# Rugby League (video game series)

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.The game has since been delayed multiple times, the game is still in production with a currently unknown release date.
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.

## 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 | 8 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 |
| Untitled Rugby League Game | July 2025 | Console and PC | Big Ant Studios |