Take a look at the Early Access 3 Major Update trailer for Rugby 25, an arcade rugby sport simulation game developed by Big Ant Studios. Get the rundown on the changes to gameplay, Academy, Teams, and more with the latest update to Early Access. Rugby 25 is launching soon for PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam) with the game available now in early access for Steam.
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00:00Hi, I'm Matt, producer on Rugby 25.
00:12Let's take you through what's new in our third major early access release and give you an
00:16update on what the team's been working on over the last month.
00:20Let's start with what remains our biggest priority for Rugby 25, and that's improving
00:24gameplay.
00:25We've been pushing gameplay improvements in each of our interim updates since the EA2
00:30release, and this update adds our latest steps forward on that front.
00:35We've had improvements across all aspects of gameplay, lineouts, mauls, rucks, kicking,
00:44and in particular working on passing and tackling, making it more fluid to pass and reducing
00:49the range of tackles.
00:53As always, we appreciate your feedback on where we're at, and we'll be continuing to
00:57improve based on what everyone has to say.
01:00Aside from those changes, in-match you'll now be able to see the detailed stats breakdowns,
01:05both during matches by pausing, as well as pop-ups at key points of the game.
01:11New in Early Access 3 are the first two aspects of the Rugby Academy suite of editing tools.
01:16Firstly, we'll go over the Player Creator.
01:20The extensive options in the Player Creator let you make almost anyone.
01:24Create yourself, your teammates, whomever you like.
01:27The possibilities are endless.
01:29Start with some presets, and then adjust all aspects of the player's appearance, build,
01:34and even things like tattoos or compression gear.
01:37Even set whether you like the player's socks up or down when they play.
01:42Once you've fine-tuned their appearance, you can assign player skills to make sure that
01:47on the field their strengths and weaknesses match.
01:53What's a player without a team?
01:54The Team Creator lets you build up your roster of players and use them in-game.
01:59Set up the team's identity, their name, emblem, and colours.
02:03Then you can explore the options in the Kit Editor.
02:07A number of templates are available to start, with different styles of shirt and a wide
02:11variety of patterns.
02:15Adjust the colours and more to make it your team style.
02:22Once you've finished, add players onto your roster, and then your team will be ready to
02:25take the field.
02:29We'll bring more features to the Rugby Academy in future updates.
02:32Look forward to it!
02:36In EA3, you'll now be able to play along with the full 2024 MLR season, including a bespoke
02:43in-game HUD to bring you the essence of Major League Rugby.
02:49All 12 teams from the 2024 season are available, while in this initial update we have the first
02:54batch of stadiums from the competition.
02:57We'll have more of those in upcoming updates as we put the finishing touches on them.
03:04And finally, we can reveal our next steps, as we announce our plans for the next two
03:08major Early Access releases.
03:11Our top priority remains gameplay, so that forms the baseline of our update plans, while
03:17we'll also add further features to the Rugby Academy, additional playable leagues and more.
03:22So to keep up with everything Rugby 25, visit bigant.com forward slash rugby 25 to join
03:29our discussion forum, contact our support team, or join in with the Early Access.