Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Play ball by proxy in MLB Manager Online]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/15/play-ball-by-proxy-in-mlb-manager-online/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/15/play-ball-by-proxy-in-mlb-manager-online/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/15/play-ball-by-proxy-in-mlb-manager-online/#commentsSega is expanding its "Manager" series beyond Football Manager, with the free-to-play MLB Manager Online. Launching in March alongside the beginning of the baseball season, in the US, Canada, Japan, and South Korea. MLB Manager allows players to create teams from over 900 (not over 9000) real Major Leaguers, check their stats, and trade them with other managers. It's a different kind of sports game, one in which you handle all the "telling people to play baseball" and leave the "playing baseball" bit to the experts.

Prospective managers have the chance to build their teams in advance of the March release. Sega is holding a limited closed beta starting January 7, 2011. If you're interested in checking out the browser-based management sim early, you can sign up here.

Gallery: MLB Manager Online (PC)

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JoystiqPlay ball by proxy in MLB Manager Online originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>baseballfree-to-playmajor-league-baseballmlb-manager-onlinepcsegasportsWed, 15 Dec 2010 07:00:00 EST<![CDATA[MLB 2K10's million-dollar pitcher to be revealed tomorrow]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/04/mlb-2k10s-million-dollar-pitcher-to-be-revealed-tomorrow/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/04/mlb-2k10s-million-dollar-pitcher-to-be-revealed-tomorrow/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/04/mlb-2k10s-million-dollar-pitcher-to-be-revealed-tomorrow/#commentsOkay, everyone can stop playing MLB 2K10 now*. The million-dollar prize for the first player to pitch a perfect game has been claimed, and 2K Sports will reveal the winner on CBS's The Early Show tomorrow morning. Although if you're the modern-day Cy Young who achieved this feat, you already know (and, in fact, you'll be too busy appearing on TV to watch it on TV), and if you tried to win this but didn't quite make it, it's just going to be painful to see the person who won.

If you'd like to experience that burning jealousy for yourself, tune into CBS between 8 and 9 a.m.

*Unless, you know, you're enjoying the game.

JoystiqMLB 2K10's million-dollar pitcher to be revealed tomorrow originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 04 May 2010 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The NYT doesn't have the scoop on pricing, but a web subscription to the service will run you between $100 and $120 annually, or $20 to $25 per month, depending on the features. Count on more details when the official announcement drops. Sony has been considering new subscription services for PSN since the end of last year.

Update: Here's the official release, though it doesn't have much new info. The PS3 app will be free, according to PlayStation Blog, but it requires an MLB.TV subscription to stream games.

[Thanks, Ryan G.]

JoystiqNYT: PS3 to stream live Major League Baseball games originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>baseballmajor-league-baseballmlbmlb.tvnew-york-timesps3psnsonysportsstreamingThu, 22 Apr 2010 07:45:00 EST<![CDATA[New MLB 2K10 media takes the mound]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/23/new-mlb-2k10-media-takes-the-mound/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/23/new-mlb-2k10-media-takes-the-mound/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/23/new-mlb-2k10-media-takes-the-mound/#commentsBaseball fans still have about a month before the sport returns to stadiums and televisions across the nation, but this latest footage from MLB 2K10 should at least satiate your need for a virtual recreation of America's pasttime in the meantime. 2K Sports has pitched over a nine-minute chunk of gameplay between the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs, showing off the cleaner version of the pitcher's interface and the familiar fielding system of the last few iterations.

Then there's the new My Player mode, which allows you to create a player from scratch and follow his lifetime career. By completing certain goal-oriented tasks in the Minors, you'll then get called up to the Major leagues -- and once there, you'll find even more career milestones to work towards. Do well enough with your created Joe Schmoe and you'll find yourself unlocking milestones that put him on the track to be the next entrant into the Hall of Fame.

Gallery: MLB 2K10 (My Player mode)


Source - Part one of My Player mode detailed
Source - Part two of My Player mode detailed

JoystiqNew MLB 2K10 media takes the mound originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>2k-sportsbaseballmajor-league-baseballmajor-league-baseball-2k10mbl-2k10Microsoftsportsvisual-conceptsXbox-360Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Pitch a no-hitter in MLB 2K10, get a million bucks]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/28/pitch-a-no-hitter-in-mlb-2k10-get-a-million-bucks/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/28/pitch-a-no-hitter-in-mlb-2k10-get-a-million-bucks/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/28/pitch-a-no-hitter-in-mlb-2k10-get-a-million-bucks/#comments Your mom may have told you that playing those video games would never get you anywhere, but she'll have to apologize for the rest of her life if you win 2K Sports' MLB 2K10 million-dollar giveaway. The developer is offering up Dr. Evil sums of money to the first person on the Xbox 360 or PS3 (sorry, those are the only qualifying consoles) who can pitch a perfect game in the first 60 days of the game's release -- starting March 2, 2010 at 12:01 AM PST and ending on May 2, 2010 at 11:59 PM PDT. Of course, where there's free money, there are caveats.

Two stipulations: You have to play against the CPU in MLB Today mode, where it will automatically default to all of the proper gameplay settings; and you have to record yourself pitching the entire perfect game and slap it onto a DVD. 2K Sports has actually tapped Twin Galaxies for some help on the authentication part, so keep in mind that those guys over there are very good at sniffing out the bad eggs. We suggest you make your friend Tom Foolery wait outside while you attempt to pitch a perfect game, because any kind of tampering or trickery will only get you disqualified.

For a full breakdown on the rules, you can check out the contest page on 2K Sports' site at 2ksports.com/perfectgame. MLB 2K10 releases on the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and PC on March 2, 2010.

JoystiqPitch a no-hitter in MLB 2K10, get a million bucks originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It wasn't all bad news, however. Net revenue in Q4 was actually up over 2008, from $323.4 million to $343.4 million. Take-Two attributes the success in this period to Borderlands, NBA 2K10, both the downloadable and disc-based releases of the Grand Theft Auto content and, yes, GTA IV, which must have experienced a resurgence when Gay Tony and Episodes from Liberty City were released.

JoystiqTake-Two: revenues up in Q4, down overall for the year originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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2K Sports just dished out a new trailer for their upcoming game, MLB Superstars, and it's pretty much like the other updates we've had on the game. Instead of looking at ridiculous screens, you get to look at ridiculous screens in motion. This trailer focuses on the 'Whack a Wall' minigame.

What do you all think? Still just a bunch of minigames thrown together, or do you see something you like here?


[Via press release]

JoystiqGet your first glimpse of MLB Superstars originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you're asking yourself why we're continuing to cover this game, know that it's sort of turned into a sick obsession for us. Taking widely recognized baseball players and making their likenesses compete in minigames that are anything but their sport of choice is like taking a gardener and asking him to build a rocket and land on the moon. It's just plain silly.

But, then there are small, tiny rays of hope that manage to break through the thick protection of cash-in that is the outer crust of MLB Superstars. That ray of hope? The Philly Phanatic. It can't be all* bad now, can it?


*Yes, it can. And probably will be.

JoystiqMLB Superstars pitches us some new screens originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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2K Sports has dished out a few more screens from their upcoming game, MLB Superstars. In these latest shots, we see some of the titular superstars tackle one of the game's hybrid minigames, Baseball Golf. We're not sure how it works, beyond what is shown in the screens. The real question is whether or not these new screens make the game look more appealing than the previous batch?


[Via press release]

JoystiqMLB Superstars introduces us to Baseball Golf originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With October right around the corner, everyone's got baseball fever. We must admit that we're even caught up in it a bit, cheering our favorite team onto victory. And 2K Sports is trying to capitalize on the madness by unveiling their newest baseball title for the Wii: MLB Superstars.

MLB Superstars is being developed by Deep Fried Entertainment and will be a party title (see: minigames), featuring games such as Baseball Golf, Baseball Pachinko and Baseball Bocci. It will also feature minigames that aren't even in the realm of baseball, such as Mascot Dance (you can probably imagine what this is) and Green Monster, where players must break down a wall with a baseball bat.

[Via press release]

Joystiq2K Sports reveals MLB Superstars originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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