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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 release2003–present
First releaseRugby League
9 December 2003
Latest releaseRugby 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

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Prior to Tru Blu, there were a handful of Southern Hemisphere-focused rugby league video games:

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

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Title Release Date Console(s) Developer(s)
Rugby League 9 December 2003 PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows Sidhe Interactive
Rugby League 2 8 December 2005[6] PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows Sidhe Interactive
Rugby League 2: World Cup Edition 6 November 2008 PlayStation 2 Sidhe Interactive
NRL Mascot Mania 2 July 2009 Nintendo DS Wicked Witch Software
Rugby League Challenge 9 September 2009 PlayStation Portable Wicked Witch Software
Rugby League 3 18 March 2010 Wii Sidhe Interactive
Rugby League Live 27 August 2010 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows Big Ant Studios
Rugby League Live 2 9 October 2012 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Big Ant Studios
Rugby League Live 2: Gold Edition 20 September 2013 iOS, Android Wicked Witch Software
Rugby League Live 3 10 September 2015 PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows Big Ant Studios
Rugby League Live 4[7] 20 July 2017[8] PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC[7] Big Ant Studios[7]
Rugby League Live 4 World Cup Edition 18 December 2017 PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC Big Ant Studios
Rugby League Live 5 TBA PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC TBC

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "E.T.'s Rugby League : Hall of Light - the database of Amiga games".
  2. ^ a b "One game at a time: Video games of the rugby codes (Part VI)". 6 April 2016.
  3. ^ Grixti, Shannon (13 August 2020). "A New Rugby League Game Is On The Way". Press Start Australia.
  4. ^ "Rugby League Live 4 will be removed from sale". Tru Blu Games. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Rugby League Live 3 will be removed from sale". Tru Blu Games. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Rugby League 2 Fever Pitch". Sidhe Interactive. 7 December 2005. Archived from the original on 3 August 2007.
  7. ^ a b c "Rugby League Live 4 due for 2017 release". 9 May 2017.
  8. ^ 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.