10th April according to Game in the White Rose. Aparently (for the 4th time in a row) the developers hadn't planned for the huge number of pre orders. They are having to make/ship more copies out.

Hi "MattyB"

Got one for my Grandson, from Manly nr Brisbane, on the 18th March, not tried it yet, only fly back to Manchester May 8th. the cost was 99 dollars, because we pre-ordered the game we received a Wii gamepad plus a showcase which includes, play and protect covers, graphic inserts for all 16 NRL teams, 2 reinforced wrist straps with sliding locks, plus 2 textured replacement battery doors, both these items retail at 19-99 dolars each, so I am well pleased with my purchase (so far!!!)

Very doubtful - the more likely date is the 16th April.

That'd be epic if they done that here. AU$99 equates to about £60 and I'd gladly pay 60 notes to get all that stuff with it

It's people like you who are harming the games industry. The same people who will complain about poor graphics, unrealistic gamepley etc. If people paid for games instead of downloading them then more money could be spent on development.

What right have you got to jump to conclusions?

Step down from your soap box.

Why else would said user not be able to say on here?

Evidently you do or you wouldn't have jumped in nearly taking my arm off.

I will happily admit that I DID download it, and have played it just once so far.

As to your tripe about "people like you....." - I will also be buying the game !!!!!

Frankly, there are so many games that range from poor to downright atrocious, I feel no guilt whatsoever about downloading them, testing them, and then ONLY purchasing the ones that I will play more than once.

Some (most) games get no more than 5 minutes before they are consigned to the scrap-heap, which would be one hell of a waste of money.

Anyway - On to this game.

As I said, I only played once, and I used the alternative control-method of Wiimote only. (I'll be testing the Wiimote + nunchuck option over the weekend).

Controls are generally good and fairly intuitive - And there *IS* a sprint option (with the Wiimote-only, you hold down button "B"icon_wink.gif

Not seen all the stadia, but the DW looks superb.

Player graphics are generally very good (although as mentioned, Pat Richards looks more like Shaun Ainscough).

Team ratings are not accurate for this year, but then again we are a much better team than last year.
However, they are fully customisable, so you can rate Stains 1 for everything, and us at 100 if you really want to

I will say that you *REALLY* need to play this game on a composite lead (the 5-lead version, not the standard 3-lead).
The difference between standard 480i (blurred) graphics and Progressive 480p (pin-sharp) is phenomenal.

This game is the only reason that I bought the Composite lead, and it makes a MASSIVE difference.
(If anyone wants them, I bought mine from ebay for just £2.85, with free P&P, so no need to miss out if your TV can handle the input).

Final thoughts:
Buy it.
I will be, and I already have it and could play for free if I really wanted to, but it is so good that I feel the need to support Sidhe for the work that they put in.

As an aside - I just played Stains at the GPW and won 58-4.

If only the real team would do the same tomorrow (actually, later today)

Anyone know what the reason for the delay is?
Can only be a stock issue?? Is it on a similar slow boat from China as the 8inarow flag?