baseball
In Real Life

MLB 2K11′s Pitching Perfectionists Want It Done Right

About two weeks ago, someone uploaded a video purporting to show the final inning of a successful perfect game in MLB 2K11 which, if legitimate, is worth $US1 million. In it, the player throws nothing but high curveballs, a strategy that wouldn’t get you out of the first inning of a real game, but evidently an exploit in this one.

April 17, 2011
In Real Life

The Binder That Ties You To A Game

Wax nostalgic with a sports gamer of a certain age and it’s not long before he will mention, like a venerated religious text, the Three-Ring Binder. It was the original franchise mode.

April 2, 2011
News

Sega’s MLB-Licensed Management Sim Launches

Just to make it official, Sega’s MLB Manager Online had a beta launch earlier this month, not a full launch as some posts had implied.

April 1, 2011
News

Million-Dollar Perfect Game Contest Kicks Off Tomorrow

2K Sports has laid another seven-figure bounty on a perfect game thrown in its Major League Baseball game. Players have had about a month to practice with MLB 2K11′s pitching and fielding; the chase for 27 straight outs officially begins at noon EDT tomorrow.

March 31, 2011
PC

EA Sports And Major League Baseball Reconnect On Facebook

It’s not the return of MVP Baseball, the long lost and lamented Major League Baseball title that went into exile after 2005, but EA Sports has gotten back on the field with MLB in World Series Superstars, a Facebook game rumored to be in development that launched by surprise today.

March 24, 2011
PC

EA Sports Working On Baseball Game – Probably For Facebook

EA Sports, whose beloved MVP Baseball series went into exile when 2K Sports won an exclusive contract back in 2005, is working on a Major League Baseball-licensed property, according to ESPN’s Jon Robinson. Before you get all giddy, a close reading of contracts leaves the impression this will be another Facebook game.

March 18, 2011
PlayStation

Even The All-Stars Are Role Players In MLB 11 The Show

Sitting there with my DualShock in my lap, I struggled to recall the last time a video game blindsided me this hard, much less at a point this early in playing it. I’d ranked up at a respectable rate, gained a fast understanding of my abilities and the situations in which they were useful. I was fearless and, I thought, indispensably valuable to the cause. The story of my success was playing out conventionally.

March 14, 2011
PlayStation

MLB 11 The Show Is Still The Finest In The Field

I’ve seen the big leagues, son. I’ve squinted at the lights at Fenway as the sun makes a cotton candy sky behind the Citgo sign in left. But I ain’t there right now. I’m down here chewing on grass, pitching in my third game in as many days, deep in the well of the low minor leagues, where the uniforms are washed every other day.

March 13, 2011
In Real Life

New Settings Highlight The Show’s Good Cause

MLB 11 The Show arrived on Tuesday, bringing with it a set of controls and options designed to include disabled gamers. The association for these gamers, begun by a 25-year-old college student, also launched on Tuesday and gets a plug from the PS3 game.

March 12, 2011
News

MLB 11 The Show Gets In A Dig At MLB 2K11′s Cover Boy

MLB 11 The Show’s third-wheel analyst, Eric Karros, completely telegraphs this burn of Roy Halladay, who graces the cover of Major League Baseball 2K11.

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