Empire Interactive has claimed 10 years at the top of the cricket strategy genre with International Cricket Captain, the world’s most popular cricket management game.

As the international cricket calendar continues around the world, with England’s tour of Sri Lanka soon to start, plus Pakistan, India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and the West Indies all in action over the coming weeks, Empire is launching the simulation onto new formats for 2007-2008.

The new version also includes the following updates for 2007- 2008:

    * Brand new 3D game engine
    * Fully motion captured animations; the game captures the essence of watching the match on TV.
    * New Ball Tracker instant replays reflect the televisual style
    * New PS2 console and PSP versions for the first time
    * New commentary from Test Match Special’s Jonathan Agnew
    * User interface and game engine brought up to date
    * More decision making control during the match and newly modelled environments
    * More realistic visual representation

The PC version arrived in the shops in July 2007 but now the game is available for the first time on PS2 and PSP.

International Cricket Captain allows players to manage tactics and influence performance of real players in the game of cricket before, during and after each match throughout the domestic and international seasons.

Match Modes
- Exhibition Match: go straight into a one off match with two international teams in either T20 or a One Day International (ODI) match
- Match Series: create a Test or One Day series of your choice with any two international teams
- County & International Career: captain both the county team of your choice and international team from the start of the game
- World Cup Series: replay the World Cup tournament in the West Indies or choose from historical World Cups

PS2
All the action comes with TV style replays in the all new 3D highlights. Fully motion captured animations, Ball Tracker cam analysis and all the tension, stress and pressure of coaching your team to ultimate success.

PSP
Get the action underway with specially created short forms of the game in exhibition matches, like 20/20 presented in TV style replays to get into International Cricket Captain on-the-go.

For more information, visit cricketcaptaingame.co.uk.