That's just a stupid, stupid move if they release this a month after EA's. This game has been finished for ages, HB will never finish Rugby 2006 and it will be released unfinished. RC2006 needs to come before R06. Simple as that.
You're a casual gamer, you see a poster in your local game shop that says 'Rugby Challenge 2006. Featuring: Blah Blah NH cups and a faux SH cup. Unlicensed International teams etc Coming Soon', and then you see EA Sports Rugby 2006 sitting on the shelf. You pick up the box and read the back 'Featuring: 150 Billion Mo-capped animations, full licensing of the Super 14, fully licensed international teams. FIFA graphics' Which would you buy? you had no idea about either of them.
Of course you would go with Rugby 06, it has excellent graphics, and just the screens on the back of the box alone gives you screaming sexual desires, it has our favourite Super 14 teams in all of their licensed glory, and, above all else, it is released merely one week before kaftkas birthday, and one month before its only rival.
Now, we are a lot smarter than that, but think of all of the sales that will go EA's way rather than UBI/Swordfish's.
Silly, silly move.
.........If it happens.
[EDIT] just saw that it was RC2006 released a week before my Bday, not Rugby06.
Just in case you wanted to know.
Sambad I'm looking in your direction...
