Archive for the ‘Other Baseball Games’ Category
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MLB Manager Online Officially Launches
MLB Manager Online, a free-to-play browser based management sim, has opened and gone live to all. The game had been in beta for approximately a month before closing off a few weeks ago in preparation for the launch. Sign up and get started at the official website for the game. Similar in nature to QUICKHIT NFL Football and other management sims the primary goal of the game is centered in team-building. The game may best be compared however to the fatally flawed MLB Front Office Manager from...
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2K Sports Planning MLB Bobblehead Pros
It looks like 2K Sports has a new arcade-style MLB game to announce in the near future for the Xbox 360 and PS3. The ESRB has revealed the existence of the game by giving it an "Everyone" rating. 2K has previously released several secondary MLB titles in an attempt to take full advantage of having the third party license. The BIGS and The BIGS 2 are the most well known but they have also churned out MLB Front Office Manager (360/PS3), MLB Stickball (XBL/PSN), MLB Superstars (Wii), MLB Fanta...
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Sega Announces MLB Manager Online
A new free-to-play browser based management game is on the way and this one features the MLBPA license and includes over 900 active players. MLB Manager Online from Sega will present the challenge of building and managing a team through acquiring players and setting strategy for simulated games. There is also the goal of reaching the "World Tournament" with representatives of various countries competing. Other than that not much in the way of details have been made available. Visiting the o...
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#5 of 2009: The BIGS 2
The ranking of games in the best of 2009 list is based primarily on the personal amount of enjoyment had with a particular title. Some other factors include whether advertised features were fully delivered on, post-release support, community interaction and communication, overall gameplay experience, feature set, and online play performance. Again this is a personal take on the games. The analysis is weighted largely towards those which I had the most fun with while considering them as a who...
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Natal Could Bring Baseball to 360
There is no doubt that the MLB The Show franchise has not only positively contributed to sales of the PS3, but maybe even more importantly it has brought additional prestige to the console. With 2K Sports only holding a third party exclusive MLB license that has left the door open for Microsoft to the produce their own. The prime opportunity could present itself when Project Natal releases next year. As demonstrated first at E3, Natal is going to bring motion-controlled gaming to the 360 ...
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The BIGS 2 Initial Impressions
With all that has been going on lately I haven't had much chance to delve into The BIGS 2. This being the sequel to one of my favorite sports games of this generation I had high hopes. At the same time I somewhat expected it to not achieve those hopes because the original was such a surprise and it would only be building off of that. From the demo it was clear the game would remain similar enough but with several enhancements to the experience though a questionable change to the camera. Woul...
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The BIGS 2 Hard Drive Performance Evaluation
As I have been doing with the latest releases the first thing I compare on a new game is the performance differences on the 360 when running the game from the disc vs installed to the hard drive. Once again it's important to reiterate that loading time is not the only benefit of installing to the hard drive. The console runs quiet and cool because it isn't working constantly reading off the disc. Continue on for the results with The BIGS 2. (more…)...
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The BIGS 2 Conference Call Recap
Yesterday I had the opportunity to sit in on a conference call with The BIGS 2 producer Rob Nelson along with being able to send in a few questions beforehand. Given that the original BIGS remains one of my favorite sports games this generation and with the demo out and well received I'm really looking forward to it. What I was most hoping to get out of the call was an idea of additional elements of strategy and details on the online co-op mode. (more…)...
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