CricketGaming.net: Results of Cricket Gaming Awards 2010 is out now. Ashes Cricket 2009 wins the best cricket game award while the old cricket game Cricket 07 became the most popular cricket game. From old classics, Brian Lara Cricket 99 won the Best Classic Cricket Game award. The most amazing thing is to see Mindstorm Studios becoming the most promising cricket video game company.
Best Cricket Game - Ashes Cricket 2009
Best Online Cricket Simulation Game - Stick Cricket
Best Online Cricket Management Game - Battrick.org
Best Classic Cricket Game - Brian Lara Cricket 99
Most Popular Cricket Game - EA Sports Cricket 07
Most Promising Company - Mindstorm Studios
It’s fair to say that Cricket has been embarrassingly under represented in the history of gaming. A sport that is followed and loved by many millions around the world. In fact given the fanaticism of the Indian public the number could be approaching half a billion. In this article we explore the reasons for Cricket’s diabolical gaming history and the possibility of a turn around.
I'd love a well made cricket game, I can sit down and watch cricket for hours, looking forward to the Australians 5 - 0 the English.
Cricket games are dead and buried IMO. A series of average games plus a niche market equals a disaster.
But at least we have the memories. Shane Warne '99 on PS1, those were the days.
I'm sure (hope) a good indie game will come along eventually, just because AAA studios don't find it profitable enough doesn't mean indies will.
Stick cricket is a simple flash game and that's lots of fun.
Cricket? Isn't that the British game that combines bowling and baseball? Lol that's one wacky game you have there but way too boring for video game. You couldn't give that game away.
As a Brit I've no idea who Lebron James is, I've vaguely heard of the name before but that's about it. I think if you asked most non Americans to name a famous basketball player they would all say Michael Jordan and that's primarily because of Hollywood.
NFL, NBA, MLB are only really popular in the USA but that's a big enough market by itself as far as publishers are concerned.
Cricket is a complicated game not weird, which is perhaps one of the reason video games of it have always been a challenge. Baseball/Rounders are both extremely simplistic by comparison.
Rugby is also more popular worldwide than the NFL.
Pocket Gamer - Were The Ashes still a case of Australia turning up and taking home the title in all but name before a ball has even been thrown, one suspects Codemasters might not have been quite so keen to pick up the license.
However, with England seemingly making the series something of a contest again, interest on this side of the globe is renewed and, it has to be said, Ashes Cricket is the perfect game to complement this fresh faced fever.
Cricket 07 is a dreadful game but still most popular around all cricket games.
How the hell does this get 140 degrees with 0 comments and 29 minutes after publishing?
It's Cricket games for god sake!
cricket games are always hot ;)
Greatest game of all.
If youve never watched Cricket, you should educate yourself.
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie ! Going for 4 World Cups in a row.
Cricket is the only good thing the British did for the world
I come from a country that plays cricket...let me tell you this game is lame. Most times you are fielding[lofting] just like baseball. Batting style is better than baseball but I think baseball rotates batting/fielding which is good whereas with cricket you are fielding for like 3 hours which is dumb IMO. Basically if you like baseball you MAY like cricket.