AFL (video game series)

AFL
Genre(s)	Australian rules football sports game
Developer(s)	Transmission Games
Publisher(s)	Acclaim Entertainment, SCEA

The AFL series is a series of video games about Australian rules football. It was created by IR Gurus.

Video games

AFL Coach 2002

The first game AFL Coach 2002. It was released as a PC-only video game. In the game you assume the role of an AFL Coach, you tell your players commands such as the type of play you want them to play (attacking, defensive, Normal) and when to interchange. It sold well for an IR Gurus game but not too well on the market.

AFL Live 2003

AFL Live 2003 is a sport football/videogame for the Sony Playstation 2 and the Microsoft Xbox. Its based on the Australian Football League with team rosters from 2003. It was first released September 5, 2002 in Australia. It was created by IR Gurus and published by Acclaim.

AFL Live 2004

AFL Live 2004 is the 2004 edition of the Australian rules football game for the PlayStation 2, PC and Xbox. You play as a player in the Australian Football League. This is the next edition after many other editions such as AFL 99 (EA Sports) and AFL Live 2003. The game was published by Acclaim.

AFL Live Premiership Edition

AFL Live Premiership Edition is a video game for the Playstation 2 and Xbox and was released in 2004. It is an update on AFL Live 2004 which includes updated player rosters and video content.

The game was developed by IR Gurus.

AFL Premiership 2005 (Video Game)

AFL Premiership 2005 (Video Game) is the 2005 edition of the Australian rules football game for the PlayStation 2. You play as a player in the AFL. This is the next edition after many other editions such as AFL 99 (EA Sports), AFL 2003, AFL 2004 and AFL Premiership Edition (IR Gurus). When Acclaim shut down its operations in Australia, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEE) got publishing and distributing rights to the game. Because SCEE had an exclusive period with the title, initially it was only launched on PlayStation 2. However, THQ has released a PC and Xbox version of the game. It is only available in Australia.

AFL Premiership 2006 (Video Game)

AFL Premiership 2006 (Video Game) is a simulation game for the Playstation 2 based on the AFL. The game was developed by Australian games company IR Gurus and featured all 16 teams playing in the 2006 AFL season.

The game is a follow-up to AFL Live 2004 and AFL Premiership 2005. The game, unlike its predecessor, was less criticized by game reviewers, and was felt to be one the best AFL games made. Its main features included the addition of training mode, revamped career mode as well as more attention paid to gameplay, rather than graphics, with the whole gameplay system being started from scratch.

You can select to play as one of all 16 teams.

AFL Premiership 2007 (Video Game)

AFL Premiership 2007 (Video Game) is a simulation game for Playstation 2 based on the AFL. The game was again developed by Australian games company IR Gurus and published by SCE, their third collaboration in the series, and was released on the 28th of June, 2007. The game includes all 16 teams, more than 600 AFL players with updated stats and all of the major stadiums, including Melbourne, Geelong, Docklands, Adelaide, Perth, Homebush, Brisbane, Sydney and Launceston. Game modes in AFL Premiership 2007 are Single Match, Season Mode, Career Mode, Mission Mode and Training Mode. It was a follow-up to AFL Premiership 2006.

Future AFL video games

Transmission Games have yet to announced another AFL video game.

References

http://www.bigant.com/bigant_games/view/australian-rules-football-18/