Press release:
February 16th, 2024.
The Austin-based (Texas) indie games publisher Devolver Digital and Cape Town-based (South Africa) indie games developer Free Lives, are today very happy and excited to announce that their sports-themed action game “Cricket Through the Ages“, is coming to PC and the Nintendo Switch on March 1st, 2024.

Swing bats and throw balls through the intertwined histories of humankind and cricket in this tongue-in-cheek, physics-driven ode to hitting things with wood.

Over a thousand years ago, the human race teetered on the edge of extinction. Our ancestors were helpless against the mighty behemoths of the land. And then… salvation! The game of cricket was invented.

Enjoy cricket through the miracle of a simple, one-button control scheme.
Play through six unique game modes, solo or against a friendly rival.
Learn about the totally real history of cricket. You won’t believe it!

Go alone, or take a friend, on a journey through the rich and 100% accurate history of the sport in Cricket Through the Ages, launching on PC and Nintendo Switch on March 1.

About Devolver Digital:

We are
Devolver Digital
purveyors of fine digital entertainment wares from independent artists worldwide.

A boutique game label
Owned and operated by
a team that replies to Slack threads with a non-stop deluge of hilarious gifs and passive aggressive shots at one another.

Despite our Differences
A collection of Individuals
works with independent developers from all over the world to produce and promote some of the most original, eccentric, and beloved games of the past decade.

About Free Lives:
Free Lives are a team of teenage anthropomorphic turtles, led by their anthropomorphic beard wielding rat sensei in honing and perfecting their art of game jam jitsu to battle bills, pants, petty criminals, evil overlords and alien invaders. They met in the storm sewers of Cape Town, where they bonded over a love for dank accommodations, consuming copious amounts of pizza and remaining isolated from society-at-large.

Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround

More by Jonas Ek:

• The first-person climbing survival horror, ‘Below The Blades’, is coming to Steam on November 12th
• The lightning-paced arcade movement FPS, ‘FIRESTARTERS’, is coming to Steam EA on October 28th
• The historically authentic tank MMO ‘Steel Aces’ is coming to Steam on October 30th
• The mining and cooking adventure ‘Gobble Inn’ has just been announced for PC
• The darkly humorous action tower defense game, ‘Survive ‘Til Dawn!’, is coming to PC in 2027

Tags: Action, Cricket Through the Ages, Devolver Digital, Free Lives, Indie games, Nintendo Switch, PC games, Sports