
- ^ "Rugby League Live 4 will be removed from sale". Tru Blu Games. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Rugby League Live 3 will be removed from sale". Tru Blu Games. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Rugby League 2 Fever Pitch". Sidhe Interactive. 7 December 2005. Archived from the original on 3 August 2007.
- ^ a b c "Rugby League Live 4 due for 2017 release". 9 May 2017.
- ^ Grixti, Shannon (26 June 2017). "Rugby League Live 4 Release Date Revealed For PS4/Xbox One". PRESS-START. Southern Cross Austereo. Retrieved 27 June 2017.