The wait is finally over and we could not be happier to announce the release of Rugby Nations 13 for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad! If you have been following our development diary, you will know that Rugby Nations 13 has been developed from the ground up with our proprietary Phoenix™ engine for the best rugby experience ever on iOS. We recruited the help of pro rugby players for gameplay, AI and motion-capture sessions to ensure that the rugby they play is the rugby you play.

All-new set play mechanics, offload passing, box kicks, drop goals, quick balls, blindside, in-game team management and more are all included in the game. With new cups, challenges and TV’s popular sports voice Bill Leslie’s on commentary, Rugby Nations 13 is the hot ticket of the season for the most spectacular rugby tournaments ever played on iOS.

Visit here to get your copy of Rugby Nations 13 from the Apple Appstore!

Here are the features of Rugby Nations 13:

· UNRIVALLED RUGBY VISUALS
The pioneering Phoenix™ engine delivers the most authentic visual presentation of rugby ever experienced on iOS. Motion-captured animations, highly-detailed players and breathtaking stadiums bring the match to life like never before.

· GAMEPLAY OF THE REAL-LIFE RUGBY PROS
Realistic AI developed with professional rugby players lets you show your skills in all areas of the game, including box kicking, pick and go, drop goals, quick balls, blindside, offload passes, new scrum and lineout mechanics and much more.

· MATCH DAY COMMENTARY BY TV’S FAVORITE BILL LESLIE
From highlight reel-worthy tries to hard-hitting tackles, TV’s sports voice Bill Leslie’s commentary takes the game to a whole new level of immersion.

· ALL-NEW TEAM MANAGEMENT
Team management allows you to make tactical substitutions during the game. Strategize your play to outperform your opponents both in skill and fitness.

· GREATEST TEAMS, MORE CUPS, MORE CHALLENGES
20 teams representing the world’s most accomplished rugby nations and a full set of exhilarating tournaments, including the new additions Pacific Cup, 4 Nations and Americas Cup. Challenges mode introduces 8 new predicaments for aspiring rugby pros to showcase their pressure-handling talent across 3 skill levels.

Grab your copy from the Apple Appstore now!

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PowerUp Finalists

To celebrate our time in the limelight and welcome new riders to the game, the organizers of the Finland Online Race have kindly dropped the entry fees for the duration of the race. It is only 1 coin “deposit” to enter, which you get back (in multiples) just by crossing the finish line.

For those riders new to the Online race, here’s how this type of event works:
Choose your own list of rivals from Global, Local (country) or Skill leaderboards. You will also be able to play against your Facebook friends across iOS and Android devices and if you have an Apple device, you will also be able to add your Game Center friends to your Rivals.

We hope to see you all in Finland!
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With 6 Nations in full flow, our massively popular Rugby Nations is now available at the Amazon Appstore for Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD. If you are new to our Rugby Nations franchise, here are the features the game:

ADVANCED GAMEPLAY SYSTEM
Rugby Nations features a whole new proprietary gameplay system designed to deliver an immersive gaming experience with more fully playable elements. The restructured defensive gameplay includes everything from standing tackles and mauls to competitive rucks. With playable line-outs, long passes, grubber kicks, penalties and much more, the way the game turns out is entirely up to you.

TAKE THE REINS
The team management feature allows you to strategize your game with player names and statistics guiding you to make the right decisions for your team.
Rugby Nations is proud to feature existing Rugby Nations fans as players within the game across the 20 countries and who knows; you might be training or be the next rugby
legend yourself.

DOMINATE THE GREATEST TOURNAMENTS OF THE RUGBY WORLD
Rugby Nations offers a wide variety of game modes from top Tournaments
to Conversions and Challenges. Challenge mode invites you to moonlight as a
consulting captain and bring your expertise to other country teams by completing
different scenarios threatening the success of the teams. Once you have mastered
your skills and strategies, take on the World with the challenging yet rewarding
World Cup Tournament and bring home the coveted trophy.

AUTHENTIC VISUALS WITH LIVE RUGBY BROADCAST FEEL
The exquisite visual presentation creates an authentic and fresh new look throughout Rugby Nations beautifully blending the sophisticated aggression with the fearless dynamism of the sport. Professional motion-captured animations and detailed player models deliver an experience on a small screen ready to rival console games. Cut scenes from Haka to victory celebrations are all paying homage to the passion of this great sport and its players.

Get your copy of Rugby Nations at the Amazon Appstore here: https://bit.ly/rugbykindle

As mentioned last time we’ve been wanting to share the VERY FIRST screen shots of Rugby Nations 13 in action. After being in development for so long, it’s with a mixture of excitement and trepidation that we release these screenshots into the wilds of the Internet.

So… here goes…

Rugby Team Select

First up we have a screen showing the beautiful new menu style.

What we’ve tried to do is to present all of the information you need in a concise and attractive manner so the menus are intuitive and yet informative.

Team Line Up

Next up here we have the team line-up screen showing the players from each team, their overall rating and the pack-weight of the forwards.

From here you can change your team line-up and select your substitutes.

England vs France

And… drum roll please…

Here is the very first in-game action shot of the game.

The England versus France match is going to be a good one tomorrow so we thought it fitting to show these two teams fighting it out in the new game.

Scotland vs Italy

And another one showing Scotland versus Italy in a night match.

We really hope that you love the new visuals. As always, we’re happy to receive your feedback and if you use twitter and want to mention the new game then use the hashtag #rn13 – we’ll be looking out for that and answering any questions you may have.

In Crew Battle you get to go head to head against the toughest DHX crews from around the World and outrace them to unlock exclusive (FREE) Spartan gear.

In this daily battle, the crew will supply you with their chosen board (returned after race) and you will have ONE shot to beat them before the tour moves on to prep for next day’s race in another location. There are no entry fees plus you will earn coins and XP from skills and energy points.

If you beat a crew, you will get your Crew Battle card stamped and beating all the Pro crews will unlock FREE ( and exclusive to Crew Battle) Spartan gear plus Xtreme battles. If you lose, you will still be able to participate on the battle tour as normal and focus on beating the next crew. If you’re looking for a rematch with the same crew, you will need to wait for the tour to come back to the location.

Want to get early access to the next day’s race? There will be Wildcard touts on hand to hook you up with an early bird Wildcard to skip the waiting.

These battles are no walk in the park so we highly recommend you practice your riding on the Medal events before taking these crews on. You’re hitting Pro crews on their home turf so you’ve got to come prepared.

Not a Downhill Xtreme rider yet? No worries – get your FREE copy of the game right here:

Apple Appstore for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad: https://bit.ly/dhxapple
Google Play for Android devices and tablets: https://bit.ly/dhxgoogle

As you may have noticed, the six nations tournament has begun and there is no sign of Rugby Nations 13. The truth is that we have ‘all hands on deck’ working to complete the development of the game but it is not yet ready for release.

As Sega used to say, ‘to be this good takes ages’. Right now we are putting the final touches to the game and tuning the game-play. What we can’t do is shortcut this tuning and end up with a sub-standard Rugby game. You, the fans of Rugby Nations, deserve the best Rugby game possible. We therefore continue to work on the game making it better and better each day.

We started development of the game back in May last year along with a completely brand new games engine we call ‘Blue Phoenix’.

Blue Phoenix takes everything we have learnt about smartphone and tablet game development and the engine emerges, reborn if you will, from fire of burning off all the annoyances of the previous engine.

A brand new game engine is a very large investment for any games developer. In developing a new game engine, every minute detail has to be carefully considered so that you end up with something that is flexible, powerful and easy to use.

It is the development of this entirely new game engine that is the main reason that Rugby Nations 13 has taken longer than originally planned.

What it does mean, however, is that the new engine makes the best use of the latest smartphones and tablet hardware. We’re now using the full potential of the graphical capabilities. The stadiums, players and menus all look gorgeous. And, it all runs at a silky smooth frame-rate.

So, the Blue Phoenix engine is purring away, player artwork & animations are up and running, stadiums are built, the commentary has been spoken and the challenges are ready to be challenged. All that remains is the delicate art of game-play tuning and balancing.

Tuning and balancing is a slippery beast when it comes to reliably predicting how long it will take. Our best estimate is for a mid-March 2013 release. We hope that you stick with us until then, as we’re sure that you won’t be disappointed with the all-new Rugby Nations 13.

I’ll be back next week with some further updates on progress and what to expect from the game, including some exclusive screen-shots of the game running on an iPhone.

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In Crew Battle you get to go head to head against the toughest DHX crews from around the World and outrace them to unlock exclusive (FREE) Spartan gear.

In this daily battle, the crew will supply you with their chosen board (returned after race) and you will have ONE shot to beat them before the tour moves on to prep for next day’s race in another location. There are no entry fees plus you will earn coins and XP from skills and energy points.

If you beat a crew, you will get your Crew Battle card stamped and beating all the Pro crews will unlock FREE ( and exclusive to Crew Battle) Spartan gear plus Xtreme battles. If you lose, you will still be able to participate on the battle tour as normal and focus on beating the next crew. If you’re looking for a rematch with the same crew, you will need to wait for the tour to come back to the location.

Want to get early access to the next day’s race? There will be Wildcard touts on hand to hook you up with an early bird Wildcard to skip the waiting.

These battles are no walk in the park so we highly recommend you practice your riding on the Medal events before taking these crews on. You’re hitting Pro crews on their home turf so you’ve got to come prepared. Good luck!

Not a Downhill Xtreme rider yet? No worries – get your FREE copy of the game right here:

Apple Appstore for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad: https://bit.ly/dhxapple