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Press release:
Melbourne, December 2.
Big Ant Studios and Nacon, in collaboration with the England and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Australia, are thrilled to announce that the long-awaited “Cricket 22: The Official Game of The Ashes” is available now, on PC, PlayStation 5 and 4, Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One.

Cricket 22 builds on Big Ant Studios’ celebrated cricket simulations over the past decade, while adding a next generation level of polish to the experience. With 4K resolution graphics for the first time, an advanced new visual engine, a narrative-driven career mode, and the broadest suite of licenses and gameplay modes in a cricket game to date, Cricket 22 gives all fans of cricket the ability to experience their sport in their way.

“We’ve loved building a cricket game for the new generation – the creative opportunities that it has afforded us has really helped elevate Cricket 22 to the next level,” Ross Symons, CEO of Big Ant Studios, said.

“From the licenses through to the all-new career mode and commentary team, we’ve worked hard to ensure that this game will surprise and delight veterans and new players alike.”

In addition to playing along with the excitement of this year’s Ashes contest, cricket fans will be able to enjoy the hugely innovative new competition in England and Wales, The Hundred, Australia’s Big Bash T20 competition, the tropical party of the CPL in the Caribbean, and take to the international field of battle with fully-licensed teams from England, Australia, The West Indies, New Zealand and Ireland.

In keeping with Big Ant’s commitment to equality and equal representation, both the Men’s and Women’s games have been fully featured across all of Cricket 22.

Cricket 22 for Nintendo Switch will be available in January 2022. Big Ant Studios is well known for actively supporting its games long beyond release, and players can expect similar support for Cricket 22, with a robust roadmap of activity to be made public in the coming days.

About NACON
NACON is a company of the BIGBEN Group founded in 2019 to optimize its know-how through strong synergies in the video game market. By bringing together its 10 development studios, the publishing of AA video games, the design and distribution of premium gaming devices, NACON focuses 20 years of expertise at the service of players. This new unified business unit strengthens NACON’s position in the market and enables it to innovate by creating new unique competitive advantages. https://corporate.nacongaming.com/

About Big Ant Studios
Big Ant Studios, a wholly-owned Nacon subsidiary, is one of Australia’s largest and longest-running game development studios, having developed and published games from historic platforms including the Game Boy Advance® and PlayStation Portable®, through to PlayStation ®5, Xbox Series®X and Nintendo Switch®. Best known for producing high quality sports titles, Big Ant Studios have developed the highest selling AFL, Rugby League, Lacrosse and Cricket games of all time.