Rugby World Cup 2011 is a video game developed by and .
The game is the official video game of the , and was released on both the and for the PAL region in August 2011. It was released in North America in September 2011, with the PlayStation 3 version available via the and the Xbox 360 version via .
No rugby union game had been produced for four years since , which was also developed by HB Studios, then under the EA Sports label. It was announced on 29 March 2010 that and its members, would help HB studios gain a better understanding of what the general rugby-supporting public wanted in the new title.
For the first time in the series of rugby games developed by , the title has a player editor, but it is limited to attributes and names only.