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Cole Hamels Reminds You That Grenades Are “For Pussies”
1:20PM Owen Good | Well. This is edgy as all get-out. Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels comes to Modern Warfare 2 to tell us that mindlessly hucking grenades is a dickbag cop-out. And then there’s “Fight Against Grenade Spam,” which makes a cheerful acronym. More »
Culture
Will Monkeyshines At ESPN Throw A Monkeywrench In A Video Game?
4:30PM Owen Good | Steve Phillips, formerly of ESPN’s Baseball Tonight, lost that gig in a sex scandal that you might have read about. He was also the colour analyst in MLB 2K9. That title doesn’t feature in-game boinkable PAs, but will he stay? More »
Culture
What Does Ichiro Do When He’s Hurt?
11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | He plays Dragon Quest, that’s what. In a recent interview in which he discussed his nine consecutive 200 hit season, the topic of Square Enix’s role-playing-game came up. More »
Culture
Watch Major League Pitcher Play Wii Fit
2:00PM AJ Glasser | Remember that baseball player who wanted to slim down his Mii and wound up losing 11kg in real life? The Wall Street Journal chronicled his success story in a video. More »
Features
So I Went To A Fight, And A Video Game Broke Out …
2:00AM Owen Good | When Oregon’s LeGarrette Blount falcon-punched Boise State’s Byron Hout to begin the college football season (and end his own career) it made me wonder: Why don’t we see that in NCAA 10? It’s in the game, right? More »
Culture
Yankees Pitcher Goes For Old-School Video Game Baseball
7:00AM Stephen Totilo | With a seven-year, $US161 million contact, New York Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia could afford to play any expensive modern game during a rain delay yesterday. But he didn’t. More »
News
Milwaukee’s Prince Fields The BIGS 2 Cover
1:40AM Mike Fahey | The Milwaukee Brewer’s All-Star first baseman Prince Fielder has been tapped to represent the nation of baseball as the cover athelete for 2K Sports’ The BIGS 2. More »
MLB Dugout Heroes Brings Baseball Online
1:20AM Mike Fahey | The 2009 baseball season is headed online as GamesCampus and MLB Advanced Media sign an online licensing agreement allowing the former to create a free-to-play, transaction-based online baseball game using official Major League Baseball materials. MLB Dugout Heroes is expected to be available in time for the launch of next year’s baseball season. “We are excited to partner with GamesCampus in offering fans this interactive baseball gaming experience,” said Alex Pigeon, VP of international at MLBAM. “The ability to utilise current or historical teams and ballparks along with simulated on-the-field management will be an engaging way for players to interact with the game.” More »
2K Launch MLB Superstars On Wii
11:30AM Kotaku US Edition | Wii owners looking for a baseball game with as little actual baseball as possible might be in luck with the upcoming release of MLB Superstars. Rather than the boring old ‘actual baseball’ stance taken by so many baseball games, MLB Superstars is a series of mini games featuring Wii-ified versions of Major League players and teams. The ‘over half a dozen’ (which I assume means ’seven’) minigames include Baseball Pachinko, Baseball Golf and rhythm game Mascot Dance — featuring team mascots, er, dancing. MLB Superstars will be out later this Fall from 2K games. MLB Superstars Announced For Nintendo Wii [Yahoo! Games] More »
