Roy Halladay Gets MLB 2K11 Cover
2K Sports has announced that Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay will be the cover athlete for MLB 2K11. Halladay is not a surprise except in that pitchers seem to have a tougher time getting covers than position players. Tim Lincecum was amongst the few when he most recently received the cover of MLB 2K9. Check out the full MLB 2K11 cover featuring Halladay in the gallery.
Halladay went 21-10 with a 2.44 ERA and will likely end up winning the NL Cy Young award. He opened the playoff...
MLB: The Show May Get “Online Pass”
News today that Sony is investigating putting together its own "online pass" like system for all first party titles, and that would include the MLB: The Show franchise. EA Sports and THQ now provide one-time-use codes in all sports titles that provide access to online functionality. However for those who pick up the game used it costs $10 to access online play. Presumably Sony is considering something similar that would go into affect in the near future.
No word yet on the specifics of how ...
MLB 2K10 Achievement Available Today Only
For those of you with MLB 2K10 there is a single 360 achievement and PS3 trophy that can be earned today. Playing the All-Star Game in MLB Today mode will award the "Mid-Summer Classic" achievement worth 40 gamer points or a silver trophy respectively. According to GamingBits this achievement can not be obtained any other way than completing the All-Star Game by the end of the day. It must done in MLB Today mode and following the conclusion exiting to the main menu will then trigger the award....
MLB 10: The Show Could Go 3D Soon
Back in January MLB 10: The Show was demoed in 3D at CES. Today Sony president and CEO Jack Tretton announced that the PS3 will have 20 titles available in 3D this fiscal year. Amongst the games demonstrated in 3D at the presentation was MLB 10: The Show.
Beginning tomorrow four titles will be available in 3D but The Show is not one of them. No date has been set for The Show going 3D but it would seem to be a near certainty that it will at some point. They also have yet to detail the availa...
MLB 2K10 Patch #2 Out Now
The second patch for MLB 2K10 has gone live for the 360 and is also available on the PS3 where it represents the first patch in the 2 1/2 months since the game released. The full details on what the patch delivered can be found here.
Early reports are primarily centered around issues that have not been fixed or new ones now being found such as edited names not actually changing on the jerseys. The lack of errors and injuries were already known and 2K Sports attempted to explain that one off...
MLB 10: The Show Receives Patch Fix
Earlier this week the third patch for MLB 10: The Show came out and not long it was discovered that a major issue had been introduced. Runs were being scored in situations where third outs were being recorded. That has now been resolved with the release of a secondary patch to fix the problem. Firing up the game on the PS3 will lead to the prompt for the game update and all should be good after installation. Full details on the earlier patch can be found here....
MLB 2K10 Patch #2 Details
2K Sports has released the breakdown of improvements being made via the upcoming patch for MLB 2K10. This is the second patch that incorporates feedback on the game for the 360. And, sadly, this represents the first patch for the PS3 version. Two and a half months post-release.
Continue on for the full list of patch notes. It will appear more extensive than it is because the list includes everything that was fixed in the first 360 patch while representing the complete layout for the PS3 pat...
The Show to Patch Today’s Patch
Earlier today the third patch for MLB 10: The Show released only to find it contained a significant bug that was severe enough to require immediate response. With the introduction of the patch runs are now being counted on third outs which is obviously a huge problem. If you have not downloaded the patch you may want to avoid doing so for the time being, however that would mean playing the game without being connected online.
SCEA has since responded to the issue by stating that a fix throu...