Cricket 24 had been due in June, but perhaps publisher Nacon is feeling generous after England’s unfortunate loss at Edgbaston this week – after all, we can’t imagine anyone other than the Aussies wants to even think about cricket right now. The game will instead arrive on 5th October, then – a pretty hearty delay on its intended release window.
Big Ant Studios is really bigging this one up, though, promising it’s the culmination of a decade of development. To be fair, Cricket 22 was a pretty good effort, and if it can significantly build on the foundations of that then we could be looking at a robust sporting sim here. It’ll feature more licensed content than ever before, and full crossplay across consoles.
“We can’t wait for cricket fans to be able to experience and play Cricket 24, leading their favourite Test, One Day, or T20 team to victory in the most realistic cricket video game ever made,” Big Ant Studios boss Ross Symons said. “After a decade of experience the Big Ant Studios team are the leading cricket video game developers in the world. We are really excited to offer our fans Cricket 24 this October, a cricket game with greater immersion and depth than any that have come before it.”
Like its predecessor there will be a full campaign where you rise up the cricket ranks, but you’ll have more control over your destiny than in the previous release. The developer’s also made improvements to the fielding gameplay, which was a real quick part of Cricket 22 and definitely needed the extra attention.
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Edge-what? Never heard of it….. 😜
Lords is the place…..
Add this to the ever increasing amount of games releasing in October
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Bring back Don Bradman Cricket 14 to PS Plus. The ultimate party game when you don’t know the rules of cricket or the controls of the game.
Immediately after the cricket season is over. Perfect. Really taking advantage of the Ashes Summer there...
Maybe it's because I grew up in the UK but despite living in the US, these Cricket games keep me engaged longer than MLB the Show. Sure they lack the presentation and overall polish but the sport itself is so much more variable and action orientated (the latter being the short forms at least!).
Long time reader of your great site. I never post, but had to here as a cricket loving aussie! What a win!!!!! Went to bed with the covers still on the pitch, and woke to Australia winning by two wickets in almost the last few overs! Take that Bazball!!!! Great game all round! Who said test matches were dead! Bring on Lords!
What a bummer! And there's virtually no information about what kind of improvement we're going to see in the next iteration. Big Ant Studio website does not even appears to have an official page for the game. I was thinking maybe once the game is released in June, would get to see some actual gameplay and make up my mind. I even got rid of my copy of Cricket 22 in anticipation of 24's June release.
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