Ashes Cricket 2013 announced

[Gurjot95]

Chief has stated it's FROM SCRATCH. It's not hard to understand.

I was talking about AC09 at that point since Matt stated that AC09 was also build from scratch. They were building on previous code for AC09, that's what I was saying. Not hard to understand I guess.

 

[Biggs]

I was talking about AC09 at that point since Matt stated that AC09 was also build from scratch.

Correct, because it was a new franchise. I don't think anyone from EA Games was knocking on the door with a suitcase full of coding to help Transmission and Codemasters out.

 

[Gurjot95]

Correct, because it was a new franchise. I don't think anyone from EA Games was knocking on the door with a suitcase full of coding to help Transmission and Codemasters out.

Actually it was a same franchise with new developers. Codemasters made BLIC 2007 and BLIC 2005 before (need confirmation). Trickstar made their next game while using some resources from their previous games. (like animations, player models, commentary etc). Yes, AC09 was build from scratch but not totally.

 

[Biggs]

Actually it was a same franchise with new developers.

EA07 and C09 are two completely different games by different developers. The Brian Lara series shared common heritages but for the purpose of developing the games, I doubt there was much crossover in terms of the coding, but whatever there was they shared a common heritage but they're again, quite separate games, from what I know.

Codemasters are no longer involved (or exist) therefore, it's being built from scratch. There's nothing to share, because it's a defunct business. There's most likely crossover in personnel perhaps who bring their on IP that's no copyright, but for all intents, it's a new game, new people, new take, new codes, new everything.

It's a good thing. Lots of studios do this. ACI and ACII shared the same staff and studio, but both were built "from scratch" by Ubisoft. ACIII has again, been built from the ground up utilizing a new engine, new characters, new animations, the works. There's nothing to fear with people stepping outside of whats already been done and forging a new direction.

 

[MattW]

I believe the animations, models, etc were all new for AC09.

If you count Transmission and Trickstar as different companies, no cricket game from Codemasters was developed by the same company as the previous one since the Brian Lara Cricket on the Megadrive.

EA07 and C09 are two completely different games by different developers.

Not sure why you're talking about EA at all. Brian Lara/Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2007 was the previous Codemasters release.

 

[Gurjot95]

Thanks Matt, that was the answer I was looking for.

and yeah, don't know what EA has to do with this though. Biggy was confusing those with Codemasters. HB Studios made C07 for EA while Trickstar/Transmission made AC09 and International Cricket 2010 for Codemasters.

 

[Biggs]

Not sure why you're talking about EA at all. Brian Lara/Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2007 was the previous Codemasters release.

Was just making a point that in the grand pantheon of cricket games that we've had, most (if not all) have been built entirely either by scratch or utilizing new game engines because of technology evolution and lots of chefs in the kitchen...

 

[MattW]

Was just making a point that in the grand pantheon of cricket games that we've had, most (if not all) have been built entirely either by scratch or utilizing new game engines because of technology evolution and lots of chefs in the kitchen...

The example of EA, which used the same engine almost identically in Cricket 07 and 2005, is probably not the best one for that.

 

[pcfan123]

AC09 was great....kinda

Real question is PS3 or PC. If PS3 has region issues then PC it is.

 

[Biggs]

The example of EA, which used the same engine almost identically in Cricket 07 and 2005, is probably not the best example of that.

True, but there was only, what, a year in between development? We can say C09 and IC10 are essentially the same game. So it's around four years between matches for a cricket game, give or take... What I was getting at was in the three years of "nothing" a lot has changed technology-wise so it's unlikely if Codemasters did exist, they would use IC10 as a "base" for a new game since a lot of what it was would be out of date, unless they'd been releasing a game every year tweaking the engine to get the best out of it (Much like UBISOFT do with their new AnvilNEXT engine)

Be a bit like EA sports using Allan Border Cricket as a base for EA Cricket 1997 ...you know?

Now I'm showing my age.

 

[MattW]

they would use IC10 as a "base" for a new game since a lot of what it was would be out of date

Yeah, it'd be strange for a company to release something based on IC2010 this far down the track.

Be a bit like EA sports using Allan Border Cricket as a base for EA Cricket 1997 ...you know?

For the record, Allan Border Cricket (on the PC and Amiga) was the one that became Codemasters' Shane Warne/Brian Lara Cricket on the Megadrive (an updated roster and bug fix release resulted in 'Lara 96' and 'Shane Warne Cricket V2').

EA's series came out of the NES 'International Cricket' (in 93), it's SNES sequel 'Super International Cricket' (in 94), and then two PC versions released with the EA name, Cricket 96 and Cricket 97 (and the Ashes Tour Edition in late 97).

I'm told some of the developers of Super International Cricket now work for Trickstar.

 

[SiriusBlack]

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[Master Khan]

I am so happy to see a new cricket game being made , hope it gets release and its better then other cricket games.

 

[Allrounder18]

I am seriously confused at what Mattw is saying , AC09 definitely wasnt build from scratch because it had the same player models and animation from Blic 07 , just look at the sling action from Blic 07 and AC09 , they are exactly same.

 

[SpitfiresKent]

YES! Only 9 months of waiting ahead