Rugby 08 is a simulator developed by HB Studios, released 17 July 2007 on PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Rugby 08 is
Rugby 08 is a simulator game developed by HB Studios and released in 2007. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Rugby 08 is the last release in the Rugby series to be published by EA Sports. The game allows players to play as 20 different Rugby nations, both major and minor, and includes many tournaments, such as the Rugby World Cup, Tri Nations, Six Nations, Guinness Premiership and Super 14.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Rugby 08 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 16 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Rugby 08 launched on 17 July 2007, within three weeks of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition, The World Ends with You, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword and The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition, The World Ends with You, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Rugby 08 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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