Euro leagues secured for All Blacks Rugby Challenge

Home Entertainment Suppliers, the publishers of the upcomingAll Blacks Rugby Challenge, have announced thatthe game will include three licensed European rugby union leagues.

 "We are very excitedto announce these major competition licenses for Rugby Challenge” said HomeEntertainment Suppliers MD, Sebastian Giompaolo. "Inclusion of these top-classEuropean club leagues adds great depth and appeal to an already deep title forrugby fans all over the world.  With ourbreadth of content, extensive customisation tools, and various modes, peoplewill be playing this game for years to come”.

The game will feature the English Aviva Premiership Rugby,the Celtic/Italian RaboDirect PRO12 and the French TOP 14 Orange rugby unionleagues. These will be joining official team and competition licences for theAll Blacks, the Qantas Wallabies, the USA Eagles, Tri Nations, Bledisloe Cup,Super Rugby, ITM Cup and Ranfurly Shield teams. This brings the total to 93teams for players to choose from and 31 rugby grounds to play on.

Rugby Challenge brings the televised rugby union look andfeel to the video game experience. The game will provide players with lifelikeon-pitch animations, enhanced replays and real-time commentary from GrantNisbett and former All Black Justin Marshall.

All Blacks Rugby Challenge has been developed in New Zealandby Wellington-based games studio, Sidhe. Formed in1997, Sidhe has worked alongside the likes of Sony, Warner Bros and Ubisoft andproduced many highly regarded titles for all the major games consoles. They aremost widely known for their innovative shoot-em-up, Shatter, and the NRL RugbyLeague video games.

Whilst known as All Blacks Rugby Challenge in New Zealand,the game is branded as Wallabies Rugby Challenge in Australia and as Jonah LomuRugby Challenge worldwide. The game will be released on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360and PC on 26th August, with a version for the upcoming PS Vita handheld cominglater.