Archive for the ‘MLB 2K’ Category
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Features List for MLB 2K12
With about a month until release some details on MLB 2K12 have finally arrived. The game will feature a season mode utilizing MLB Today, dynamic tendencies, and improved My Player. Continue on for the list of new features and leave any thoughts in the comments! (more...)...
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MLB 2K12 Expands Perfect Game Contest to Feature Eight Person Tournament
The first two years of the $1 million Perfect Game Challenge have for all intents and purposes ended on the first day but that is much less likely to occur with MLB 2K12. Now it will be the "top ranked" (whatever that means - but it isn't the "first") eight to accomplish the feat from April 4th through the end of that month will be slotted into a live tournament taking place in New York for the ultimate prize. That should also help to eliminate the embarrassment of having someone who doesn't...
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Justin Verlander Gets Cover of MLB 2K12
Considering Justin Verlander had a previous marketing relationship with 2K Sports, and is coming off a spectacular year that had some proclaiming him worthy of the MVP award and a shoo-in for Cy Young, it should be no surprise that the company today named him as the cover athlete for Major League Baseball 2K12. The news was broken earlier on Twitter and the official announcement was made at the MLB Players Choice Awards. Verlander led the Detroit Tigers to the AL Central championship with...
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Cover Athlete for MLB 2K12 Will Be Revealed on Thursday
2K Sports today announced that the cover athlete for Major League Baseball 2K12 will be made official at the 2011 Players Choice Awards on Thursday evening. The program will air on MLB Network for an hour beginning at 5PT/8ET. This is widely expected to be the final year for the MLB 2K franchise as the third party exclusive contract will expire at the end of 2012. This generation's covers for the series have featured Roy Halladay, Evan Longoria, Tim Lincecum, Jose Reyes, and Derek Jeter. ...
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NCAA Football 12 Tops July Sales Charts
There were several notable developments that came with the release of NPD's official sales numbers for July. Overall it was the weakest performance for video game sales since 2006 and NCAA Football 12 easily took first place. It was already known the game was seeing increased sales over the prior year - 17% for the first two weeks - and it ended up finishing 15% higher when comparing respective first month numbers. (more...)...
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MLB 2K11 Patch Introduces New Problem in Franchise Mode
Those who had the patience to wait over two months for 2K Sports to release a patch for MLB 2K11 that would address many issues including the broken fatigue in franchise mode are now faced with another problem. The patch has surfaced a new bug (as discussed in detail at Operation Sports) that will give more headaches to those playing the mode. (more...)...
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MLB 2K11 Contest Won on First Day
2K Sports today announced the winner of the MLB 2K11 $1 Million Perfect Game Contest. Brian Kingrey of Hammond, Louisiana walks away with the prize after pitching the first verified perfect game following the opening of the contest on April 1st. Like last year the feat was completed on the first day however it happened even quicker this time around. The feat was completed within two hours of the contest opening up which is especially surprising given the general perception that the task a...
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MLB 2K11 Patch Details
After a wait of over ten weeks 2K Sports has finally delivered a patch for MLB 2K11. Plagued since release by numerous bugs and severe AI issues many of the fixes are intended to address those problems. The patch is available now for the Xbox 360 and PC but has been delayed for the PS3 due to the lengthy PSN outage. Among the most important fixes are getting fatigue to function properly in Association mode, reduction in number of injuries, fixing the home run wall glitch, and improved bas...
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MLB 2K11 Perfect Game Contest Has a Winner
It was only a week into the $1 million Perfect Game Contest for MLB 2K11 before claims of the feat having been completed with the support of videos and images started coming in. 2K Sports has now confirmed that a winner has been verified and will be announced on May 26th. It'll be interesting to find out the date that the qualifying perfect game was completed. The PSN outage prevented any PS3 gamers from even attempting the contest but that didn't occur until April 19th and it seems almos...
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MLB 2K11 Patch Arriving This Week
After a wait of over two and a half months the patch for MLB 2K11 is finally set to be delivered on Wednesday May 18th for the Xbox 360 and PC. Presumably the patch has been delayed on the PS3 side by the nearly month long outage to PSN and there is no clear idea as to when that may clear certification by Sony who are surely backlogged with requests. MLB 2K11 has been plagued by numerous bugs, Association mode problems such as no fatigue and an overwhelming number of injuries, the main ne...
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