Posted by Scott Steinberg: Spring training is officially in full swing. In less than a month fans will begin packing stadiums around the country, clamoring for sunflower seeds, popcorn, hot dogs and refreshments – ready to cheer their team on with big dreams of bringing home a pennant in 2011. If you can’t make it to spring training and are already counting down the days until the official first pitch is thrown, then you’re in luck. In less than a week, the number one selling, highest rated baseball franchise exclusive to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable returns when MLB 11 The Show hits stores nationwide. Now baseball fans everywhere will have the chance to hone their skills and get in the game a little early this season. In preparation, Kevin Butler is back, challenging Twins All-Star catcher, Joe Mauer, to a battle at the plate.
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
For the record, White Knight Chronicles 2 is only $3 more than the first game, and it comes with the first game...
I know the steam summer deals are awesome, but you are still, technically 0ff-topic, trolling.
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.
Beat you. I got Killzone 3 Helghast Edition for $20 at best buy after Christmas. :)
Dang, that is a pretty good deal. I got it for $40, but I also ended up getting the Collectors Edition of Uncharted 3 for $40 as well that day. $80 for both of those fantastic sets is well worth 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 must resist..argghhhh....have ...to buy vita.....only....in... spring...arrrrrrghhhhhhhhh.
MUST ... RESIST!
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?
