Rugby Challenge 2: The Lions Tour Edition

Release Date: June 14, 2013

Sports, rugby, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet

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Rugby Challenge 2: The Lions Tour Edition is an advanced rugby sports simulation produced by New Zealand's specialised rugby studio Sidhe Interactive. Players have the opportunity to direct the actions of virtual rugby players from more than 110 licensed teams and play matches in more than 50 carefully mapped stadiums from all over the world.

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Rugby Challenge 2: The Lions Tour Edition Description

Developed by New Zealand based games developer Sidhe, the sequel includes the highly anticipated British and Irish Lions 2013 Tour of Australia and includes a myriad of new features, improvements and fresh content.

The features and content of Rugby Challenge 2: The Lions Tour Edition include:

- Play in Single Match Mode, multi-team Competition Mode, a vastly expanded multi-year Career Mode, Tutorial Mode, or compete in online multiplayer with support up to 4v4

- Refined and expanded gameplay with the addition of quick taps, quick lineouts, mauls from lineouts, interceptions, contesting ball at the breakdown, removing players from the ruck, number 8 scrum pickups, and dynamic in game team strategies on both attack and defence

- 110+ teams and 50+ stadia from around the world featured including official team, competition, and special match licenses for the All Blacks, the Qantas Wallabies, the USA Eagles, Bledisloe Cup, British and Irish Lions 2013 Tour of Australia, Barbarians FC, Combined Country, Super Rugby teams, Aviva Premiership Rugby, TOP 14 Orange, Pro D2, RaboDirect PRO12, ITM Cup, and Ranfurly Shield

- More options to create or customise players, teams, and competitions, and change game rules and behaviour to shape the game to play how you want and keep the game fresh year after year

- Revamped sound and commentary systems, with real-time commentary from seasoned rugby commentators Grant Nisbett and former All Black turned commentator Justin Marshall, and French language commentary from Eric Bayle and Thomas Lombard

Last updated on August 14, 2015