AC13 in the press - check here before posting articles

[chickiboy]

It's OK, don't really need to have it mentioned next to Ashes - people get confused easily.

Never ever in the history of Games has such an overwhelming negative response been received for a Game.. I think its doomsday for 505 & Trickstar.

Ross time to catch up and get a release date. All major gaming review websites will provide a A+ rating and you have the entire cricketing world buying DBC..

 

[mattk]

All major gaming review websites will provide a A+ rating

I doubt it. Big Ant's sport games tend to score poorly and that trend will probably continue to DBC 14. I don't think there would be much of a correlation between review scores and sales for titles such as Cricket anyway.

 

[rygers]

OK boys...a popular gaming blog in South Africa called Lazygamer has now seen the light...

Ashes Cricket 2013 officially awful, Don Bradman Cricket ?14 unofficially awesome | Lazygamer .:: The Worlds Best Video Game News ::.

It's still dark out there but the cracks are widening...

 

[BigAntStudios]

?Buggy Game Pulled From Steam, Funny Videos Remain

MattW your videos are a virus have gone viral!

 

[MattW]

Which is conspicuously absent from Kotaku Australia - I even sent them though a tip about it before it was pulled, including a gif!

My favourite has to be a Japanese site picking it up - the only article so far I've seen that also explains the concept of cricket and the Ashes to readers first.

 

[BigAntStudios]

That is awesome - do they do a better job on the rules than Ashes 2013 the officially official Game?

 

[MattW]

do they do a better job on the rules than Ashes 2013 the officially official Game?

Sometimes AC13 stuffs up on the 11 players per team thing when it glitches out after a wicket falls, so yeah.

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I'm going to assume this is great before watching it: Quick Look: Ashes Cricket 2013 - Giant Bomb

 

[barmyarmy]

Everyone everywhere should watch that video. It is gold.

 

[kasabian21]

23:50 in!!!!!!! lolololol

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and 24:30 hahahaha

 

[SpitfiresKent]

''Why does the ball disappear when it passes the stumps?''

''Its a GHOOOOOOOSSTTT!!''

 

[MattW]

Didn't disappoint. Shame they didn't get the backwards bowling bug, but close enough.

 

[Deleted member 9102]

It should work for you coz there's no way AC13 can be released on consoles after such a huge public backlash.

Yeah, I think AC13 not coming to consoles is a great result for DBC14 and the future of cricket gaming in general.

Generally, a large proportion of people go for the games that have official names/licenses rather than those with the most care and attention put into the gameplay. FIFA sells more than PES (tho PES 2014 is terrible), Top Spin sells more than Tennis Elbow etc...

With DBC being the only option now, they're going to make more profits which they can hopefully invest into developing the series into the future (if it is planned to become a series not just a one-off).

As we all know, competition is unlikely for such a niche product as a cricket game (in the UK/Europe/Americas anyway), but one studio with talented staff and a clear vision can produce quality games. Hopefully Big Ant can deliver .

 

[Skater]

Which is conspicuously absent from Kotaku Australia - I even sent them though a tip about it before it was pulled, including a gif!

My favourite has to be a Japanese site picking it up - the only article so far I've seen that also explains the concept of cricket and the Ashes to readers first.

The Japanese now believe that the Ashes have "been held every year since the 1980s" and "I can understand well that the "Ashes Cricket 2013" is far removed from the real cricket". Brilliant.

 

[Biggs]

OH man... that is PERFECT.

 

[Snowy]

It's made it to the front page of r/games and r/cricket on Reddit again. I'm actually a bit surprised it is getting picked up this much