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Video Blog on Lighting and Graphics in MLB 15: The Show
SCEA today released a new look at what to expect out of the improvements to graphics and lighting in MLB 15: The Show. The subject has been discussed previously, including at length in various live streams, but here is presented in more concise form. With the game just a few days out the only real question mark is whether it will perform acceptably online. Please enable Javascript to watch this video...
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MLB Manager 2015 Now Available on iOS and Android
After four years of mobile releases the iOOTP series, which now carries the MLB license just like its older brother Out of the Park Baseball, has been rebranded as MLB Manager 2015. The game released today for iOS devices (buy through iTunes here) and is also out for Android (grab it through Google Play). The usual $5 price tag is attached. (more…)...
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Suspend/Resume Arrives for PS4 Just in Time for MLB 15
Sony today released System Update 2.50 for the PlayStation 4. The update includes a feature that was announced for the console at its initial reveal - Suspend/Resume. It comes at a perfect time for those who will be picking up MLB 15: The Show next week as that game will definitely benefit from the ability to walk away from games in progress. Supported by nearly all of your PS4 games, you can jump in and out of your games with just the press of the PS button. Quickly switch from Rest Mode t...
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Poll Results Demonstrate the Challenge for an Unlicensed Football Game
Given that anticipation for a new football game has been especially high in recent months, with Joe Montana Football 16 expected later this year and Mutant Football League coming at some point down the line, it's interesting to evaluate the market for such games. There have been so few unlicensed sports games to emerge over the last decade as companies have avoided the risk with development costs rising and consumers demanding all products meet a quality threshold which necessitates...
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MLB 15: The Show Dynamic Themes Now Available on PS4
Sony has released the 30 team-specific Dynamic Themes for MLB 15: The Show on PlayStation 4. There's also a theme offered for the game in general. They're being sold for $3.49 each. These aren't as active as some other themes I've seen - though the ballparks do have animated video screens, flags waving in the wind, and the baseball which rotates - and I expected more baseball-related sound effects but they do look pretty sharp. $3.49 is a fairly hefty price for a theme yet some fans of th...
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Soundtrack for MLB 15: The Show
While MLB: The Show is known for many positive things the soundtracks each edition has offered have never been among them. Not only have the song choices been questionable but the number of them were limited to sometimes as few as 10. Last generation on PS3 that could be worked around because of the ability to add custom music. It's not a possibility on PS4 however so users are stuck with whatever is built into the game. Here are 10 tracks (there were 13 last year) that are found inÂÂ...
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Overdog Matchmaking Launched on Xbox One
Some of you may remember coverage on a startup called Overdog in 2013. The service was originally envisioned as a way to play online games against professional athletes with a community to be built around that interest. Since then Overdog has evolved more towards the latter part of that mission though there is still an element of having an opportunity to play online with "influencers". Primarily it has become a general matchmaking service which brings together gamers with simi...
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TPC Sawgrass in Rory McIlroy PGA Tour
EA Sports has released a look at the TPC Sawgrass course in Rory McIlroy PGA Tour. Five screenshots have gone out - check them out in the FB album here - along with a video that compares how it looks in McIlroy (and on the new systems) vs Tiger Woods 14 (which of course was on the last generation of consoles). Please enable Javascript to watch this video...
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