Archive for the ‘Baseball’ Category
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MLB 09 The Show Event Screenshots #1
Throughout the recent MLB 09 The Show Community Preview Event we were given the opportunity to take screenshots using the PS3's slick built-in feature which made it really convenient. From that I grabbed 23 screens that SCEA has been generous enough to forward back to me. Most of them were based on requests that people had made via Twitter. Today I'll put up the first eight of those which you can check out by continuing on or in larger form in the screenshot gallery. (more…)...
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The Show Community Preview Report #2
Another long day with MLB 09 The Show is complete. This time around my time was split between exhibition games, Road To The Show, practice drills, and grabbing screenshots and some video highlights. I'm not sure when I'll have those screens and clips back from SCEA but I'm hopeful that will happen by the end of the weekend. Out of those things about all I can discuss right now is the gameplay. The others will have to wait for another day. If you missed the first report from the event make...
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The Show Community Preview Report #1
After about five hours with the game today and more than that to come tomorrow there will be plenty to discuss about MLB 09 The Show. I wanted to get some initial thoughts up now and follow that up with one that will probably be more extensive tomorrow night. First, there are some restrictions to what I am able to talk about. Those basically amount to the topics that are slated for coverage in the upcoming weekly Playstation Blog postings. I'll be able to go over those areas a day after t...
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Further Impressions of MLB FOM
I posted up my initial reaction to MLB Front Office Manager last night where I was encouraged by the manager mode and that the online fantasy mode appears to have the potential to be enjoyable. After putting some more time in with the game I can discuss some other areas and whether my overall feeling has changed at all. Continue on for further thoughts on the game, some screens, and a couple videos videos of managing a game. (more…)...
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More MLB 2K9 Previews
Following the first hands-on preview two more have arrived. The big concern from these previews is that every one is mentioning issues with the framerate. After last year that is disconcerting and also bodes poorly for the prospects of online play improving. GAMESPY: Like last year, 2K Sports is boasting a framerate of 60 frames per second for its lead baseball sim. Also like last year, MLB 2K9 didn't back up that promise -- at least in the demo we saw. As the camera panned across the fie...
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MLB FOM May Be A Gem
I've only had my copy of MLB Front Office manager for a couple hours but my initial impression is that the game is clearly better than reviews have led on and that it will be much more accessible than NFL Head Coach. It makes it all the more unfortunate that 2K Sports didn't fully support it prerelease. (more…)...
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MLB 09 The Show RTTS Enhancements
Another entry in the weekly blog series from SCEA, this time concentrating on Road to the Show mode. You can read the blog in its entirety here. There doesn't appear to have been any huge changes but instead several issues that people had with the mode have been addressed or improved upon. With the new Sounds Of The Show feature, we’ve been able to support audio customizations that will allow you to pick not only your batter walkup music, but also your reliever entry music and a home...
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First Preview of MLB 2K9
Gamespot has posted up a hands-on preview for MLB 2K9, though the hands-on part encompassed only a single inning. They also have four new screenshots for the game. There's no jaw-dropping feature in MLB 2K9 that looks to reinvent baseball games entirely. What the development team has done, instead, is pay attention to the complaints about MLB 2K8 and directly address them. While the preview code we played still looked and felt early (with graphical hitches aplenty), producers told us the de...
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