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2K Sports Opens Doors On MLB 2K12 Million-Dollar Challenge

8:30AM January 13, 2012 | Pierre Bienaimé

2K Sports is offering a cool million to the winner of a public, eight-person Major League Baseball 2K12 tournament… this April. From the MLB’s Opening Day on April 4 (definitely learned something just now) to the end of that cheerfully prank-filled month, athletes (read: gamers) will be clawing their way to the top of the leaderboards, where a spot in the tourney awaits. More »

Nintendo

Nicktoons MLB Is More Than The Bigs For Little Kids

10:30AM June 17, 2011 | Owen Good

At E3, I visited the 2K Games booth every day of the show. Every day I went there, I saw these two guys in the 2K “Sports Bar”, sitting in easy chairs, playing Nicktoons MLB. As far as I know, it was all they did all day. More »

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This Gaming Geek Shall Inherit MLB 2K11′s Million-Dollar Prize

8:00AM May 27, 2011 | Owen Good

Before setting off to claim a million-dollar bounty offered by MLB 2K11, Brian Kingrey did an analysis. He pored over batting averages, compared pitcher strengths and tendencies, examined the probable starters for the contest’s opening day and the batting orders they faced, to determine what hurler had the best chance of tossing a perfect game. More »

In Real Life

We Have A Winner In MLB 2K11′s Million-Dollar Perfect Game Challenge

9:30AM May 19, 2011 | Owen Good

When 2K Sports vowed to declare a winner in its second Million-Dollar Perfect Game contest as soon as a winner could be verified, most assumed we’d have heard of a winner in April. Last year’s inaugural challenge was won on the very first day, as a matter of fact. More »

Nintendo

2K’s Next Baseball Title Sends SpongeBob To The Plate

10:30AM May 5, 2011 | Owen Good

Baseball, the American national pastime. For 141 years, it is a game whose numbers and names need no introduction. Mantle. DiMaggio. .406, 755. Ren. Stimpy. More »

In Real Life

Robot Throws Pitch At Major League Baseball Game

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3:30PM April 21, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Video: Robot throws first pitch Hmm. This isn’t technically about video games. How can I introduce this… Erm – Portal 2 has robots and now, so does Baseball as this little dude, who could actually be Johnny 5 from Short Circuit, has been granted the honour of throwing the first pitch at a baseball game. More »

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Sega’s MLB-Licensed Management Sim Launches

9:20AM April 2, 2011 | Owen Good

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. More »

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Million-Dollar Perfect Game Contest Kicks Off Tomorrow

2:00PM April 1, 2011 | Owen Good

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. More »

PC

EA Sports And Major League Baseball Reconnect On Facebook

9:11AM March 31, 2011 | Owen Good

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. More »

PC

EA Sports Working On Baseball Game – Probably For Facebook

12:30PM March 24, 2011 | Owen Good

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. More »