Apparently, the game will have 'official ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 content' - in other words, real players. Expect to see Andrew Flintoff, Mahendra Dhoni, Muttiah Muralitharan, and, of course, Ponting and Lara - not to mention a host of other cricketers. There's also official player kits, stadia, and so on.
Coming out during the World Cup, it's only natural that the game would boast a World Cup mode, which, apparently, will be just like the real thing. In addition, there's also a Champion's Trophy mode, in case you get bored of playing the World Cup. Plus, there's your standard cricket game modes - Test matches, one day matches, Twenty20 games, and so forth.
One of the biggest problems with the last game was the visuals. They weren't bad, but hardly in the upper echelon of gaming. So, it's good to hear that Codemasters are trying to create photo-realistic visuals for the game, each with "real player likenesses", too. Stadiums will also be created to look just like the real thing. Subtle weather effects, such as altered lighting towards the end of play, will also apparently be in the game thanks to some high-tech graphical wizardry.
So enough of the superficial changes - what are Codemasters doing to the gameplay? As far as batting goes, there will be a few new strokes available, such as law cuts, sweepshots, and you'll even be able to charge the bowler. Bowling will get a swag of new deliveries, such as a larger variation of spinning options, more swinging options, and even reverse swing. Fielders also get a reflex slip catch system, too - we presume this is a good thing.
Ricky Ponting/Brian Lara Cricket 2007 will be coming out in March 2007 - right around the time of the World Cup - on Xbox 360, PS2 and PC. Feel free to browse the first pics in the Media Panel.
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