Unhappy gamers have forced the recall of what is being dubbed the worst video game of all time- Ashes Cricket 2013.
Unfit for the release yet somehow still published, the game has been pulled from online ‘shelves’ with European publisher 505 Games apologising for the embarrassing product.
PlanetCricket.net editor Matt Whitehorn posted the following game footage on YouTube.
Other in-game issues included stumps flying out of the ground before the bowler had completed his run up and severe difficulties hitting the ball. More embarrassing- artificial intelligence didn’t even include a catch animation.
Ashes Cricket 2013 became available for PC on November 22 via Steam, however console releases hit multiple delays, even missing the recent start of the Ashes series in Brisbane.
505 Games is not to fault according to the company, instead shifting the blame to the game’s Australian developer.
“At the start of the project, 505 Games received all assurances from the developer (Melbourne-based company Trickstar Games) 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,” 505 said in a statement.
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Both the English and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Australia had handed out their rights to the game makers and neither are too impressed with the result.
“The ECB entered into a licensing agreement with 505 Games, in conjunction with Cricket Australia, with the intention of producing a high quality game linked to both the recent Ashes Test Series in England and the current one in Australia,” said an ECB spokesman.
“We are extremely disappointed that the product did not match our expectations and would like to extend sincere apologies to any supporters who purchased this product.”
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