Rugby League has been in the making for over 12 months and has seen the NRL and New Zealand program developers Sidhe Interactive inundated with requests and suggestions from fans, right down to the best name for the game.
The game will feature 35 licensed teams with official licenses that include the National Rugby League (NRL), NRL Telstra Premiership, State of Origin, City vs Country, the Australian Kangaroos and the New Zealand Kiwis.
With accurate player statistics and 25 realistic stadiums, the game will also support multiplayer.
There has not been a Rugby League game for over seven years, hence fans are eagerly awaiting the release of Rugby League.
KEY FEATURES
- 35 teams, with official licenses that include The National Rugby League, State of Origin Series, City v Country Series, International Test Matches, International Tri Series - Australia v New Zealand v Great Britain, Trans Tasman Test Australia v New Zealand, English Super League, World Club Challenge (6 Aus Clubs v 6 English Clubs)
- Game Customisation: create your own team(s), create your own player(s), create your own competition(s)
- Play by Play Commentary by Channel 9's Andrew Voss
- Referee speech by Steve Clark
- Statistics supplied by NRL Stats
- Hidden features to unlock
GAMEPLAY FEATURES:
- All your favorite NRL & Super League players
- Home & Away Jersey's with appropriate sponsoring & logo's
- 25 realistic stadiums
- Bone Crunching Multiple Tackles
- Sidesteps
- Fend Offs
- Offloads (One arm Offloads as well)
- Barn Storming Runs to Break through Tackles
- A full arsenal of kicks: Chip Kicks, Grubber Kicks, Bombs, Long Punts Including 40/20's, Field Goals
- High Tackles, Cut Out Passes, Forward Passes, Knock Ons, Scrums
- Weather: Day & Night Games, Rain & Wind
- Dynamic Crowd sizes and Sound Effects depending on the match up
- 5 Difficulty Levels
- Injuries, Send Offs, Sin Bins
- Over 700 separate realistic animations, with additional motion blending and dynamic head tracking for unlimited variety
- High quality graphics including player likeness, dynamic lighting and shadows
- Referee & Touch Judges
- Interchange/Substitutions
- Slow Motion Replays
- Multiple in-game camera angles to choose from including both behind and side-on based views
- Player Attributes: Speed, Acceleration, Aggression, Agility, Fitness, Pass Accuracy, Catch Ability, Offload Ability, Tackle Ability, Break Tackle Ability, Kick Accuracy, Goal Kicking Accuracy
- Ankle Taps
- Diving passes from Dummy Half
- One handed Catches
- Post Try Celebrations
- 2003 Team Rosters with the ability to edit & customise each team's squad list
- Headgear
- 1-4 Players on Xbox