ESPN: "When I got back to my hotel room following the event, I still couldn't get the game (or the awesomeness of Brian Wilson's polygonal beard) out of my mind. It's similar to how I felt the first time I saw "NBA 2K11," -- sometimes you just get that feeling that you're playing something special, and "MLB 11: The Show" is shaping up to be one of the biggest sports game of the new year."
In many ways, this past console generation was a brutal one for sports video games. While other genres flourished, sports gamers were subjected to an irreversible thinning of the herd, losing MLB 2K, 2K Sports football, NHL 2K, both NCAA basketball franchises, and seeing arcade sports games all but vanish. Competition, which breeds innovation, is weaker than ever. But that’s not to say some standout games didn’t arrive as well.
Amazon has some great game deals for PS3 that include The ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection, Heavy Rain: Director's Cut, ModNation Racers, Sports Champions, MLB 11 The Show and more...
The ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection – $19.96
Heavy Rain: Director’s Cut – $19.99
ModNation Racers – $19.96
Sports Champions – $20.08
MLB 11 The Show – $18.70
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time – $18.80
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction – $19.70
Killzone 2 – $19.96
The Fight: Lights Out – $18.80
MotorStorm – $19.99
PlayStation Move Heroes – $17.75
Medieval Moves: Deadmund’s Quest – $18.27
White Knight Chronicles International Edition – $19.99
Some of those prices are okay, but I got Killzone 3 Helghast Edition for only $40, which had a ton of cool stuff with it.
Gamestop has better deals than this piece of crap list. It has team Ico collection for 20 bucks with all the other games on the list but cheaper. Hell motorstorm is like 3 bucks on gamestop while here its 20
The sports genre might be one of the most underrated categories in all of gaming. Sure, they suffer from a yearly release schedule that makes the previous entries obsolete, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t games worth remembering. - PSLS
Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee and its sequel are awesomely fun games. It's a shame no one plays online anymore :(
They're a great tune-up for World Invitational though, which will be a Vita launch game~
I am still playing MLB 10 The Show even though I have MLB 11 for my PSP.
Not being able to transfer your RTTS players from one year's version to the next has always been a handcuff for me.
I'm in my 10th year as a right fielder and am on my way to the Hall of Fame. Why would I want to start another guy before I'm immortalized in the HoF with my current guy?
I think Sony should try and give their MLB title a world release. Even EA does so with its american-esque sports like American Football.
it may be an interesting exercise at least for one year.
Great article... my personal favorite bit -- "this might be the biggest jump in terms of both control and game-play enhancements the series has ever attempted in a single year."
I hate the Giants. They're so over-rated that was the biggest bunch of luck i've ever seen. Their pitchers will NEVER get that hot at once ever again. It was a farce like my 2007 Rockies, credit though, at least they finished it out.
Woohoo..
FEAR THE BEARD!
SF FTW!
Although it looks nice, it looks like another year of the same game.... Hopefully 1080p is back in this one and not removed like it was in from MLB 10.