The remarkably awful Ashes Cricket 2013 video game is out for a golden duck, having been withdrawn from sale and refunds offered to purchasers due to it’s overwhelming terribleness.
The PC version of the Ashes Cricket 2013 was made available via the Steam online games store a week ago (four months overdue and missing both the UK Ashes series that it was intended to coincide with, and the beginning of the Australian series it was using as a backup) but has now been cancelled completely, and is no longer featured on the site. Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Wii U versions of the game were reportedly also planned, but have presumably been scrapped.
Gamers (who aren’t even mad, it’s just that terrible) have taken to Youtube, uploading footage of glitches, bugs and laughably unplayable gameplay.
Not exactly a marvellous effort, that.
Notwithstanding the fact that even the good cricket games are probably pretty lame (and presumably bought by people unaware that there are video games where you get to shoot stuff, fly spaceships, and even play virtual incarnations of sports that are actually interesting), the publisher 505 Games apologised to basically everyone in a statement, and offered refunds to those who purchased this digital abomination.
The chosen developer, even with their many years of cricket game development experience, was unable to overcome the unexpected challenges that the chosen game engine threw up, even with multiple extensions to the development schedule.
At the start of the project, 505 Games received all assurances from the developer that the engine was up to the task of creating a dynamic, cutting-edge cricket game for the modern age across multiple platforms, and unfortunately those assurances were found to be misplaced.
As the licensee and publisher of name for Ashes Cricket 2013, 505
Games would like to apologise publicly and sincerely to our licensors,
the ECB and Cricket Australia, and their respective partners/sponsors,
who have been nothing but patient and supportive of us throughout the
challenges this project has presented, and who, ultimately, we have let
down.
Our deepest apologies, however, are reserved for the fans of cricket and cricket games worldwide.
The Australian-based developer, Trickstar Games, is yet to comment.
Via videogamer.com
