Tru Blu Entertainment has announced overnight the upcoming release of Rugby Challenge 3, due to arrive in the final quarter of 2015 for PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

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Rugby Challenge 3 is being developed by Melbourne, Australia-based studio Wicked Witch Software.The announcement confirms Rugby Challenge 3 “will feature key Rugby powerhouse teams such as the Wallabies, All Blacks, England, Springboks and more, all under official license.” It also confirms the game will feature 11 competitions, including Super Rugby, New Zealand’s domestic ITM Cup and South Africa’s Currie Cup. Rugby Sevens will also feature.The new Be a Pro mode is another new addition and will allow players to join a club team as a rookie and play out a career over 13 seasons. Completing match goals will increase your player’s skills and help you work your way towards becoming captain of your club and see you selected for international duty.Rugby Challenge 3 will also include a user generated content tool, dubbed the FanHub, for gamers to create custom players and teams. No doubt taking cues from the successful Don Bradman Cricket 14, and the upcoming Rugby League Live 3, this content can be shared online across all supported platforms. The Rugby Challenge 3 FanHub is available for free from Steam now , so the community can begin working on custom content immediately.Commentary will be provided by experienced rugby commentators Grant Nisbett and Justin Marshall. French language commentary will come via Eric Bayle and Thomas Lombard.The previous game in this series, Rugby Challenge 2: The Lions Tour Edition (the title of which was lightly localised depending on the region of the world you picked it up from) was developed by NZ developer Sidhe and released June 2013.Last year’s Rugby 15, from Big Ben Interactive and former EA Rugby developers HB Studios, was described in IGN’s review as “an utter disaster.”

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