AFL Live 2

[Hawthorn23]

Tell 'im he's dreamin'.

Hahaha

 

[Old M8]

I reckon it won't be developed by Wicked Witch. And also I just searched this Sebastian fellow and there was no link to Wicked Witch?

It's going to be wicked witch. You can take it to the bank.

 

[Hawthorn23]

It's going to be wicked witch. You can take it to the bank.

I don't reckon so

 

[Hate]

I'm very excited for this. Especially to see that they will be adding a career mode that includes drafts and training which goes for 15 years. Not to happy I'll have to listen to Tom Harley though. Hope they will add in advanced match-day stats.

 

[LegendakaRICHO]

some info on

Sebastian Giompaolo, a former programmer whose company, Home Entertainment Suppliers, publishes the authorised AFL and NRL games.

 

[YoungsterPA]

Was looking forward to this so much but now with bigant not doing it im Not expecting much

 

[mitchzz]

Wow that picture is... very amateur stuff, geez

Sad news about no BigAnt

 

[Hate]

Wow that picture is... very amateur stuff, geez

Sad news about no BigAnt

Thought it was a cartoon series by looking at that image. Basic image. Hope it's not the final image/style

 

[robertto]

urgh, no big ant, ffs

cannot stand wicked witch games. game boner is deflating rapidly

 

[Golden Slumbers]

That logo is awful! looks like an MSpaint job

 

[LegendakaRICHO]

15 years 15 premierships

 

[PAdman]

I don't reckon so

Wicked Witch have previous licence experience with AFL, there's not that many Aussie game devs anymore. It will be WW.

 

[melbournemartin]

I doubt it'll simply be a Wii upgrade. The Wii version was built upon minigames that are not possible on the other consoles.

 

[Cochblocked]

From IGN: The developer was not named in the initial information. When asked, an HES representative responded, “Tru Blu are developing AFL Live 2.”

 

[DEAN0]

Hawthorn said they underwent scans for the game which doesn't sound like WW's style of sticky taped cartoon photos onto a crappy model.

Even if it is WW, if they are making amends for gameplay as much as it sounds like they might be on graphics and presentation then they might be onto something here.

Said "might" too many times I know but my expectations for this game plumetted when I found out it wasn't Big Ant.

 

[speedybundy]

That logo looks very similar to the Wii/Smart phone version.
Wicked Witches can you confirm if you are developer?

 

[BlackMamba]

Good news about the announcement. Sad to hear BigAntStudios isn't involved.
My bet is that the code base from Big Ant's original game would have been handed over to another company to work on to create AFL Live 2, as I think the publisher (Tru Blu) technically own it.

As to which company.... that could be Wicked Witch....or even a development arm of TruBlu itself.

 

[Ice9ine]

Is that IR Gurus mob still going? My heart sank when I learnt BA aren't involved too.

 

[PAdman]

Is that IR Gurus mob still going? My heart sank when I learnt BA aren't involved too.

Nah, the last game they made was Ashes 2009 back in 2009 and that's when they closed their doors.

 

[Lucev23]

Was really excited when this was announced early but now that I've heard that BigAntStudios have nothing to do with it I am quite disappointed. I also have a terrible feeling that WW will be the developer, even that terrible logos reeks of them!

My message to Ross, after we were all told a few years ago that their involvement in AFL games was a long term venture...

Can't wait for the new cricket game

 

[Strahany]

 

[mac001996]

http://www.wicked-witch.com.au/index.php?page=3&id=1 if you go down wicked witch doesent mention ps3 and it also does not state on their wikipedia page that they are a licensed developer for PS3. If this is the case it rules them out for sure. I hope to god this is the case

 

[SugarShane]

Devastated. BigAnt's AFL was easily the best AFL game ever but still had so much room for improvement. Completely shattered that they're not developing this, my enthusiasm for it just dropped majorly.

It'd be interesting to know where the negotiations broke down. BA should totally follow their cricket path and just release and unlicensed Aussie Rules game that builds on AFL Live.

 

[speedybundy]

Oh yes.

Off topic, I love the amount of The Office stuff being posted here

On topic, a huge shame BigAntStudios won't be involved the last was the best AFL game I've ever seen and a great platform, but give wicked witch or whoever it is a chance to have a good crack before saying you've lost interest. I'm still super excited for a new AFL game

 

[Wettoast11]

Since Big Ant isn't making it, I hope the game sucks considering its not on PC so i can't be jealous of you guys.