World Cricket Championship (mobile game)

World Cricket Championship (WCC) is an Indian 3D cricket simulation mobile game franchise developed by Nextwave Multimedia. The WCC is the first game of the WCC franchise which was launched and released in 2011. The updated versions WCC2, WCC Rivals and WCC3 were also released under the WCC franchise. As of March 2020, WCC is currently ranked as the no. 1 cricket mobile game franchise in the world with 110 million downloads worldwide and with approximately 11 million monthly active users.[1][2] The game has reported an average of over 2.1 million daily active users and is one of the most downloaded cricket game franchises in the world.[3] The game is played worldwide, mainly in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, UK, UAE and Sri Lanka.[4]

World Cricket Championship
Developer(s)Nextwave Multimedia
Publisher(s)Nextwave Multimedia
Platform(s)iOS, Microsoft, Android
Release2011
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In May 2020, the WCC franchise announced that the 4th game in the series, WCC3 which is a sequel to the WCC2, will have the Hindi commentary of the Indian cricket commentator Aakash Chopra.[5][6] Chopra was the first commentator to sign as a commentator with a digital game platform.[7]

WCC1

The first version in the World Cricket Championship franchise, WCC was officially released in 2011.

WCC2

WCC2 was officially released in 2015 and is a sequel to WCC.[8] This game has different commentary options in Hindi and English. The game features about 18 international teams, 42 cricket stadiums, including all three formats of cricket (Tests, ODI and T20I). The game features 11 different tournaments including 50 over World Cup, National Premier League (NPL),Free unlock, ODI bilateral series, World T20 Cup, Asian Cup, Ashes-To-Ashes, and 2 over blitz tournaments. WCC2 also consists of live cricket features such as Hot events featuring ongoing bilateral cricket series and social modules such as Gangs of Cricket, World Tour and Challenge a Friend. WCC2 also features 3 multiplayer formats such as offline multiplayer, online multiplayer and batting multiplayer. The WCC2 game was rated amongst the top 10 games among monthly active users for 3 successive years from 2016 to 2018 since its launch. In March 2020, WCC2 was partnered with Mobile Premier League (MPL), one of India's leading mobile gaming platforms.[9] WCC2 was listed as Google's Best of Games in 2015, 2016 and 2017, and was also listed as Apple's Best of Games in 2016, 2017 and 2018.[10]

In August 2020, WCC2 won in the people's choice gaming category in the Digital India Atmanirbhar Bharat Innovation Challenge with 6,607 votes, counting to 74% of total votes in the category.[11][12]

WCC3

WCC3 is the fourth installment of the World Cricket Championship franchise.

The control system of World Cricket Championship 3 is definitely an improvement to the previous ones. Use your left thumb to position your player when you're batting and your right one to adjust the direction and power of your throw. Depending on the button you tap on, you can choose the type of manoeuvre your player will carry out. When it is your turn to throw, of course, the system will change completely.

In World Cricket Championship 3, you can choose from a huge list of teams and stadiums, and choose different times of the day and the weather. There are different game modes to choose from, from quick matches to a full season, and even play women's cricket (one of the great novelties of this new edition).

WCC Rivals

WCC Rivals was launched in 2020 as the third game in the WCC franchise after WCC and WCC2. It is the first full featured real-time multiplayer cricket game on mobile.[13] On 6 February 2020, WCC Rivals introduced 2v2 multiplayer, which eventually became the first ever mobile game to feature 2v2 real-time cricket multiplayer.[14] The game was also the first to introduce the esports ready-in game feature and the first to have spectator/caster's mode.

References
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  7. "With IPL suspended due to Pandemic, Aakash Chopra to commentate on digital matches". Hindustan Times. 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
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  10. "World Cricket Championship 2 Named One of the Top 10 Games by App Annie Report". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). NextWave Multimedia Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  11. Malhotra, Vanshika (2020-08-08). "AtmaNirbhar Bharat app innovation challenge: Here are the winners of the contest". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  12. "World Cricket Championship 2 Game Wins AatmaNirbhar App Challenge". NDTV Gadgets 360. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  13. "WCC Rivals| Real-Time Multiplayer". www.nextwavemultimedia.com. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  14. "World's first 2v2 Cricket Multiplayer in WCC Rivals now live".
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