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AFL 23
Developer(s)Big Ant Studios
Publisher(s)Nacon
SeriesAFL
EngineBig Ant Studios’ Sports Engine
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Release
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

AFL 23 is an AFL video game developed by Big Ant Studios and published by Nacon. The game is the first AFL video game developed by Big Ant since AFL Live in 2011. AFL 23 released on the 4th of May, 2023 for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Windows and will release on the Xbox One and the Xbox Series X on an unconfirmed date.[1][2]

Features

Single Match:

The single match feature allows you to play an exhibition match between two teams.

Season:

The season game mode allows you to play the whole AFL season including the finals series.

Management Career:

Management career is a game mode that your the coach and have to manage the team including the line up, finances, injuries and suspensions, the draft and trade period and also you can play as the team.

Online:

Online is a single match but you can play with other people around the country.

Academy:

The academy is where you can create custom players, clubs and stadiums to play with. You can also see creations that other people have created on the community tab. AFL 23 is the first AFL video game where you can create your own stadiums.

Pro Team:

Pro team is an announced feature by Big Ant that is not in the game yet.[3]

Clubs & Stadiums

All 18 AFL and AFLW clubs from the 2023 AFL season and the 2022 AFLW season are in the game. All AFL teams have bonus guernseys that include older guernseys that are not used anymore. There are 38 stadiums in AFL 23.[4]

List of Stadiums

Release Date

The game was originally set to be released on the 13th of April 2023.[5] This was 5 weeks into the 2023 AFL season so there was plenty of time to play the game before the season ended.[6] The game was delayed to the 4th of May 2023 due to the physical copies of the Xbox versions not in Australia before April 13.[7] A couple days before the May 4th launch of AFL 23 it was announced that the Xbox versions of the game got delayed until mid-late June.[8] The PS4, PS5 and Windows versions of the game still released on May 4.[3] On the 16th of June Big Ant Studios announced that the Xbox versions of the game have been delayed again to late July to early August.[9]

Reception

As of June 2023 AFL 23 mixed reviews on Steam.[10] On launch AFL 23 had a lot of bugs. These bugs included benches appearing on the field, coaches being the umpire, the AI not tackling the player, coaches not being in the game and many more.[11] This caused a lot of controversy since the game was A$99.95 on Steam and EB Games.[12][10] The game would also crash a lot when trying to start a game making the player lose their progress in the game.[13] The game was also missing a lot of the features that were meant to be in the game at launch. This includes pro team which was the main focus in the game's trailer.[14] This was followed by a quick patch that fixed some of the bugs at the games launch. For the following couple of weeks Big Ant did daily updates to the game to fix it. As the game got better the reviews also got better.[15]

References

  1. ^ "AFL23 game: Release date, price, consoles, team ratings, player ratings, modes, commentators". www.sportingnews.com. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ Grixti, Shannon (16 June 2023). "AFL 23 Has Been Hugely Delayed On Xbox Consoles Again". Press Start. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b "AFL23 game: Release date, price, consoles, team ratings, player ratings, modes, commentators". www.sportingnews.com. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. ^ "The player and team ratings for AFL 23 are out - and they're strange". www.sen.com.au. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. ^ Reilly, Luke (2 March 2023). "AFL 23 Release Date Confirmed, Arriving April". IGN. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ^ "AFL Fixtures and Results". afl.com.au. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  7. ^ Wright, Steve (6 April 2023). "AFL 23 delayed to May 2023". Stevivor. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  8. ^ Verbrugge, Kieron (1 May 2023). "AFL 23 Has Been Delayed Again On Xbox (Updated)". Press Start. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  9. ^ Grixti, Shannon (16 June 2023). "AFL 23 Has Been Hugely Delayed On Xbox Consoles Again". Press Start. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. ^ a b "AFL 23 on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Internet erupts over AFL's 'broken' game: 'Complete mess'". 7NEWS. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  12. ^ "AFL 23 - PlayStation 5". 27 June 2023.
  13. ^ Games-Manuals (1 June 2023). "AFL 23 - Crashes, freezing, error codes, and launching problems - fix it!". Games Manuals. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  14. ^ "'Feel bad': New AFL video game roasted as issues force developer into quick fix". Fox Sports. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  15. ^ "AFL 23 (App 2337630)". 27 June 2023.
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