Benefits of purchasing via Xsolla

• Cheaper prices than in-game
• Exclusive webstore deals
• Works on mobile and desktop
• Safe, secure purchases

How to access Xsolla for your club

• In-game:
  • US iOS users ONLY:
    • You can login via your club by opening Settings > General > Click “Go to webstore”
  • Settings > General > Manage Account > Log in to your web account and click “Go to webstore” for the club you want to make a purchase for
    • You can also copy your User ID from Settings, and paste this directly into the Xsolla store
      • Rugby store (Need id from in-game)
      • Football store (Need id from in-game)
• Via the web:
  • Rugby store (Log-in > Click on Xsolla link)
  • Football store (Log-in > Click on Xsolla link)

Blackout Football Manager launching Sep 10 (PDT) Sep 11 (NZST)!

Pre-signup here: https://blackout.football

Build your dream club, master card-based tactics, and take your nation to World Cup glory. Your football journey begins soon.

Press kit is available here.

Wishlist on Steam

Pre-signup is now available on the website.

Discord Now Available

The Discord server is now open.

Be a Tester

If you’d like to help with testing, please join the Discord and ask.

See you in there!

The club level cap has been increased from 30 to 100 to provide plenty of room for growth through new league divisions.

Go grab some more trophies!

League Progression Update

We’ve changed the league progression to create more challenge in higher division levels.

Previously each division level contained a range of 6 Club Levels, e.g. Levels 1-6 in Div 1, and Levels 7-12 in Division Level 2, and so on. This has changed so that every 2nd division level the range of levels increases by 1.

So we’ll have Club Levels 13-19 (7 levels) in Division Level 3, CL20-26 (7 levels) in Division Level 4, and L27-34 (8 levels) in Division Level 5 and so on. This means all current level 30 clubs will find themselves in the middle of Division Level 5 and will need to battle their way to promote. See the wiki for more.

Clubs can now also promote by winning the league.

Training Intensity Multiplier

On the training screen, managers may now increase the number of sessions that will be applied in a given day’s training. The normal daily training session is free for everyone while any extra sessions cost tokens. Extra sessions after the 2nd provide diminishing returns.

Training Matches

Clubs can now enter into a special type of instant friendly called a Training Match. This requires a small number of tokens which can be acquired from sponsors or other in-game rewards.

Training matches provide 10% of either a forwards or backs training session (depending on each player’s position) to all players who get onto the field including bench players who come on to replace an injury.

New Card Rarities

All existing cards in the game are now known as commons and foils. The new card tiers are uncommon, rare, epic, and of course, legendary. But be warned, these cards can be difficult to obtain.

Read more on the wiki.

Overpowered? Maybe…

There are several new categories but the most exciting is our new legendary player match cards which honour some legends of the game.

Take the Lomu card, which gives a holder a guaranteed try if they get the ball in the opposition half , or Pocock with the ability to turnover any ruck they attend!

There are cards which provide extra training, accelerate academy development, heal players instantly, or even heal your entire squad! See them all on the wiki.

These may break the game. You decide, and let us know what you think in Discord. Genuinely though… we may have overdone it.

New Academy Slot

If you’re coming back to the game after a hiatus—or maybe you’re returning from your ban handed out by World Rugby after a world cup final—and you need to add some new blood into your team fast, we’ve got you covered!

You can now play extra cards when developing new youth players and there are some powerful new cards called “Academy Fast Track” to help you get players through the academy even faster.

Please report any issues to ⁠the #bugs channel in Discord and we’ll sort’em right out!

Union Rep Teams

The first inter-union competitions are here! Nominate players from you club, vote on lineups and game-plans, and battle it out in seasonal leagues with promotion and relegation. Upgrade the union stadium, and earn club rewards from up to 3 of the union’s rep teams. Read more on the wiki.

National Unions and International Leagues

A simplified version of club unions, but on a larger scale. All clubs in the game are now part of a National Union. We’ve introduced a 4-season international term, made up of 3 qualifier league seasons culminating in the Blackout Rugby World Cup every 4 seasons. Read more on the wiki.

Blackout Rugby World Cup

All nations started on 50.00 ranking points, and each will jostle for their place in the World Cup during qualifier seasons. There are 36 nations, but only the top 32 will take part in the world cup. Read more on the wiki.

The current season (Season 50) is the 3rd season in the 4 season term, which means next season will be the first ever Blackout Rugby World Cup!

2D Match View

We’ve replaced the original jersey view with a 2D top-down view to give a better overview of how your tactics play out over the whole field. The 3D experimental view remains, and while there are some improvements it is still a work in progress.

+ More

Various stability improvements — And some performance improvements too.

Player skill highlights — A long requested quality-of-life feature to help managers see at a glance the skills and attributes which matter most for a given player’s position.

There’s more to come! — We are working on some brand new card rarity tiers, a bump to the current club level cap, and a tweak to the league progression system to make it more fun and competitive during the climb.

Please report any issues to ⁠the #bugs channel in Discord and we’ll sort’em right out!

Our next chapter in the sports management genre is in the realm of Football (or soccer, for our fans in the USA).

You can expect the same, familiar, defining features from Blackout Rugby, like the 3D match engine, the interactive grounds, the extensive and detailed tactic screens, and much more.

We have a very passionate football fan leading the development of our match simulation engine, and we’re excited to show it to you.

Just like Rugby, Blackout Football will reward a deep understanding of the sport, providing deep and detailed skills and attributes for your team. Which lineup will you run? What tactics will you choose?

Blackout Football Manager, coming soon. Stay tuned for more info!

Changing a player’s name will cost your club 99 tokens, while setting a nickname will cost 49 tokens.

Premium Subscribers will receive one free rename and nickname change each season.

How do I Change Names or Nicknames?

Just head over to your squad screen, navigate to the player you want to customize, and click the pencil icon next to their name.

We hope you get some fun out of customizing your squad! We’re looking forward to seeing the creative names you come up with, and the inevitable references to real-life Rugby players.

Union Rep Teams

Rep Teams is an expansive new aspect to Blackout Rugby, which allows unions to pull together players from different clubs to create a super team. These teams can play against other union rep squads in divisions much like a league. They can also bring rewards for the union like XP, as well as rewards for the individual clubs like club cash, normal and epic cards, tokens, and more. The better the rep team does and the more it wins, the better the rewards for the union and club members.

Club managers have the ability to nominate and vote on individual players for the rep squad, as well as tactics for each fixture.

Every club within the union has 10 nomination slots, one per position. Players and tactics with the most votes will be played in the match.

Competitions

All union rep teams play in division leagues. Though, unlike traditional leagues, rep team leagues consist of only four rep teams. These matches are played on Wednesdays and Sundays in the home side’s time zone.

There are 5 divisional levels, with all rep teams beginning at level 1. At the end of each season, rep teams play off to determine whether they are promoted, or relegated.

Players receive no long-term injuries from rep team matches, and all players in the squad are considered to be at max health at the beginning of the match. Their form, however, is the same as the form they have in their club.

We’ll be showing off additional details about rep teams in the near future, as there’s a lot of depth to cover! Stay tuned for this exciting new side to Blackout Rugby which will take unions to a whole new level!

After many long years of work, countless hours, wins, losses, employees that have come and gone, and many new club managers, Blackout Rugby has officially been published. A journey that has taken much longer than expected, but alas, we are early access no more!

This also goes for our Mobile version. Our game is now live on both the Android Play Store and the IOS App Store! This has been an especially challenging part of development, but we’ve finally reached the end of the tunnel.

This is a big step for us as a company. Over the past year, we’ve worked hard to acquire funding to help take Blackout Games to the next level, and we’ve been blessed to receive incredible backing and financial investment (more details to come!).

We want to thank all the early players, mobile testers, bug reporters, community members, content creators, and anyone who helped us in this journey. Every club manager climbing the ladder and doing their daily tasks, your support has helped us in this journey. It wouldn’t be the same without you.

We’re just getting started though. As we start to Market our game and tackle our next biggest project: Blackout Football Manager, there are bound to be plenty of road bumps ahead. So we hope you stick with us!

If you want to support us during this exciting step, the best thing you can do is leave an honest review on our store pages (Steam, Play Store, & the App Store). You can also share our game with friends/family who might enjoy it. There’s always room for more club managers on the ladder!

Once again, from the team at Blackout: Thank You.