MLB 2K5 gets a new edition
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John
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9/14/2005 7:23:00 PM
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As my Cleveland Indians fight for a playoff spot, 2K Sports has announced they are going to release a World Series Edition of Major League Baseball 2K5.
Some of the new features will be updated rosters, the All-Star teams
and new game modes. The World Series mode lets you relive 10 of the
best World Series scenarios and there's Pennant Fever mode where you
take a MLB franchise to the World Series with records locked in the
current real-life race. The game will be out in the great October time
frame. Say EA, how's that college baseball game coming?
2K Sports Announces World Series Edition of Major League Baseball 2K5
NEW
YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2005--2K Sports, a publishing label of
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTWO), today announced the
planned release of a special World Series Edition of its
critically-acclaimed Major League Baseball 2K5. Major League Baseball
2K5: World Series Edition will be packed full of new features and
extras, promising baseball fans an enhanced hardball experience.
"Baseball
is America's favorite pastime and the World Series is the most exciting
time for fans," stated Erik Whiteford, vice president of marketing for
2K Sports. "Major League Baseball 2K5: World Series Edition celebrates
fan exuberance and dramatic moments with all-new game features that pay
homage to the sport."
Major League Baseball 2K5: World Series
Edition brings new life to the 2005 season with updated rosters for the
regular season and '05 All-Star teams, an exclusive World Series
Edition DVD and the following new game modes:
World Series Mode
- Players experience the thrill of the game as they are given the
opportunity to re-live or even re-write history. In the World Series
Mode, gamers are invited to play some of the greatest World Series
moments as they take on 10 of the most memorable World Series
scenarios, including the '86 Mets, the Battle of the Bay and more.
Pennant
Fever Mode - Gamers take their favorite MLB franchise all the way to
the World Series, no matter what their team's current place is in the
race to the pennant. Team records are locked in to match the real-life
'05 Pennant race.
Major League Baseball 2K5: World Series
Edition is set to release in October 2005 for PlayStation(R)2 computer
entertainment system and Xbox(R) video game and entertainment system
from Microsoft.
For more information, log onto http://www.2ksports.com