Rory McIlroy PGA Tour Will Not Include Augusta National

[MacCLovin]

According to responses on the official Twitter feed for Rory McIlroy PGA Tour, the game will not include The Masters, because the Augusta National license has expired. EA Sports will continue to explore opportunities to include it post-launch, but it doesn't sound likely.

The trial version of Rory McIlroy PGA Tour will be available on EA Access, up to five days before release date. We will know more about it when the official release date is revealed. The game is scheduled to release sometime in June. For more Rory McIlroy PGA Tour details, check the game page.

Source - PastaPadre

[SinisterAlex]

Re: Rory McIlroy's PGA Tour 15 - No Augusta

EA has confirmed via Twitter the PGA Tour 15 game will NOT include Augusta in the game. Their excuse is the license has expired with the course. But good news, they are exploring the possibility of having it as a DLC and most likely charging for it.

Slightly disappointing. Would've looked GORGEOUS with this game engine.

[slgrant]

Hopefully EA will include as many courses as possible into the game for free, without nickel and diming the customers to death by charging for those ridiculous course packs.

[mike24forever]

Cannot wait for this game and I expect to pay around $120 for it with all the DLC and I'm fine with that.

[Flightwhite24]

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Cannot wait for this game and I expect to pay around $120 for it with all the DLC and I'm fine with that.

X2 here. That $$ will be paid before the game releases. Sucks that Augusta won't be in and that can't be denied but I loved TW14 and I'm sure this one will be played just as much if not more.


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[Nwo4Life75]

That is ashame Augusta isn't going to be in it this year : - ( I don't know if anybody has seen it,but on Amazon the release date is December 31st,unless they changed it.

[Hutton]

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Too bad they don't have a in game course creator. That kind of solves the issues of not being able to include Augusta because "the license expired". I'm interested in a full course list. This better not be a typical EA next gen first release, i.e. a overly priced bare bones piece of steamy trash, a la NHL'15.

[jbd345]

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Kind of figured with the June release date. I can see them trying to get it for next year. Hopefully with more horsepower the ps4 has over last gen system there will be plentiful of courses. Just hoping they don't pull an nhl 15.

[brandon27]

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Well, that's unfortunate.

Glad to hear this game is going to be on EA Access. After the NHL fiasco I'd be concerned to see what modes make the game this year, if it's full featured, and how the gameplay is. They've had plenty of time to work on it IMO, so it should be full featured, with plenty of courses.

I'd like to think EA has taken a look at the course creator in TGC and the possibility of endless courses in their competition's product. Hopefully they notice that, and include plenty of courses in the game purchase price, while reducing the cost of a possible DLC package for additional courses. One game is doing it for free... I get, and appreciate that these are real courses, that cost money to license in EA's DLC packs, but hopefully they realize the fact they can be created endlessly in a competitors product, and drop the price. I've found their DLC offerings to be great from a content standpoint, but not from a pricing standpoint in this series. Hopefully the availability of TGC and it's course creator cause EA to think about what they charge for the DLC. It's a big hope I'm sure, but... I think they should strongly consider it.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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With the lack of info and not even a concrete release date for a game that's supposed to be out in June, this game is shaping up to be a huge disappointment. It seems like EA is touting the new graphics and the out of bounds gimmick (play from anywhere and go exploring LOL) as THE prime new features of this game. If they end up pulling a NHL and making it bare bones and pulling out features that were in TW14 (so they can slyly reinstate them in later versions, ie: Augusta) then this game will be a sales disaster.

They won't be getting my money, and I also don't have to buy a PS4, which I had planned to buy just for this game, so it works out well for me.

Maybe the lack of info is because they have nothing else to announce regarding new features that weren't in the game before. What a letdown that's gonna be for a game they apparently needed 2 years to make.

[jb12780]

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X2 here. That $$ will be paid before the game releases. Sucks that Augusta won't be in and that can't be denied but I loved TW14 and I'm sure this one will be played just as much if not more.


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Sim mode was pretty challenging for TW14. I'm excited.

You'll probably acquire an early copy as well.

[Flightwhite24]

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Sim mode was pretty challenging for TW14. I'm excited.



You'll probably acquire an early copy as well.

That is always the plan. Lol


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[jbd345]

Re: Rory McIlroy PGA Tour Will Not Include Augusta National

With the lack of info and not even a concrete release date for a game that's supposed to be out in June, this game is shaping up to be a huge disappointment. It seems like EA is touting the new graphics and the out of bounds gimmick (play from anywhere and go exploring LOL) as THE prime new features of this game. If they end up pulling a NHL and making it bare bones and pulling out features that were in TW14 (so they can slyly reinstate them in later versions, ie: Augusta) then this game will be a sales disaster.

They won't be getting my money, and I also don't have to buy a PS4, which I had planned to buy just for this game, so it works out well for me.

Maybe the lack of info is because they have nothing else to announce regarding new features that weren't in the game before. What a letdown that's gonna be for a game they apparently needed 2 years to make.

Lol no out of bounds a gimmick? Are you serious? You either never played golf before or just looking for something to complain about. Of course there will out of bounds. the new engine frostbite will let you play a different hole if a slice/hook one into the next fairway. It happens in real life too. It will be placed realistically I'm sure just as with every other boundry. But alas some people just have this agenda that if ea is making it, it can't be good.

[fistofrage]

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But alas some people just have this agenda that if ea is making it, it can't be good.

That's usually an accurate statement. Actually EA usually makes pretty decent games, but they always have at least one thing that is broken in them that drive purist nuts and take away the sim element. Excluding Augusta definitely feels like a DLC money grab.

[ocat]

Contracts take two to tango. Maybe Augusta just said "No", they are an authority unto themselves in the golfing world, The Masters tournament is fully run by them and not the USGA or R&A