The long-awaited Rugby Nations 2011 announcement!

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With the Rugby World Cup just around the corner we are gearing up  to launch two new games in our #1 rugby Smartphone game series, Rugby Nations. Rugby fans are in for a treat when they get their hands on the highly-anticipated Rugby Nations 2011 and the fun yet challenging free treat Rugby Kicks.

Staying true to our Nations brand, Rugby Nations 2011 brings you the most in-depth and entertaining rugby simulation to date, featuring motion-captured animations, new game modes, team management and more.

Rugby Nations 2011 features a whole new gameplay system designed to deliver an immersive gaming experience. The restructured defensive gameplay includes everything fromstanding tackles and mauls to competitive rucks. With playable line-outs, long passes, grubber kicks, penalties and much more, the way the game turns out is up to you.

The new team management feature allows you to plan your teams strategy with improved player statistics and names allowing you to make key team choices. Rugby Nations 2011 is proud to feature the names of existing Rugby Nations fans as players within the game across the20 teams.

Rugby Nations includes the all new Challenge mode to accompany the Play Now, Tournament and Conversions modes. Challenge mode allows you to moonlight as a consulting captain and bring your expertise to other country teams by overcoming the 9 challenges threatening the success of your chosen team. In the Tournament mode, the World Cup has been given a complete overhaul with group and knock-out stages, so you must persistently work your magic to bring the coveted cup home.

The all new visual presentation creates an authentic and fresh look throughout Rugby Nations 2011 beautifully blending sophisticated aggression with the fearless dynamism of the sport. Professional motion-captured animations and redesigned player models solidify our commitment to deliver console-quality presentation to Smartphone owners.

We have also included cut scenes from the Haka to victory celebrations to recreate the experience of live rugby broadcasts. We are very proud of this game and cannot wait to share it with you!

Rugby Nations 2011 is due for release on iPhone & iPod Touch 19 August 2011. Android will follow soon after.

You can see some early Rugby Nations 2011 screenshots below and we will be sharing more game materials over the next couple of weeks. Keep checking back for updates!