Posts tagged cricket 
GameStop to close 120 stores, increase focus on mobile
GameStop intends to close 120 video game retail stores in the current fiscal year as part of its "GameStop 3.0" initiative, the company announced at its 2014 Investor Day event this week. Its plan to scale back gaming operations involves a bigger push into the mobile space, as it will open between ...
EA Sports' Moore envisions browser-based games for smaller sports
EA Sports covers nearly all the big sports: football, soccer, golf, basketball, hockey, etc. But will it ever tackle a more niche interest? Its president, Peter Moore, certainly sees that as a possibility -- just not on the current HD consoles. Obviously, the main obstacle in the path of these s...
Trophies: Ashes Cricket 2009
We're not even going to pretend we know what any of this means. View Trophy List | Visit Trophy Portal...
Thwack! Left 4 Dead 2 survivors play a bit of cricket
Click image for a closer view of the zombie bashing There's a cricket bat in Left 4 Dead 2, and after pondering how such an instrument could find its way to the southern United States (we certainly don't make them here, and every American knows that we don't allow people with them to enter the co...
Codemasters asks, 'Fancy a bit of Cricket?'
Codemasters has just dropped word to MCV that it is developing Ashes Cricket 2009, based on this year's The Ashes games. Codies brand manager Richard Gittins thinks that the game will be a big deal, based on how crazy people went over the games the last time they were hosted by the UK back in 2005...
Big Beach Sports looks more like big bore sports
With all the multi-sport games on the market for the Wii, we haven't really kept tabs on THQ's rendition, Big Beach Sports. Since the software is releasing next week for the budget price of $29.99, though, it's time to give it a closer inspection. Looking at these new screens, we have to say -- ign...
Big Beach Sports ... better than little beach sports?
THQ is going Wii crazy. Not only is the publisher responsible for bringing aliens, bands, deadly creatures, worms, blobs, and more to our Wiis, but now beach sports, too. If you've ever had the urge to play beach games like bocce or cricket without actually going to the beach, consider yourself lu...
Jolly good show: new cricket game announced
Codemasters has announced that a new Brian Lara cricket game will be released on the PSP in time for summer. With the full title of Brian Lara 2007 Pressure Play, it seems that this game will allow for short bursts of "under pressure" gameplay, rather than just full matches. The game will feature mi...
UEFA Champions League demo and cricket
Up on the XBLM today is a demo for UEFA Champions League 2006-2007. This (for those of you who don't know) is the sport that the US calls soccer, but we're certain the Union of European Football Associations calls it ... football. Not a big deal, other than the demo's actual size which Major Nelson...
