Codemasters Announce Ashes Cricket 2009

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Codemasters Announce Ashes Cricket 2009

Codemasters have revealed Ashes Cricket 2009 to be released on the Xbox 360, PS3, PC and later in the year the Nintendo Wii.

The publisher is known for the Ricky Ponting Cricket series (known as Brian Lara elsewhere) that has developed a reputation for being superior to EA's effort. After a year off they're back with a new developer on board, Australia's Transmission Games (formally IR Gurus of the AFL games), and focusing on the upcoming Ashes.

The title is fully licensed by the Australian and English cricketing bodies (which may mean fake names of players from other countries) and will feature 18 of the worlds biggest stadiums. You'll be able to play in Twenty20 games, one-dayers and test matches as well as online.

“The Ashes is set to be the sporting event of the summer and it’s great to be producing the official game of the Series,” said Codemasters producer Jamie Firth.

“In partnering with the development team at Transmission Games, Ashes Cricket 2009 is a cricket title with an unprecedented heritage that comes from two companies that know and love the sport. The Brian Lara titles became the number one cricket gaming brand for over ten years and it’s a reputation that we fully intend to continue with Ashes Cricket 2009.”

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Codemasters Announce Ashes Cricket 2009 Comments

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Baxt3r

bout time, they released a cricket game for wii(not including cricket on big beach sports

).

Cant w8 to play online!

09/05/2009

Central Coast----The lone Wolf

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Skidmark

please let it be good
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09/05/2009

Skidmark inc Est-1971 Proudly operating 39 years without fail.

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SyRiAn2Nv

Cricket sucks.

I'd rather watch grass grow, literally.

09/05/2009

I like stuff.

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Dénor

If it has Wii Motion Plus, it'll be awesome!

SyRiAn2Nv said: Cricket sucks.
I'd rather watch grass grow, literally.

There's grass on a cricket field.

09/05/2009

Fact: Bears eat Beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Gallactica.

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jakliu100

SyRiAn2Nv said: Cricket sucks.
I'd rather watch grass grow, literally.

seconded

09/05/2009

Manchester, UK

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Pilkingbod

Skidmark said: please let it be good
please let it be good
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Don't hold your breath.
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SyRiAn2Nv said: Cricket sucks.
I'd rather watch grass grow, literally.

Test Cricket sucks, Twenty20 Cricket is pretty good.

10/05/2009

Vegetables

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jotendo

I hate cricket
I'd rather watch paint dry

10/05/2009

North Coast NSW

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luigi676

doubt the US will get it. We're not very big on cricket.

10/05/2009

Do people actually read these?

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Ryoon

If normal cricket isn't quite boring enough for you, and you are getting sunburnt watching a couple of dudes hit a ball with a stick outside, you can go inside and play the video game.

10/05/2009

My House

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Venom

/Fail lol

10/05/2009

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Skidmark

All this cricket hate, tut,tut,tut.....and yet it still pulls bigger crowds than the average NRL/AFL/A.League game. Maybe you just dont represent the mainstream Aussie bloke.
Hate on it all you like people but this game will sell like crazy in Aust. Everyone i know who has a wii has been waiting for a good cricket game. perhaps this is why Big Beach Sports sold so well.....desperate cricket starved fans will do desperate things for a game...any game....even a really really bad one.

10/05/2009

Skidmark inc Est-1971 Proudly operating 39 years without fail.

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IndigoFire

Yeh Skid is right, who cares if you don't like cricket. Like we're gonna stop watching it because of a few douches. I hate watching baseball yet I like playing Wii Sports Baseball. Who knows, the game might be fun.

10/05/2009

Sydney,NSW

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ZePpLiNs

i agree with skid and indigo
big beach sports SUCKED but sold well because of it having cricket
i would get this just for the online play and hoping it supports miis

10/05/2009

Melbourne

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MickEiA

i hate ricky ponting cricket EA is way better making them

10/05/2009

Victoria

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sharpie92

I guess these crappy Codemasters Cricket games will have to tide me over until EA gets off their ass and produce EA Cricket 09.

10/05/2009

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

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Ryoon

IndigoFire said: Yeh Skid is right, who cares if you don't like cricket. Like we're gonna stop watching it because of a few douches.

I think you better watch yourself buddy, no one insulted people who like cricket but you are saying that people who don't like cricket are "douches" Its personal opinion and preference which means there is no right or wrong so don't go flying off insults about people who don't have the same opinion as you. No one wanted to start an argument they were simply stating their opinion on the game. End of discussion.

10/05/2009

My House

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pauliej

Motion Plus is required! Please!

10/05/2009

Perth

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IndigoFire

If people hate cricket that's fine, but why come in here and tell us? Who cares?? There are plenty of Wii games that we all hate so imagine if all of us went into every single game thread and shared our hatred.
And don't tell me to watch it, numb nuts.

Ryoon said:

I think you better watch yourself buddy, no one insulted people who like cricket but you are saying that people who don't like cricket are "douches" Its personal opinion and preference which means there is no right or wrong so don't go flying off insults about people who don't have the same opinion as you. No one wanted to start an argument they were simply stating their opinion on the game. End of discussion.

10/05/2009

Sydney,NSW

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b3nnii

This will be perfect to wii + motion plus. The first thing my friend said when I got a Wii was" is there a cricket game?" Hopefully its an okay game.

10/05/2009

[CA] Full stop no returns, turn around touch the ground AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ryoon

IndigoFire said: If people hate cricket that's fine, but why come in here and tell us? Who cares?? There are plenty of Wii games that we all hate so imagine if all of us went into every single game thread and shared our hatred.
And don't tell me to watch it, numb nuts.

Ryoon said:

I think you better watch yourself buddy, no one insulted people who like cricket but you are saying that people who don't like cricket are "douches" Its personal opinion and preference which means there is no right or wrong so don't go flying off insults about people who don't have the same opinion as you. No one wanted to start an argument they were simply stating their opinion on the game. End of discussion.

All I was saying is to respect other peoples opinions, if they hate cricket its their opinion and you can't go calling them names or insulting them because of that. This is getting off the topic though, and calling me "numb nuts" just proves my point you think down on people with a different opinion than you.

10/05/2009

My House

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IndigoFire

I apoligise for making you cry.

Ryoon said: All I was saying is to respect other peoples opinions, if they hate cricket its their opinion and you can't go calling them names or insulting them because of that. This is getting off the topic though, and calling me "numb nuts" just proves my point you think down on people with a different opinion than you.

b3nnii said: This will be perfect to wii + motion plus. The first thing my friend said when I got a Wii was" is there a cricket game?" Hopefully its an okay game.

I'm guessing this game probably won't be so good but there's always hope.

10/05/2009

Sydney,NSW

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Matteh

Well...I don't like watching sport in general, but I am glad to see a Cricket game come to Wii. I know many people were wanting it.

10/05/2009

Brisbane...Wii.PS3.DSi.iPhone.MacBook Pro.

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burger_t

Its either going to be really **** or really great

10/05/2009

Sydney, NSW

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greenbob

I predict a port with tacked on controls that suck, are unresponsive and unintuitive.

10/05/2009

Diff room to my wii. I can't wii and chat at same time.

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Skidmark

Its coming out much later than the PS360 versions so hopefully this means an optimised version for the Wii, If it was just going to be a straight port it would make sense to release them all at the same time as the actual Ashes.

10/05/2009

Skidmark inc Est-1971 Proudly operating 39 years without fail.

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Silence

They said that they weren't doing it for the Wii =/
I'm glad they changed their minds.

10/05/2009

Kingsbury, Victoria

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Ben

I'm hoping the later date means it's built for the Wii and not crappy port. Essentially they need to change the perspective to behind the batsman rather than behind the bowler for the Wii version if this is to use the Wii Remote as your bat. I guess you could bowl from either angle but in single player it would be nice to then be able to go back to behind the bowler for that.

Silence said: They said that they weren't doing it for the Wii =/
I'm glad they changed their minds.

I can kind of see them scrapping the Wii version if it doesn't really work as they are releasing it after the Ashes and all.

10/05/2009

This is a story back when the member formerly known as ICC was currently known as ICC.

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Mario128

"Wii want cricket," I remember the thread someone made years back!!! Well its finally happening.

The thread is here: www.mywii.com.au/

10/05/2009

Adelaide

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Silence

ICC_06 said: Essentially they need to change the perspective to behind the batsman rather than behind the bowler for the Wii version

They were gonna do that for every platform in the early stages. They ended up doing it traditionally to please the current fans, rather than to try to win them over.

Interesting to note is that they were using the 1 code for the PC, PS3 and the 360 version, rather than creating each one individually. Considering this, I think it will be interesting to see if the Wii version is its own, a port of the others or vice-versa

10/05/2009

Kingsbury, Victoria

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Sarukun

Oh noez..... cricket on the wii.....peoplez..... get ready to be bored

11/05/2009

Final Fantasy XIII

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stewbiee

its about time they released a cricket game on the wii, praying that it will use wii motion plus

11/05/2009

bris vegas \\ Mario Kart 2621-3028-2669

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hamzie

YOOOOOOOOOUPIIIIIIIIIII

THIS IS TEH AWESOMENESS

online as well

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Bowling will probably be gay.. but batting will be teh AWESOMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11/05/2009

I just puked in tonyamanda's mouth

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TimmyB

Will motion plus be able to simulate the Leggie, the wrongun, the doosra, the flipper and the slider !!

12/05/2009

Adelaide, South Australia

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kidmanbaby

this looks so awsome want want want!

12/05/2009

dont make me sniff ur skin particles of ur arm coz if i do then there will only be muscle on ur arms that meens ull die from bleeding according to wat the natrul human bodys do

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DiddySays

It looks like people either love cricket or hate it here. No in betweens.
I can't wait for this game. I've been saying for ages now that wii need a cricket game.

13/05/2009

Scrobie lurbs Edwina

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metadude4

Good thing USA doesnt have cricket.

15/05/2009

right behind you

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MadWorld66

SyRiAn2Nv said: Cricket sucks.
I'd rather watch grass grow, literally.

why would you post that, if you just got onto this page to put down cricket, why would you even bother?

if you don't like it then you don't have to waste your own time and post it, you probably didn't even read the text...

personally, i think it would be a great game if it was relatively life like, using motion plus it would be great

16/05/2009

Queensland now...

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dummo11

MadWorld66 said:

SyRiAn2Nv said: Cricket sucks.
I'd rather watch grass grow, literally.

why would you post that, if you just got onto this page to put down cricket, why would you even bother?
if you don't like it then you don't have to waste your own time and post it, you probably didn't even read the text...
personally, i think it would be a great game if it was relatively life like, using motion plus it would be great

True that.
Coming out August 13th counting down the days, should be an awesome game!!! 18 days i think lol.