Rugby 2004

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Rugby 2004
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Australian PlayStation 2 cover featuring Wallabies' player George Gregan.
Developer(s) HB Studios
Publisher(s) EA Sports
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Windows
Release
September 18, 2003
  • PlayStation 2
    Windows
    • FRA: September 18, 2003 [1]
    • UK: September 19, 2003 [2]
    • NA: October 6, 2003 [5]
    • AU: October 25, 2003 [6]
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Rugby 2004 is the 2003 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series. The game was developed by HB Studios, published by EA Sports, and released in 2003. The game is a follow-up to 2000's Rugby 2001 , and was succeeded by Rugby 2005 . Rugby 2004 features over 60 teams, over 1500 players and over 65 stadiums. The game's commentators are BBC's John Inverdale, and Channel 7's Gordon Bray. The game's soundtrack is provided by INXS. [7] It supports up to 4 players playing on the PlayStation 2 via Multitap, and also utilises the console's online multiplayer function.

Contents

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [8] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rugby 2004". Jeuxvideo.com . Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Bramwell, Tom (September 19, 2003). "What's New?". Eurogamer . Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Rugby 2004". Gameplanet . Archived from the original on October 13, 2003. Retrieved July 8, 2024. Release date: 19th September, 2003
  4. ↑ Lafferty, Michael (October 18, 2003). "EA Sports Rugby 2004 Development Manager Andrew Wilson Takes Gamers into the Scrum". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006. Retrieved July 8, 2024. EA Sports Rugby 2004 is scheduled for release September 23 on both the PC and PlayStation 2 platforms.
  5. ↑ Scott, Jonathan (October 6, 2003). "Rugby 2004 Now Available". IGN . Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Rugby 2004". Gameplanet . Archived from the original on February 17, 2004. Retrieved July 8, 2024. Release date: 25th October, 2003
  7. 1 2 MacDonald, Ryan (September 22, 2003). "Rugby 2004 Review (PS2)". GameSpot. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Rugby 2004 for PC Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Rugby 2004 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ Bramwell, Tom (November 5, 2003). "Rugby 2004 (PS2)". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Rugby 2004 (PS2)". Game Informer . No. 126. October 2003. p. 123.
  12. ↑ Goble, Gord (October 21, 2003). "Rugby 2004 Review (PC)". GameSpot. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  13. ↑ Durham Jr., Joel (December 22, 2003). "GameSpy: Rugby 2004 (PC)". GameSpy . Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  14. ↑ Meston, Zach (September 29, 2003). "GameSpy: Rugby 2004 (PS2)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on July 18, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  15. ↑ Tha Wiz (November 18, 2003). "EA SPORTS Rugby 2004 - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on July 9, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  16. ↑ Bedigian, Louis (September 27, 2003). "EA SPORTS Rugby 2004 - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  17. ↑ Carle, Chris (November 20, 2003). "Rugby 2004 (PC)". IGN . Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  18. ↑ Carle, Chris (September 17, 2003). "Rugby 2004 (PS2)". IGN. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Rugby 2004". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine . October 2003. p. 126.
  20. ↑ Keller, Matt (September 29, 2003). "Rugby 2004 Review - PlayStation 2 Video Game Review". PALGN. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  21. ↑ Smith, Rob (February 2004). "Rugby 2004". PC Gamer : 84. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Review: Rugby 2004". PSM . November 2003. p. 48.
  23. 1 2 Moore, Jonathon (September 25, 2003). "EA's Rugby 2004 knocks on". BBC Sport . Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  24. ↑ Porter, Alex (September 8, 2003). "Rugby 2004 (PS2)". Maxim. Archived from the original on September 21, 2003. Retrieved July 29, 2016.


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