Nextwave Multimedia's World Cricket Championship (WCC) Delcared World’s No. 1 Cricket Game

Game developers Nextwave Multimedia has recently announced that their franchise World Cricket Championship (WCC) accrued 110 Million downloads internationally and in India, making it the world’s no. 1 mobile cricket game. Nextwave Multimedia's no. 1 position has further gained momentum with the flagship game WCC-2 as one of India's most recognized mobile gaming app. The WCC franchise includes three games namely WCC, WCC-2 and WCC Rivals.

WCC-2 is the sequel game to World Cricket Championship. In the year 2011 WCC introduced real-time cricket leagues and a host of fantasy cricket leagues in mobile cricket gaming industry. WCC-2 has been featured among the Top 10 Games for Monthly Active Users by the App Annie Report for 3 years in a row (2016-2018).

WCC has an average over 2.1 million Daily Active Users and 11 million Monthly Active Users year round. The game is not only popular in India, it also has a loyal fan base from across the globe. Cricket fans from UK, USA, UAE, Bangladesh and Pakistan enjoy the realism, popularity and authenticity of WCC games.

Mr. Rajendran P.R., Founder and CEO, Nextwave Multimedia said “The commitment towards delivering the best and establishing a personal connection with our users to innovate and improvise the gameplay has helped us achieve this success in mobile cricket gaming. We believe in constantly innovating and updating the game for better user experience rather than just seasonal updates.”

WCC-2 features 3 Multiplayer formats; Offline Multiplayer, Online Multiplayer & Batting Multiplayer. It  has over 18 different international teams, 10 domestic teams, 42 different stadiums, 3 match formats like T20, ODI & Test Cricket and 11 different tournaments that include World Cup, NPL, ODI Series, World T20 Cup, Asian Cup,  Ashes-to-Ashes, Blitz Tournaments, live event modules– Hot Events featuring the on-going matches, and other interesting social modes like Gangs of Cricket, World Tour and Challenge a Friend. 

Another promising game from the WCC Franchise is WCC Rivals. This game has been the first to introduce E-sports ready in-game feature and first to have Spectator/Caster’s Mode. On Feb 6th 2020, WCC Rivals became the first-ever mobile game in the world to feature 2vs2 real-time cricket multiplayer.

WCC bagged two awards within a year of its launch- The Runner-up ‘Studio Game of the Year’ at IGDC 2019 and ‘BEST LIVE GAME’ award at GATO’19 organised by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) in April 2019.