Ashes Cricket | Launches this Summer
Fully Licensed Ashes Cricket Video Game To Launch This Summer
Ashes Cricket to
feature full player license, photo-real player scans, 1:1 stadium recreations,
so you can play along with every ball to win the greatest trophy in cricket
Melbourne,
18 September 2017. Big Ant Studios, Australia’s premier sports
video game developer, has today announced Ashes Cricket.
Developed in close collaboration with Cricket Australia, it is the most
realistic and authentic recreation of the sport ever created. Ashes
Cricket will feature real cricketers, battling it out on real grounds,
right from the comfort of your lounge room and will be available on PlayStation®4,
Xbox One and PC in November this year.
Ashes
Cricket, the first cricket game from Big Ant to be
fully licensed, utilises their celebrated photogrammetry technology, which
enables photo-real likenesses of the complete men’s and women’s Australian and
English cricket teams to be rendered in-game. Added to the fully licensed
stadiums, recreated in stunning detail, players will feel like they’re right
there on the field as they play.
“There
is no competition in cricket that has the heritage and prestige of the Ashes
competition” Big Ant CEO, Ross Symons, said. “We’ve worked hard to build
on our existing experience with cricket to deliver a truly realistic game of
cricket to our fans.”
For
players that are looking for a break from the heat of the Commonwealth Bank
Women’s Ashes and Magellan Men’s Ashes competitions, all the much-loved
features from Big Ant’s sports games will also make a return to Ashes
Cricket. Players will be able to create their own players, teams,
stadiums and logos. They’ll also be able to create their own competitions and
types of matches, from a short, furious five over match, right through to
extended, multi-nation Test match tours.
Additionally,
players will be able to enjoy a comprehensive career mode that allows them to
take their own customised junior cricketer all the way to the ultimate dream;
captaining their country to Ashes victory.
“Time
and time again players tell us the feature they love most about our cricket
games is the deep customisation options” Symons said. “We have produced
a true Ashes Cricket game, through and through, but we’ve also made sure that
our heritage in sports games remains true”.
“Cricket
Australia’s new strategy recognises the growing role that gaming can play in
reaching younger fans, and by working with the likes of Big Ant to develop
products that meet this need we are positioning ourselves as leaders in the
cricket gaming space globally,” said Cricket Australia CEO, James Sutherland.
“The anticipation for the summer of cricket is building and this game will give
our fans another way to be a part of the cricket excitement.”
ECB
Commercial Director Sanjay Patel said: “We want cricket to be relevant and
accessible to the e-sports generation, helping us develop an even bigger
nationwide following for the game at every level.
“Ashes
Cricket has been designed to be as life-like and
authentic as possible. It’s the ideal way for fans to recreate all the
excitement and tension of a real-life Ashes contest in their own living rooms.”
Ashes
Cricket will be available on PlayStation®4, Xbox One
and PC in November this year. Pre-orders are now open!
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