Archive for the ‘Baseball’ Category
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Championship Series Missions introduced in MLB 16 Diamond Dynasty
With the ALCS and NLCS underway SCEA has rolled out two new Missions in MLB The Show 16's Diamond Dynasty mode. Owners of the Josh Donaldson and Andrew Miller Rookie Cards will have the new challenges unlocked in order to obtain their current Live Series Cards. Andrew Miller requires 6 wins (he was a starter as a rookie for Detroit). His Rookie Card can currently be purchased from the Marketplace for under 2,000 Stubs. The Live Series Card that would be earned has a value right now of ...
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Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings is free this month on Xbox One
Those with subscriptions to Xbox Live Gold should be familiar with the Games with Gold program that provides a new set of free games every month. Notable for October is the inclusion of Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings. Released August of last year on Xbox One, SMB: Extra Innings featured additional content and updates that had made it to the PS4 side in the months ahead of its eventual arrival on XB1. Normally priced at $20 the game can now be had for free until the end of the month. ...
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Super Mega Baseball 2 Coming Next Year
Super Mega Baseball was one of the most pleasant surprises for the sports gaming genre in years. With the near extinction of arcade-style games leaving a void to independent developers, Metalhead Software took advantage despite a lack of licensing and delivered a fun and accessible game with an innovative "Ego" difficulty system. Its release late in 2014 led to unexpected strong consideration for Sports Game of the Year. Today the developer officially announced Super Mega Baseball 2 wh...
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Edwin Diaz has finally been added to MLB The Show 16 with latest roster update
The long-awaited debut of Edwin Diaz in MLB The Show 16 is finally here. The rookie phenom of the Mariners who has set records in strikeouts to begin a career and is now 10-for-10 in saves with a strikeout rate over 16 per 9 has been added to the game in today's roster update. It took almost 3 full months for that to happen. He's been given only 90 in K/9 and 89 in Velocity. Notable ratings changes in this week's update include Corey Seager (+2 to 91), Jean Segura (+3 to 87), Seunghwan...
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MLB The Show 16 roster update details for week 19 of the season
While it's one of the lighter weeks as of late in terms of ratings changes for MLB The Show 16, many new Flashback Cards have made it into Diamond Dynasty with today's roster update. Mookie Betts has achieved Diamond status by earning a point to get to 93 Overall, while teammate Xander Bogaerts has fallen out of the Diamond tier by dropping 2 points to 91. The move up for Betts in attributes are minor (+3 Power vs R, +2 Power vs L, +1 Con vs R) but it's enough to get him that big Overa...
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MLB The Show 16 roster update details for week 18 of the season
The latest roster update for MLB The Show 16 features a few high-profile players taking a big hit to their ratings. After reaching the rare 99 Overall Rating earlier this season Bryce Harper's decline has been steady. He's dropped 2 more points this week down to 93. He hit just .176 in July and his attributes at the plate in MLB The Show 16 are suffering for it. He's gone down 6 points in Power vs Righties, 5 points in both Contact vs Righties and Lefties, and 2 points in Power vs Lefties...
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Press Row Podcast: Improving MLB The Show
With four months of MLB The Show 16 now in the books it’s time to evaluate just how developer Sony San Diego can improve on an all-around excellent game next year. From gameplay to the big modes (Diamond Dynasty, Franchise, Road to the Show) the Press Row Podcast panel goes through a great number of personal suggestions and those contributed by the community. A bonus segment follows with discussion of NHL 17 online beta impressions and early observations of Pro Evolution Soccer 201...
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MLB The Show 16 post-trade deadline roster update details
This week's roster update for MLB The Show 16 is an especially notable one as it has delivered all the player trades that occurred in the lead-up to and through the deadline plus some very significant ratings movement. (more…)...
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