PRESS RELEASE: NACON: Announcing Cricket 24
April 04 2023 - 1:00AM
PRESS RELEASE: NACON: Announcing Cricket 24
Announcing Cricket
24Cricket goes
global!
Including The Ashes, Big Bash, The Hundred,
Caribbean Premier League, and a host of international squads, plus
yet to be announced professional Indian T20 teams!
Cricket 24 will have more licenses than any
cricket video game ever.
Melbourne, April
4: Big Ant Studios and Nacon are excited to
announce that Cricket
24: Official Game of The
Ashes is set to release this June. Cricket 24 reimagines
and enhances the much loved Cricket 22 to include teams from every
corner of the globe, creating the most complete video game
simulation of cricket seen to date.
From the cover through to each immersive game mode in Cricket
24, Big Ant Studios continue their commitment to equality and equal
representation with both the Men’s and Women’s cricket having equal
representation throughout.
Building the most realistic
cricket game ever!
- The Ashes; Cricket
24 will feature the biggest rivalry in cricket, The Ashes. Detailed
cutscenes put the user into the moment as the Ashes tour
progresses. Feel a part of the team with press conferences and team
training sessions. Unique commentary allows for complete Ashes
immersion. Experience The Ashes playing as a single player, or as
Australia or England.
- Official Licenses;
Over 200 players with full photogrammetry. Major Cricket Nations
including Australia, England, West Indies, New Zealand and Ireland
with more to be announced. The biggest tournaments including The
Ashes, the KFC BBL and Weber WBBL, The Hundred, the Caribbean
Premier League plus a number of “to be announced” professional
Indian T20 teams, along with more than 50 highly detailed official
stadiums.
- Career Mode; Follow
the journey of your player from club cricketer to the international
stage, developing your skills and growing your fan base as you hone
your craft to become the next big thing in cricket. Cricket 24
gives more control to the player in determining their destiny,
becoming a short-form hero, focusing on the Test team, or trying to
balance both on your way to cricketing stardom.
- All new fielding; A
complete overhaul of the fielding systems to provide the most
realistic and responsive fielding controls ever seen in a cricket
video game.
- Cross Platform;
Fully cross platform, play online against your friends and the
world’s best players regardless of platform. Create and share
custom content across different platforms including stadiums,
players, teams and more with the academy.
- Pro
Team; Collect player cards and build your
cricket dream team. Take on weekly challenges in single player game
play, or go online against the world. Join with your friends to
compete at teambuilding in The Auction mode.
“The passion and excitement shown by our fans at the prospect of
another game being released before the upcoming Ashes has been
overwhelming,” Big Ant CEO, Ross Symons, said. “We’ve been working
incredibly hard with cricket boards all over the world to bring
what is the deepest, most realistic video game representation of
the sport ever. I believe Cricket 24 will bring something special
for cricket fans all over the world, it is the first truly global
cricket video game.”“Cricket Australia is excited to once again
partner with Big Ant Studios to bring such an interactive and
realistic video game to cricket fans in time for upcoming Ashes
Series in England,” Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley
said.
"The Ashes is one of world sport’s greatest rivalries and it
brilliant that fans will be able to play their own Ashes series
through Cricket 24 and emulate their favourite players and
teams."
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Release details
Cricket 24 releases on June
2023.
Fans that buy the game on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be
able to upgrade for free when they purchase the current generation
of hardware.
Cricket 24 for Nintendo Switch will be available in
November
2024.
About NaconNACON is a company of the BIGBEN
Group founded in 2019 to optimize its know-how through strong
synergies in the video game market. By bringing together its 16
development studios, the publishing of AA video games, the design
and distribution of premium gaming devices, NACON focuses 30 years
of expertise at the service of players.
https://www.nacongaming.com/
About Big Ant StudiosBig Ant Studios, a
wholly-owned Nacon subsidiary, is one of Australia’s largest and
longest-running game development studios, having developed and
published games from historic platforms including the Game Boy
Advance® and PlayStation Portable®, through to PlayStation ®5, Xbox
Series®X and Nintendo Switch®. Best known for producing high
quality sports titles, Big Ant Studios have developed the highest
selling AFL, Rugby League, Lacrosse and Cricket games of all
time.
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