Multiplat AFL 23 - PS/Steam Releasing May 4, Xbox TBC

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

WHEN CAN I PLAY? READ BELOW:

• PlayStation (Physical): Thursday 4 May
• PlayStation (Digital): 8:01am AEST Thursday 4 May
• Steam: Currently 8:01am AEST Thursday 4 May, may be moved to 12:01am AEST
• Xbox (Digital or Physical): TO BE CONFIRMED, unlikely to be 4 May

Spoiler: Specific Big Ant quotes about the release:

Those that pre-ordered PS versions will be able to play on Thursday, disks will have already been mailed by retailers, they will also be available in-store.

Steam will also be available Thursday.

Stating the obvious, we are still having issues with XBox.

Seriously, anyone that looks hard knows there’s issues - why do you think there are so many exclusives for a particular platform that are not marked as exclusive, but are only on that platform.

If I took that road, life would have been a lot easier.

Xbox digital and retail will release at the same time - that is not a decision we get to make.

It applies now and I will no doubt pay a price.

Spoiler: Other Quotes

Re: commentary team

Spoiler: Other Quotes

Hamish is still there, Daisy didn't make it into the final version of the game.

We added Gary and increased the workload of Harf.

Re: game availability/release dates

I can never give 100% guarantee about anything in the future, but as it stands today, the statement I am prepared to make it that all stock that is at retailers on 4 May will be available for sale.

As to the amount that will be there for sale, and whether it is enough, that is a question I cannot answer.

It will be made digitally available on the various platform holder electronic stores.

Clarifying, the game will not release prior to 4 May 2023.

I am vague as there is one platform that has had sufficient stock at retailers and the other has not, and I cannot name them (contractual reasons).

The game will not be further delayed because of the numbers of units in stock.

Re: Steam listing

I've already put in a request for the screenshots to be replaced with current ones, they'll probably only be there for a day.

As much as the feedback has generally been positive, these are old, meant to be placeholder only and were not meant to go live.

Re: playing lists

All playing lists are accurate for the 2023 season.

Re: content creator footage

This is all prior to day one patch (as some have noted updates like numbers etc are apparent)

Re: Career mode

A head's up on Career mode.

At the AFL 23 Launch night I mentioned the non-team based Individual Career Mode in an interview with Dean (Twistie3). As alluded to at that same event, we were working with the AFL and AFLPA to include as many past legends in the game as possible.

The great news is that we have received approval for far more AFL legends than were previously envisaged, but this has meant that we had to make the tough decision to divert resources away from the Individual Career mode development. The individual Career Mode function will not make it into AFL 23, Career Mode will be entirely team based. I expect this mode to be include in future iterations of the game.

Re: microtransactions

You do not have to make purchases, things can be earned.

Re: general development

So fundamentally flawed, in so many ways, it’s bananas.

We are doing AFL as it’s a passion project, without us doing it there would not be one being made.

So much more upside with making games that are played internationally, let alone one that will not even be played in every state in this country.

 

[Cubs2Lions]

Don't worry I think I'm onto something here..


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[MadMundy]

 

[CraigMc24]

Big ant trolled us to add extra spice and keep the discussion interesting. Clearly it worked. Everyone here was like OMG OMG OMG. Meanwhile Big Ant are sitting back going PSYCH fooled you’s

 

[new0066]

Saints jumper from 2016-20

Also, Phillipou is #25 for the Saints in 2023 and from the looks of it, the video had Dean Kent (old #25) making the tackle.

 

[Freo16]

I’ve played a LOT of Evo 1 and 2 and it looks a hell of a lot better than those two games, the tackle animation is so smooth and the shadows are too crisp for Evo.

I’d say the scoreboard in the bottom is the AFL 23 scoreboard (or one of them, maybe we have different score graphics like Cricket 22) but the one in the top left is straight from Evo so that’s the only bit that confuses me.

As for the outdated guernsey, we have no idea when this clip was filmed.

 

[hawk699]

Let’s just hope it’s a great footy game

 

[hawk699]

I’ve played a LOT of Evo 1 and 2 and it looks a hell of a lot better than those two games, the tackle animation is so smooth and the shadows are too crisp for Evo.

I’d say the scoreboard in the bottom is the AFL 23 scoreboard (or one of them, maybe we have different score graphics like Cricket 22) but the one in the top left is straight from Evo so that’s the only bit that confuses me.

As for the outdated guernsey, we have no idea when this clip was filmed.

Or when they started to make afl 23

 

[jdobs95]

The clip looks nothing like Evo 1

 

[DaveM303]

Even Reddit is showing more common sense than this thread

 

[Flagmantle Pod]

The one in the top left is straight from Evo so that’s the only bit that confuses me.

As for the outdated guernsey, we have no idea when this clip was filmed.

Well Phillipou got drafted in November, and that Saints jumper is from 2020 latest, and that scoreboard is 100% from evo.

If it was made pre November when the game would’ve been pretty bare and Phillipou wasn’t on the team then sure it could be a very early version of the game. It’s also an Evo animation

This is for sure an old game, with nicer new lighting, a new scoreboard (which may or may not even be the AFL 23 scoreboard) and good camera angles and a cut at the right time to make it seem NOT like an evo game

 

[Lesnish]

Ill play into the over reading of the clip.
IG has replaced new balance logo for 2023.

Afl live 2 confirmed

On SM-S901E using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[tjpeg_44]

The uniforms aren't even out of date. Pepper Money is on the back of the Saints guernseys again and it has their new sock design. The royal blue Zurich and IG Group on the front of the Melbourne guernsey are also changes for this season.

 

[jdobs95]

Well Phillipou got drafted in November, and that Saints jumper is from 2020 latest, and that scoreboard is 100% from evo.

If it was made pre November when the game would’ve been pretty bare and Phillipou wasn’t on the team then sure it could be a very early version of the game. It’s also an Evo animation

This is for sure an old game, with nicer new lighting, a new scoreboard (which may or may not even be the AFL 23 scoreboard) and good camera angles and a cut at the right time to make it seem NOT like an evo game

You do realise Big Ant can’t just grab wicked witch’s game and build on it? And in no world would they do that either, they’d rather build off their old game

 

[CraigMc24]

Even Reddit is showing more common sense than this thread

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Unfortunately sometimes common sense gets thrown out the window when we all get excited over little crumbs of information or potential footage of the upcoming AFL game. it’s what we do

 

[DaveM303]

This is for sure an old game, with nicer new lighting, a new scoreboard (which may or may not even be the AFL 23 scoreboard) and good camera angles and a cut at the right time to make it seem NOT like an evo game

Now I know you're taking this piss.

 

[BRAB]

Looks horrible

 

[hawk699]

Looks horrible

I thought that at first but when you come around to it doesn’t look that bad the game isn’t out just yet also but they really should show us something more clear imo

 

[BRAB]

I thought that at first but when you come around to it doesn’t look that bad the game isn’t out just yet also but they really should show us something more clear imo

Worst second of my life

 

[MadMundy]

 

[GOTHELIONS16]

ANYONE WHO THINKS THE CLIP IS FROM EVO 1 IS DELUSIONAL.

In saying that, surely big ant would have wanted to maximise more positive talk about the clip and steered clear of anything to do with EVO, aka scoreboard. This is an oversight at Big Ant which quite frankly shouldn’t have happen. The once positive perception of AFL 23 is dwindling by the hour. I just hope, in terms of oversight, this bad call is not the tip of the iceberg…

 

[Flagmantle Pod]

You do realise Big Ant can’t just grab wicked witch’s game and build on it? And in no world would they do that either, they’d rather build off their old game

You do realize this is an AFL produced video not a BA produced one? The AFL grabbed whatever videogame they had, slapped a shiny new scoreboard on it and called it a day.

Everyone reading into it calling it a leak

 

[FearTheBeard13]

Clip definitely is AFL 23, Petraccas face scan looks way more updated then the garbage from Evo 1 has.

 

[jdoggdrool]

This is classic AFL video game marketing at play. It releases with one second of footage with the oversight of two scoreboards, leaving everyone confused as to whether it's the old game or the (already known about) upcoming game.

Completely absurd and kind of hilarious.

 

[Freo16]

You do realize this is an AFL produced video not a BA produced one? The AFL grabbed whatever videogame they had, slapped a shiny new scoreboard on it and called it a day.

Everyone reading into it calling it a leak

Go on YouTube and remind yourself what Evo 1 and 2 looked like, I think that scoreboard in the top corner is giving people flashbacks to a game that didn’t look anywhere near this good.

 

[Flagmantle Pod]

From this moment forward, I will no longer give opinions on what game this is. Too dangerous