By Michael Norwood
July 4 2013

A while ago, we brought you news that gamers would be able to enjoy playing Ashes cricket on their consoles, just a few days before the actual event itself, as England and Australia set themselves to lock horns for ten back to back test matches....

However, those with Xbox and Playstation 3 machines, have been left disapointed, as a planned June 21st release date for Ashes Cricket 2013 has been put back, to a yet unconfirmed date!

A statement from the developers was recently published explaining the problems being had :-

"Thank you all for your honest feedback. Firstly, we do feel that we owe you all an apology, informing you two days before the scheduled release that the game is being delayed was an error on our part. Once we accepted that the game was not going to hit its submission dates, we were contractually obliged to gain approval from our partners before communicating a shift in release date.

For the reasons outlined below, this has all happened very late in the end-phase of the development cycle. That said, we should have been more transparent and honest with our community and for this we sincerely apologise. We would like to reiterate that this has only been pushed back as we are 100% committed to delivering the best possible cricket game, pushing the boundaries of what has been done in previous titles. This has always been our focus.

In an effort to make a truly authentic cricket title and one which stood up to the benchmarks of current sports games, 505 Games and Trickstar Games decided to rebuild the technology behind Ashes Cricket 2013 from scratch. To ensure we delivered something that met our own expectations, we had to focus all resource on game development.

As a result, creating assets such as screenshots or videos had to be put on hold so the team could completely focus on the development of the game. We understand that this hasn't been popular with the community to date. However, it is neither in the nature of Trickstar Games nor 505 Games of finding excuses, but rather solutions. And while we continue to pursue our goal, we want to work with our communities to help you understand our issues and be more transparent in the problems we have experienced. We understand that many of you feel there has not been enough communication.

In an effort to rectify this we are to going open up a direct line of communication between you, the real cricket fans, and the Trickstar development team. What we would like to do is ask you to send us your questions as a post below. The top 10 most frequently asked questions will then be answered in video form from Mike Fegan who heads up Trickstar Games.

All other questions will be replied to in text as soon as humanly possible. Every week, between now and release we will be posting a video answering the top 10 questions of that week and giving you an update on where we are in terms of physically releasing the game.

As soon as we can be 100% sure when the game will be released we will tell you an exact date. We are also pointing some additional resource at asset development, such as screenshots and videos as we understand you all want to see where we are at and how the game is going to look. As a result, we will be releasing more assets very shortly."

There is more hope that another developer, Big Ant Studios, will deliver on time, with their Cricket 14 title, and they are certainly making the right noises, although no date has been released for their efforts as of yet.

Ashes Cricket 13 Game Delay

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