Brian Lara International Cricket 2007

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Brian Lara International Cricket 2007

Developer(s)	Being Developed In House By Codemasters
Publisher(s)	Codemasters
Release date(s)	March 2007
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single player, Multi player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Rating Pending (RP), PEGI: Rating Pending (RP)
Platform(s)	Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Media	DVD-ROM,
Input	Keyboard, Gamepad

Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 (BLIC 07) is a cricket computer game from by Codemasters available on PlayStation 2, PC and Xbox 360 (Also Xbox Live enabled). It is endorsed by West Indian cricketer Brian Lara. It follows Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 released 2 years earlier. BLIC 07 is due for release in March 2007 when the 2007 Cricket World Cup is taking place, which is a similar launch tactic used by Codemasters for the release of BLIC 05, which was launched on the first day of the 2005 Ashes series. The game will be released in Australia and New Zealand under the name of Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2007 and in India as Yuvraj Singh International Cricket 2007.

1 Improvements
2 Licensing
3 Gameplay
4 Commentary
5 Codemasters Open Day
6 See Also
7 External links
8 References

[edit] Improvements

Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 will add extra depth to the series’ complete batting, bowling and fielding experience whilst retaining its trademark accessible playability. The acclaimed batting play will see the introduction of subtle edges, sweepshots and the ability to use your feet to dance down wicket and smash the ball over the boundary for six.

Bowling will see a much improved set of delivery types, thanks to changes in the way the ball swings in the air and reacts off the pitch, showcasing Shane Warne’s huge variation of spinning deliveries and Steve Harmison’s raw pace and even reverse swing as the ball degrades. In Fielding, there’s a new reflex-testing slip catch system and players can now be run out at both ends and be stumped by alert wicket-keepers.

The most exciting improvement is that BLIC 2007 will be the first cricket computer game to have online play included. This will be available on Xbox 360 and PC.

[edit] Licensing

Not all players names featured in the game will be real. Only those in the licensed tournaments will be. However warm-up games can be played for the tournaments with the proper names (ODI mode only). This is an improvement on BLIC 05 when players' names were fake because EA had the official licenses, not Codemasters. All official ICC World Cup stadiums will be in the game and there will be a special ICC World Cup mode where Codemasters has the license to use all official teams, stadia, kits and equipment of the tournament.^[1]

[edit] Gameplay

There are several game modes, such as world cup, test matches, one day international, ICC Champions Trophy, 20 over matches, bowling, fielding, batting practice as well as net practice.

[edit] Commentary

Commentary will be provided by Jonathan Agnew, David Gower, Ian Bishop, Bill Lawry and Tony Greig. This is the same team that was on Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 although initially Jeff Thomson was annouced as a commentator but not included in the final game.

[edit] Codemasters Open Day

Codemasters held an open day in October 2006 which was attended by six staff members at PlanetCricket and one member from the Codemasters forum. The seven were shown the game being developed as well as given a demo of the current alpha build. Another open day is planned for late February 2007 where gamers will get the chance to try out the new game.^[2]