Ashes Cricket 2013 (lost builds of cancelled home console ports of cricket game; 2013): Difference between revisions

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Status: Lost

Ashes Cricket 2013 was a cricket video game developed by Trickstar Games and published by 505 Games. The game was released on November 22nd, 2013 on Steam, with plans for three console ports in the future (the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U specifically). Upon release, however, the game was almost immediately panned by critics and consumers for its numerous bugs, and fans of the series were overall highly dissatisfied by it. All of this led 505 Games to pull it from Steam after only four days as well as officially canceling all development on the game on November 28th, including the ports.

While the Steam version can still potentially be obtained through unused keys, there's no way to get any of the console ports, and it's unknown if any work was done on them at all or if any versions would have had system-exclusive features, like Wii U touch screen functionality.

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-'''''Ashes Cricket 2013''''' was a cricket video game developed by 505 Games. The game was said to be unfit for release when it appeared on Steam in November 2013, with many people criticizing its numerous bugs. There was a large amount of dissatisfaction, among fans of the series, with the state of the game overall. Following the backlash, 505 Games pulled the game from Steam. It was only "officially" available for 4 days, meaning the game can no longer be legitimately obtained outside of trading or any third party sites that happen to still have valid keys.
-This led to console versions and the retail release being cancelled as well. While the Steam version is still available in some form, the unreleased console ports can not.
+''Ashes Cricket 2013'' was a cricket video game developed by Trickstar Games and published by 505 Games. The game was released on November 22nd, 2013 on Steam, with plans for '''three console ports''' in the future (the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U specifically). Upon release, however, the game was almost immediately panned by critics and consumers for its numerous bugs, and fans of the series were overall highly dissatisfied by it. All of this led 505 Games to pull it from Steam after only four days as well as officially canceling all development on the game on November 28th, including the ports.
+While the Steam version can still potentially be obtained through unused keys, there's no way to get any of the console ports, and it's unknown if any work was done on them at all or if any versions would have had system-exclusive features, like Wii U touch screen functionality.
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