A new console generation brings a lot of promise, especially when it comes to sports sims—I don’t think any other genre quite benefits as much from advances in graphical fidelity and realism as sports sims do. That puts a lot of expectation on the shoulders of MLB The Show 21, …
Not only is MLB The Show making its Xbox debut with this year’s MLB The Show 21, but it’ll be on Xbox Game Pass from the game’s launch on April 20. It’s a surprising move, considering that The Show is a Sony first-party series that, until now, has only ever …
Videogame baseball doesn’t get much better than Super Mega Baseball. The first game proved that comical presentation can coexist perfectly with an deep, authentic simulation of the sport; the second game built on that with new online modes, greater team customisation, and plenty of fine-tuning to the core game. Now …
Super Mega Baseball 3 has been slightly delayed, and is now set to launch on May 13. When the game was initially announced earlier this year, an April launch window was planned, but due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across the videogame industry, Metalhead Software opted to push …
A third entry in one of the best sports game series’ around is on the way, and much sooner than expected: not only is Super Mega Baseball 3 a thing, it’s out next month, developer Metalhead Software announced today. Where most sports games lean heavily into either detailed simulation or …
MLB The Show consistently delivers one of the best baseball experiences you’ll find in a videogame. MLB The Show 19 is no exception: the depth and attention to detail in its simulation of the sport is second to none, with an array of game modes from an arcade-style retro mode …
When it first came out in 2014, Super Mega Baseball was one of the best baseball games in a long time. It took all the complexities off baseball and distilled them down to their essence, concocting a deep but surprisingly approachable baseball simulation. Hell, it’s the game that taught me …
“Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” – Leo “the lip” Durocher I used to lump baseball in with cricket as a slow, ponderous game that took too long and was boring to watch. I was a fool. Every at-bat is filled with tension. Every inning could be a …
Less than two months ago, I had next to no interest in baseball beyond an (admittedly unsubstantiated) opinion that it was a better bat-and-ball game than cricket. Then, something happened. On April 2, two new games were added to the PlayStation Store. Well, more than two games were added, but …
