how many national teams will be in the Rugby League 26 ?
So letâs break this down and maybe someone can explain to me how this is smart marketing?
11 days to go and there has been a few images and a cover announced. The NRL I believe are in total control of the IP and are therefore responsible for this lack of info.
Cool OK so if they have approved the game and the quality of it now, cos letâs face it itâs way too late to change anything, then why not shout it from the roof tops that is awesome and coming very soon?
Iâm just a nobody consumer, but if I wanted to sell a lot of something, Iâd make sure everyone knew about it not just those that follow this page or that Instagram guy.
If they are saving it for origin 3, that still doesnât make sense to me. Iâd have announced it formally with clubs taking centre stage 2 weeks ago, then set up an origin decider demo match with all the bells and whistles to really capture the already excited public, and drop it 5pm Wednesday.
But heyâŚ. Thatâs just me.
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Yeh I think itâs definitely a missed opportunity to build up even more hype than there is already for the game - although from all reports the response has been pretty positive and all units so far shipped have been snapped up - no thanks to the NRL though so I hope they donât take any credit !!!
I am sure Ross and the great team over at Big Ant would be just as frustrated as us over them not releasing any details at all if the NRL are in control of that. I mean I can forgo more screenshots or release of media if we were told somethings like what teams and leagues will be included, new features that havenât been in a league game previously, all the important stuff to really get people excited for the prospect of this actually having the possibility of truly being the greatest rugby league video game of all - but we just have absolutely nothing !
This game I hope is a success and it is a really great game and depiction of rugby league we have all been waiting for - I for one though will make sure my praises will be for the team at Big Ant and not the NRL if they are the reason for the lack of marketing and info being released.
10 days and all will be revealed and I will stick by the team and do whatever I can to help ensure even any initial issues are ironed out to make it the best game possible !
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If youâre unhappy about how the NRL has handled the release, there is no use posting about it here. BigAnt canât do anything about it. Complain to the NRL themselves. Email them, phone them, call them out on their social media accounts.
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Waste of time and energy I say !doing that! They wonât care unfortunately .
If we all just put our time and energy into constructive feedback here when the game releases for improvements and bug fixes that the team at Big Ant can apply, we will reap the benefits 
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@Steeler the point of my post wasnât to blame big ant, if you read my post youâd see I mentioned its within the nrl control. I was merely pointing out the inadequacy of the marketing of a game 10 years in the making.
Probably because it will be broken and unplayable like the other games theyâve released
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In learning today the Western Clydesdales in Q-Cup are not affiliated with an NRL club, how will this play out in RL26 if they are in the game and are used in career mode?
Am surprised the UK Superleague are not doing more marketing releases prior to launch since Ross mentioned the UK market needs the exposure, in what I think could be considered dominated by soccer⌠keeping potential customers engaged right up till release versus something else on the shelf that may spike a kids interest.
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As others have said there is literally no point even mentioning marketing. As strange as it once seemed.
Look at Rugby 25. That was originally meant to be rugby 24, The officially licensed game of the rugby 2023 World Cup. No info, no release, no marketing.
Tie break was the same. Wonât be surprised if we see nothing before release day even 
and pray we donât have to read a âDear League fansâ x post.
It is no longer strange, it is just how they roll.
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I still remember asking Mario (via the forum) if he had any Irish links because of the name Sidhe. It was a great forum!
Greetings from Dublin. 
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Super league had no news this weekend?
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Given the disks have been printed and shipped, Itâs highly improbable there will be a delay.
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I didnât think that you were blaming BigAnt. I was just pointing out that you need to contact the NRL if you want the actual decision-makers to hear of your displeasure.
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Havenât been paying attention.. when is the release date?
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Release date is 17th July.
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Yeah maybe, then again maybe not was highly improbable the official game of the Rugby World Cup would miss that entire tournament by more than a year too.
I just said I wouldnât be surprised, not giving predictions. I followed Rugby 25 the whole time from announcement to now so I couldnât care less when we get info or even the game. A few weeks here or there doesnât matter. We waited years for that R25 arrive. Have learnt patience 
I also wouldnât be surprised ⌠if the disks have been shipped ⌠but the game is not actually finished. Maybe a big day one update that arrives on day 3. They also mentioned weekly updates? Which is concerning
Still 50% pumped 50% cautious. If it is a smooth release like AFL26 was (I think?) I will be stoked. 
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They better have all the god sharkies from over the years make the perfect my team!!! wonder how online going to go with that? Man im old been around every rugby league game made 
ARL 96 was my goat back in the day HOUR APON HOURS before and after school on the pc Rabs and fatty best coms in a game when fatty gives ya stick also intro video https://youtu.be/lphmxj5mhzI?si=mfv1OColhERIE_E7 should be this always gets me going for footy up up
Wonder if Content Creators who cover SL and NRL get to showcase the game / get an early preview
Needs to be inbetween rl4 and rl3.
Rl3 was more arcadey with better passing and tackling. Passing was to much spamming though which would need to be toned downed.
Also the atmosphere ascetics looked great.
Rl4 strategy and tactics even though was in a light form was much better then rl3.
Rl4s passing was a mixed bag as you had to think more but some passes especially offloads missed the mark.
If it has tactics like afl 26 this would be good news for rl fans.
For this game to work we need it to be arcadey enough where its fun for casuals but hard enough where competitive play is worth grinding. That old saying easy to learn hard to master relates here.
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I would go all-in that at the release date ,this game will be under RLL4 regarding gameplay, but i wish i will be wrong !
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