Kccitystar Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 2K Sports Announces Larger-Than-Life Baseball Action with ‘The BIGS’ 2K Sports Throws Big-Time Heat with New Extreme Addition to Major League Baseball Lineup NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--2K Sports, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTWO), announced today a unique, new sports title that adds more explosive excitement to baseball video games than ever before - The BIGS. This over-the-top baseball action title puts an entirely new spin on Major League Baseball as it blends outrageous visuals and intuitive gameplay mechanics to bring fans a brand new MLB video game experience. “The BIGS is sure to turn a few heads as it pioneers a completely different way of playing an MLB video game,†stated Greg Thomas, President of Visual Concepts, a 2K Sports studio. “2K Sports is always looking to deliver the most innovative and eye-catching sports video games to fans and The BIGS is one of 2K Sports’ most dynamic titles to date.†Developed by Blue Castle Games, The BIGS brings blazing graphics to huge proportions with larger-than-life MLB player models and ballparks. Featuring fantastic pitching, batting, and fielding animations, gamers can also take advantage of spectacular power-ups with outrageous special effects. As a standard for all major 2K Sports titles, The BIGS features online play for up to four players, making it a grand slam for online baseball battles. At the helm of The BIGS is Dan Brady of Blue Castle. Dan is best known as the creator of and Technical Director on the EA Sports MVP Baseball series of games. Joining Dan at Blue Castle is a number of experienced baseball developers, including Jason Leigh – the Lead Designer of MVP baseball. “This is an extremely exciting time for fans of baseball videogames, as Blue Castle Games has assembled an absolute all-star lineup for this game,†stated Greg Thomas. The BIGS will be available for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems, the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and Nintendo’s Wii™ home video game console. The BIGS is slated for release in summer 2007. thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 thoughts? **** that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 cool another baseball game that will not be on the PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace152 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Slugfest Part 2-Electric Boogaloo suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbaseball Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 What is it, the next Slugfest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherguy619 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 cool another baseball than not will not be on the PC not like it matters anyway. the amount of work that everybody has put into modding MVP05 makes up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleMo Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 suck This and the other sentiment What is it, the next Slugfest? are my exact sentiments. I know it is a video game, but, uh, do we want to play childish video games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbaseball Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I hated Slugfest, I could never win one game in the Challenge mode or whatever it was called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boricuapapi1885 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 No it wont be another slug fest. It will finally be real true sim baseball game for the 2k series. i cant wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleMo Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Ok, but re read this: "Featuring fantastic pitching, batting, and fielding animations, gamers can also take advantage of spectacular power-ups with outrageous special effects." Slugfest-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebjr Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Developed by Blue Castle Games, The BIGS brings blazing graphics to huge proportions with larger-than-life MLB player models and ballparks. gamers can also take advantage of spectacular power-ups How can that be a sim game? It will be just like any other baseball game Nintendo puts out. Cartoonish and stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgers91501 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 have you noticed the only person to like it is a wrestling fan? I rest my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boricuapapi1885 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 that will be an option in the game. Just like they had similar speed boosts in past 2k games. He said that in an intervue he had with ign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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