Category: Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii

3 minute read International Cricket 2010 is a rubbish name, but it’s a great game. Batting The batting in Ashes Cricket 2009, the last version of this game, was excellent. It’s now slightly better with greater control of each shot’s power. If you don’t try and knock the leather off the ball, you’ve

< 1 minute read The 2010 version of International Cricket Captain is out. It’s a good game, but pretty similar to the 2009 version really. Our ICC 2009 review should tell you everything you need to know if you’ve never played the game before. Other than that, we want to voice a gripe. To

< 1 minute read We did our live review of International Cricket 2010 on Twitter. Ceci Masters kindly documented the review/mental breakdown in full and it can be seen here. If you want to keep tabs on our ongoing descent, you can follow us @TheKingsTweets. We probably won’t be doing another live review of

< 1 minute read Last night, we did a live review of Codemasters’ new game International Cricket 2010 on Twitter. We played a Twenty20 match as Pakistan and basically got battered. Anyone interested in live Twitter reviews of cricket computer games can follow us again from about 7pm tonight when we’re going to have

< 1 minute read International Cricket Captain 2010 is now available for download. You get a two-day free trial. Or you could just buy it from Amazon. For the cheapskatey among you – which is pretty much all of you – you can get last year’s version for under £6. The 2009 version has

< 1 minute read Massively disappointed that this isn’t an International Cricket Council backstab simulator. That joke worked better before we realised it was ‘IC’ and not ‘ICC’. We get a penny every time a new person watches this. We’re thinking about buying ourself some crisps later in the year. To be honest, we’re

< 1 minute read The Wii version of Ashes Cricket 2009 is quite different from other formats. Having played both, we’d also say it was worse. Batting technique Don’t imagine that you’ll be playing hooks and drives. What you will actually be doing is carrying out a pendulous swing as if you’re putting a

< 1 minute read We did a preview of Howzat a few weeks ago. Just to let you know, it’s live now, so you can give it a go for yourselves. It’s free, if that’s what you’re wondering. Play Howzat and let us know what you think.

3 minute read Ashes Cricket 2009 is an action cricket game, as opposed to a strategy game. It’s probably the best cricket game going of that type. Batting Weirdly, batting’s actually better than bowling. In previous cricket games, batting has largely been about getting frustrated and smashing the joypad because your idiot batsman