AFL Premiership 2005

AFL Premiership 2005
PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s)	IR Gurus (PlayStation 2) THQ Studio Australia (Xbox and Microsoft Windows)
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Series	AFL
Platforms	PlayStation 2 Xbox Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

AFL Premiership 2005 is a simulation game for PlayStation 2 based on the AFL. It is the ninth game in the AFL video game series.

Gameplay

The game includes, season mode, where the player can select to play as one of the 16 teams to play in the 2005 AFL season. "Career mode", which lets the player play in the pre-season, home and away season, and finals. There is also, player trading, National AFL Draft and player development. AFL Tribunal is also used with in-game reports and suspensions. Acclaim's last PlayStation 2 entry in the AFL Live series, based on the rugby-like sport from the Australian Football League. The company changed the annual numbering system for titles with the AFL Live Premiership Edition, but this edition would have been AFL Live 2006.

Stadiums and features

The game includes all 16 teams, more than 600 AFL players with updated stats and eight major stadiums which include:

New South Wales

• SCG (Sydney)
• Telstra Stadium (Homebush)

Queensland

• Gabba (Brisbane)

South Australia

• AAMI Stadium (Adelaide)

Victoria

• MCG (Melbourne)
• Telstra Dome (Docklands)
• Skilled Stadium (Geelong)

Western Australia

• Subiaco Oval (Perth)

Publisher

When Acclaim shut down its operations in Australia, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEE) took over the publishing and distributing rights to the game. Originally it was only on the PlayStation 2. However, THQ released a Xbox and Microsoft Windows version of the game. The game is only available in Australia.

Critical reception

Some game critics criticize the release time of the game (due to being released so late in the year). The game was released in September 2005, as the premiership season was coming to a close. Though the game did sell very well following the AFL Grand final, some felt it would have benefited more if the release was delayed until the start of the 2006 season, around March 2006.