As much as 505 Games and HB Studios might have you believe that Rugby World Cup 2011 is the only rugby videogame currently available on current-generation consoles, this is simply not the case. Rugby League Live launched rather quietly last year, and just around the corner comes Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge. So while Rugby World Cup 2011 isn’t alone in the field, it’s having a good stab at being the best player in the game.
Amazon has released it's video game deals of the day for Sunday. Today Amazon are offering 40% off Rugby World Cup for the Xbox 360.
Skirting around the end of summer and quickly approaching the mad autumn rush, a few select publishers made the wise decision to release some of their hottest properties a little earlier. Deus Ex: Human Revolution would Electronic Theatre Imagearguably have received plenty of attention whenever it launched, but for a franchise appealing to an audience that has long since been governed by the likes of Gears of War, Uncharted et al, launching a little earlier than the latest instalments in those series was surely a smart move.
We know that there haven’t been many Rugby games which have captured the imagination of gamers. Even horse racing games have had a more successful run than egg-chasing. For a time, it seemed like development houses had given up on them altogether, as they’ve been notably lacking this gen. It’s been four years since the last Rugby Union game, after all.
