Sports games love their complicated controls. Sure, everyone loves to have a little more control for a little more realism, but at some point this has got to stop. MLB 2K8 is the latest game to take a simple idea (button timed pitching) and turn it into something perhaps overly complicated. The above video attempts to explain the new control scheme, and it doesn’t seem too daunting. Still, does every game need to require a tutorial video for every feature? Wasn’t the success of the Wii supposed to end this?
Video game soundtracks are becoming more and more something gamers actually pay attention to. Where it once was all synthesized orchestra-style music, games are now becoming big business to debut new bands and cash in on old ones. Oddly enough, sports games such as MLB 2K8 are leading that change.
2K Sports and Pitchfork Media have teamed up on the newest yearly incarnation of the MLB 2K franchise. MLB 2K8 will feature a soundtrack half chosen by 2K Sports and half chosen by Pitchfork Media, with each song designated as a Pitchfork Pick. In addition, 2K Sports will join the 3rd Annual Pitchfork/Windish Agency day party at the SXSW 2008 conference in Austin, Texas on Friday, March 14th. One can only assume this means lots of music, and lots of game demos. (more…)
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