Rugby League (video game series)
Introduction '''''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 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 * ''Australian Rugby League'' (i-Space Interactive and EA Sports, 1995, for Mega Drive)* ''ARL '96'' in 1996 (Creative Assembly, EA Sports for PC CD-ROM)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.
List of games  Title Release Date Console(s) Developer(s) ''Rugby League'' 9 December 2003 PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows Sidhe Interactive ''Rugby League 2'' 9 December 2005 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''  20 July 2017 PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC Big Ant Studios ''Rugby League Live 4 World Cup Edition'' 18 December 2017 PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC Big Ant Studios ''Rugby League Live 5 2025/26 PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC TBC
See also *Tru Blu Entertainment
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