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News.com.au
a day ago
- News.com.au
‘Looks nothing like me': NRLW star slams new rugby league game
Two-code great Millie Elliott has joined the chorus of disdain over the look of the new Rugby League 26 video game. Last week's release of the latest rugby league video game descended into farce, with users taking to social media to complain about glitches, comical bugs and frozen loading screens. FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. The production company behind the game was desperately scrambling for solutions after the highly anticipated release fell apart. With limited resources and budgets for such a small market of gaming fans, expectations are always low when it comes to local football games — but even the most pessimistic of fans would have been disappointed when the game dropped. That has now included Elliott, a stalwart of the NRLW competition who has represented both the Jillaroos and Wallaroos in her footy career. Born Millie Boyle, Elliott married Newcastle Knights veteran Adam Elliott in 2023 and both appear in the new game. After getting a look at her character in the game, it's fair to say the 27-year-old was not impressed with her likeness or her rating. '(Adam) sent me the photo of my character and I will say it looks absolutely nothing like me. It looks nothing like me,' she said on Triple M. 'Adam's looks like his own doppelganger. It looks exactly like him. 'And also, apparently I've been rated out of 100 (at) 53. I don't know if that's good?' When she was told she 'should be worried' about the rating, Elliott said: 'So that's not very good apparently. That's an insult? Right, OK. 'So firstly it looks nothing like me and secondly, I'm the sh**test footy player on there. 'You'd think with AI and all this technology these days, that they could get it looking a little similar.' Eels lock Kennedy Cherrington is another player that has vented her concerns with the new platform. The 26-year-old was keen to get stuck into the game last weekend until she saw herself in the game and the general gameplay. 'This might seem petty, but as a player that features in the new RL26 game, I'm not happy,' she tweeted with a series of cry-laughing emojis. 'Maybe we should just be grateful that we're in the game but overall I know the fans aren't happy too. From the facial scans to the player ratings & even the gameplay nahhh.' Cherrington then added: 'I was so keen to get sweaty on the game this weekend! But it's put me off. That update better be incoming soon haha.' While plenty of fans publicly praised the game's in-match experience, countless others took to social media to share clips of hilarious glitches. Among the angry reactions across cyberspace, some fans reached out directly to the Big Ant Studios Studios developer responsible for executing the new game. Big Ant Studios released a statement on social media last week, apologising to those that had purchased the new game. 'We know today has not gone as smoothly as it should have and we will compensate all #RugbyLeague26 purchasers with some free #ProTeam credit,' the Studio posted. 'Details to follow. There has been overwhelming demand that also may have caused service issues, and for that we cannot apologise enough.' A number of footy fans reacted to Elliott and Cherrington's comments on X. One wrote: 'The NRL need to stop being cheap. They made over 50 million in profit last year.' Another said: 'If you don't have a big budget, these are the results to expect …' X user Mark Jordan wrote: 'Time for the @RLPlayers to step in?' A fourth wrote: 'I'm not at all surprised sadly. Every promotion for the game was just screaming poor quality. It looks like it belongs on the PS3!'
News.com.au
5 days ago
- News.com.au
Rugby league game a laughing stock like NRL fans all expected
Another Australian football game, another epic flop. The production organisation behind the new Rugby League 26 game are desperately scrambling for solutions after the highly anticipated game fell apart this week. The release of the iconic rugby league video game descended into farce with users taking to social media to complain about glitches, comical bugs and frozen loading screens. FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. It has seemed ages since rugby league fans have had an opportunity to try a new gaming experience, but this week's embarrassing release will be an all-too-familiar deflating feeling. With limited resources and budgets for such a small market of gaming fans, expectations are always low when it comes to local football games — but even the most pessimistic of fans would have been disappointed when the game dropped. While plenty of fans have publicly praised the in-match experience, countless others have taken to social media to share clips of hilarious glitches. Among the angry reactions across cyberspace, some fans have reached out directly to the Big Ant Studios Studios developer responsible for executing the new game. Users of X have reached out directly to the organisation to ask for refunds. Big Ant Studios released a statement on social media on Thursday night, making an apology to those that have purchased the new game. 'We know today has not gone as smoothly as it should have and we will compensate all #RugbyLeague26 purchasers with some free #ProTeam credit,' the Studio posted. 'Details to follow tomorrow. There has been overwhelming demand that also may have caused service issues, and for that we cannot apologise enough. The studio on Friday morning shared another update. 'At the moment the team have been on a double+ shift of 16+ hours to secure server services to enable #ProTeam to be turned back on,' it stated. 'That is the first priority, then an update to the game.' Users sharing video clips of some of their user experiences have got plenty of rugby league fans guffawing on X. One person posted on X: 'Not even joking how did this game get the green light? Another person posted: '8 years and this dross is the best you can come up with? Embarrassing'. One user wrote: 'Cannot put into words how bad Rugby League 26 is'. One person summed it up by posting: 'I didn't have big expectations around Rugby League 26 but this is a genuine piss take. I understand you are not a big developer but c'mon guys, be better.' The most damning social posts have been videos shared by users. Typical commentary from a #bigant rugby game 🙈 #rugbyleague26 — Darren Glover (@dazglo36) July 17, 2025 interesting kickoff tactic #RugbyLeague26 — steven (@stvnktzms) July 17, 2025 Thought I’d give the online section of Rugby League 26 a go, swiftly left the game after this bullshit. This game is brutal😂 @BigAntStudios @RossSymons — Jamie Tomlin (@JamieTomlin_) July 17, 2025 En route to your headquarters as we speak @RossSymons @BigAntStudios #RugbyLeague26 — zac (@shaisprint) July 17, 2025 That doesn't mean every user has had a bad experience. Fox League larrikins Nathan Hindmarsh and Bryan Fletcher appeared to get plenty of giggles while playing it on a segment of their hit segment. Although even their promotional video showed up some bugs. As reported by Code Sports, the game has had the biggest pre-sale for any game in 2025. Rabbitohs hooker Brandon Smith enjoyed playing the game in a promotional exercise. 'Mate, it's a great game,' he told the publication. 'For me, it's just about playing rugby league on a video game and being in one. I remember when the old games came out …. it was just a cool thing. So it's awesome just to be a part of something like this.' Smith's rating in the game is 82, despite his recent injury woes. Panthers star Nathan Cleary is the highest rated player in the game with a rating of 93. Penrith captain Isaah Yeo is the second best player in the game with 92. Of course, a few things like glitches, bugs and major system breakdowns won't stop diehard rugby league fans from snapping up the game. At least now, we've all been warned.
ABC News
6 days ago
- ABC News
Rugby League 26 video game launch hit by glitches, server issues, Xbox failure
State of Origin star Kennedy Cherrington is among scores of fans left disappointed by the launch of the long-awaited Rugby League 26 video game. The game was released on Thursday and social media immediately blew up with fans reporting bugs and errors. Gamers noticed everything from strangely inflated player ratings — rarely selected Knights halfback Jackson Hastings is an 89 and retired forward Tom Eisenhuth tops the Dragons at 90 — to glitches within the gameplay, to stadiums being placed in the wrong cities. Xbox users were also locked out by server errors for about 11 hours after release, while many players in the game are wearing the wrong numbers, kicking with the wrong foot, or listed at the wrong positions. A large swathe of fans have called the game simply a re-skinned version of Rugby League Live 4, which was released in 2017 by the same studio, Big Ant. Content creator and Penrith Panthers superfan Ryan Flaxman called on the developers to "do better", labelling the game a "remaster" of its eight-year-old predecessor, rather than anything new. "When I buy a $100 game, I am expecting — maybe not FIFA levels, I know I'm not expecting top quality — but I'm expecting something new," he posted on social media. "And yes, we've got Pro Team, but 90 per cent of the gameplay is a copy and paste of Rugby League Live 4. "And I could live with that [if] the gameplay was working, but nothing was working. I could live with the re-use of animations, the shit commentary, the game itself, but the fact that it just doesn't work, come on man." ABC Sport is live blogging every round of the AFL and NRL seasons in 2025. Parramatta and NSW State of Origin star Kennedy Cherrington was among the most prominent voices criticising the game. "This might seem petty, but as a player that features in the new RL26 game, I'm not happy," Cherrington wrote on social media. "Maybe we should just be grateful that we're in the game but overall I know the fans aren't happy too. From the facial scans to the player ratings & even the gameplay nahhh." Cherrington said she couldn't play herself at her usual position of lock, nor men's star Mitchell Moses at halfback, and Eels teammate Tyla Amiatu was another of the players listed out of position, with the prop labelled an 89-rated fullback. "So bad," Cherrington wrote, adding it is "not hard to ask what position the players play". Cherrington posted on Instagram as she repeatedly tried and failed to sign in to the game, calling for more consultation with players. "I reckon in the future we make sure we work together to make sure a half-finished game like this never gets released again lol," she posted on her stories, tagging the Rugby League Players' Association. Melbourne-based game developer Big Ant Studios and its founder and chief executive, Ross Symons, have been doing damage control on social media since the launch. Symons apologised to fans who "spent good miney" (sic), some as much as $125, on the game. Big Ant worked with Microsoft to get the game up and running on Xbox, but issues persisted, and the studio said employees were working "around the clock" to fix other bugs. "We know today has not gone as smoothly as it should have, and we will compensate all #RugbyLeague26 purchasers with some free #ProTeam credit," Big Ant tweeted. "There has been overwhelming demand that also may have caused service issues, and for that we cannot apologise enough." Symons said they sold six times more copies of Rugby League 26 than other game this year, and the "servers are not coping". The "Rugby League 26 Bugs and Issues Megathread" on the Big Ant website's forum had received 137 messages in 24 hours from midday Saturday. Some have been fixed, while frustrated players wait for others to be rectified.
