BLIC Press Release, Video and Screenshots

sangam

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Direct from Codemasters:

Get bowled over by Brian Lara International Cricket's state-of-the-art
television presentation techniques.

Thursday, May 12th (2pm UK time) - The ball's hurtling towards you at 95mph,
hit it for six and you're a hero, miss it and you're history... In Brian
Lara International Cricket your every move is captured and analysed using
innovative television presentation techniques.

Coming this July to PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC, you can catch the action in
the first video now from www.codemasters.co.uk/brianlara (in Downloads)

A key innovation is the incorporation of Hawk-Eye, the cutting-edge sports
tracking and analysis graphics system, as used by Channel 4 and Sky Sports
in their televised cricket coverage. Brian Lara International Cricket will
be the first video game to make use of Hawk-Eye, incorporated into the game
under license from its creators, Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd
(www.hawkeyeinnovations.co.uk)

Hawk-Eye uses sophisticated image technologies to aggregate, replay, and
analyse ball and player movement to improve LBW decisions and compare
bowlers' speed, swing, line and length. Hawk-Eye monitors and analyses your
bowling accuracy throughout an over, showing the path of each delivery,
where it pitches, and, most controversially, is used to see whether the
umpire's LBW decision was the right call.

Additionally Brian Lara International Cricket makes use of the Third Umpire
decision aid. This comes into play when a line decision for run outs are too
close to call by the umpire alone.

From the most modern technologies of Hawk-Eye, Brian Lara International
Cricket takes players back in time to compete in Classic Matches from
history, played out in black-and-white newsreel-style presentation.

The Classic Matches mode has you joining in a genuine historic match - such
as the Test Match of 1882, which led to the creation of the Ashes - at a
critical point. Can you pull off the same amazing cricketing feats as the
greatest cricketers from times past, or even improve on their performance?

Back in the modern-day, the televisual presentation extends to a
'picture-in-picture' display. When you've timed the ball to perfection and
sent it flying across the outfield, the main screen shows the fielders
chasing after the ball, while the inset picture-in-picture shows the batsmen
belting between the wickets, racking up the runs.

There are also glorious action replays of boundaries being hit, batting
milestones being reached, aggression between batsman and bowler, wickets
falling, even the stump-cam blacking out when ball hits the stumps! And it
wouldn't be cricket without the ubiquitous animated ducks waddling on-screen
when players have been dismissed without scoring.

And for the ultimate in TV presentation, Brian Lara International Cricket
brings together the voices of cricket, including David Gower, Tony Greig,
Jonathan Agnew, Ian Bishop, and Bill Lawry, to form the biggest commentary
team ever featured in any cricket game.

As the game that gives everyone the chance to be the best in international
cricket, Brian Lara International Cricket will hit you for six this July
when it's published by Codemasters for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. Prepare
to don your cricket whites with the new video now available online at
www.codemasters.com/brianlara



Also released today are 27 new screenshots showing hawkeye, classic matches, menu screens, the field editor and the TV graphics. Three of the screenshots are shown below and you can view the rest of them in our Screenshots Gallery.


3 Versions of the video can be downloaded in the video section of the gallery, these are the original 7.5MB Mpg version and compressed 2.5MB Windows Media and Real Media versions. 28 stills from the video can also be viewed here
 
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jdbais

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Not bad. Looks very good. Could just see many people lining up to complain about the umpire having no hat.
 

gamerkid22

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good video .....in the end the batsman tried to dug the yorker,batsman diving in the crease looked very realistic,the stadium graphics were good too and there were black sightscreens in odi's too .just the kits are the problem and the animated duck was not proper at all.
 

fanirama

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looks ok.
However, why cannot the teaser show the entire delivery from the default view over the umpire ???? Why does it pan out and zoom out. Not good.
Also, the batsmen is deadly still after the ball is bowled and suddenly swings to life just when ball is near the stumps and has fast animation. But thats ok.
Overall, I think its ok. Not overly impressive. But ok.
 

jazz

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i also have seen the video and i agree i didnt like it when it zoomed in and out

i like the le spinners action in the video, i think the action they use for leg spin is the same of shane warnes
 

sohum

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The video is decent--nothing spectacular. The best part is the realistic animation of the players. Not actual strokeplay, but how they walk in and stuff, if you know what I mean. Even I loved the leg-spinners actions and the reactions to being bowled and stuff.
 

SaiSrini

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I liked the video. Shane Warne's player model looked very impressive and very close to Warne himself. Yes, I noticed this when the bowler bowls the batsman stands still and suddenyl has fast animation when the ball comes close to him. But I like the overall look of the stadium, the players, etc. If the gameplay is good, then this game will have a better shelf life than other games. I am waiting to buy this as soon as it releases
 

ZoraxDoom

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The bats are licensed(saw a gray nicolls there somewhere), commentry sounds good, graphics are fine, hawkeye is amazing...not bad. Only problem was that in one screenshot, NZ was 2/3 of 1.1 overs. That wasn't the problem, but the speed meter showed the speed as 32 Kph/56 Mph!! Seriously a spinner couldn't be opening the bowling could it? And be bowling that slow! I sure hope that was the Human bowling, but then the AI looks like it sucks...
 

Will p

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Thats just for show zoraxdoom, nothing to worry about! I loved the video but i also agree about the batsmen being so still then suddenly playing in a rush, however i still really like it and am sure i will buy the game
 

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