Archive for the ‘ Baseball ’ Category

Baseball, Far East Style

As promised, I ordered Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010 (which goes by seemingly a dozen names depending on where you are, Pro Yakyū Spirits, Professional Baseball Spirts or プロ野球スピリッツ depending on your preferences). For the tasty price of $98 (shipping included), PYS 2010 got here in a mere two days from its April 1 release date, [ READ MORE ]

TheSportsGamer atwitter 3/16

I comb the twitter feeds so you don’t have to. Otherwise known as what’s going on during a typical slow new days… ModNation Racers has gotten a May 25 release date for thePS3 and PSP. Pre-order incentives include playable Nathan Drake, Kratos and Ratchet and Clank dependant on where you pre-order the game from. [Playstation blog] 16 [ READ MORE ]

2K10 irons out more connectivity issues

At some point I think 2K is just going to need to blow up and start anew in regards to their online multiplayer. The NBA 2K series has had gamebreaking problems for two years running while MLB 2K has gotten decidely more inept online the last three seasons. Kotaku notes that the patch for the Xbox 360 [ READ MORE ]

TheSportsGamer atwitter…

Because I’ve been working for the weekend (and will be on the weekend), I dug through my twitter feed to find the latest sports gaming nuggets for y’all. Operation Sports has a very cool interview with Tecmo Bowl Throwback Producer, Mike Fahrny. You can read it here. Definitely looking forward to this one, especially the multiplayer and [ READ MORE ]

MLB Showdown: Small Ball

Today we take a look at the pocket size versions of MLB 10: The Show and MLB 2K10, both which made their way onto Sony’s PSP this season. First – and not really catching me by suprise – is that both titles have seemingly dropped infrastructure support for the long haul. This is a concerning [ READ MORE ]

MLB Showdown: Yes, they still make PS2 games…

Before I get back into the current-gen versions of MLB 10: The Show and MLB 2K10, let’s not forget the other platforms both games have been released on. One of them is the almighty PS2, which simply refuses to die (though the prospects look poor for it living much further outside of August’s Madden NFL [ READ MORE ]

MLB Showdown: Screenshot comparison (part one)

I decided to take a few snapshots of MLB 2K10 and MLB 10: The Show and compare them side-by-side. As you can see in the following screens that while SCEA generally got the facial features down (2K does their former cover boy justice when it comes to his hair), 2K10 is no slouch when it [ READ MORE ]

MLB Showdown: Round One (extremely early impressions)

OK, so I’m a busy man this week. On top of regular work and life stuff, I got seven – yes SEVEN – different version of the MLB 10/MLB 2K10 games to feature and break down on the blog this week and next and probably the week after that as well. Obviously I want to [ READ MORE ]

March release calendar

Welcome to March, where its in like a lion and out like a lamb. That old adage couldn’t be more true in regards to our release calendar, which comes out firing with MLB 10: The Show and MLB 2K10 (not to mention Battlefield 2 on the same day, shall we call tomorrow ‘Super Tuesday’?) and [ READ MORE ]

Monday headlines

Ah, welcome to our latest “feature”. Monday headlines gets the new week started with the latest news and gossip and hot links from the sports gaming community. Without further ado, let’s hit it… We are just one week away from the release of MLB 10: The Show and MLB 2K10. Obviously I’m planning at least a [ READ MORE ]