Rugby Sim Adds Blizzards and Burning
Digital Jesters on Pro Rugby Manager 2.
Weather is more than just something to talk about with random strangers when you can think of absolutely nothing else. It's also in integral component of outdoor sports. A sweltering summer's day can affect a team just as badly as a freak blizzard whitening the pitch.
Pro Rugby Manager 2 is an upcoming management simulation game in which you lead club and national teams on the road to victory, taking care of every decision along the way. And Mother Nature will have her say in the outcome of virtual games too.
The game will allow for realistic weather effects to take their toll on players and the flow of the game. All manner of meteorological phenomena have been captured, including punishing heat, gale force winds and blizzards - not exactly typical rugby playing conditions.
Digital Jesters, the company behind Pro Rugby Manager 2, is also dangling incentive for rugby fanatics with the announcement of a competition to win an England rugby jersey signed by 16 top players, including Martin Johnson and Sir Clive Woodward.
To enter the competition, simply check out the site.
Pro Rugby Manager 2 will be released on 25 February.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games
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