We've never been more excited about Take-Two's annual MLB 2K challenge, which offers a million bucks to the first person to pitch a perfect game in the newest iteration of the series (MLB 2K11 in today's announcement). It's not just the money -- though that's obviously interesting for Xbox 360 and PS3 players vying for the prize -- it's that the official rules have lowered the minimum age of contestants to thirteen.
...You're still not getting it. It's okay, we didn't at first either.
Maybe the company didn't realize it, and we certainly don't want to jinx anything, but Take-Two has put our planet just 27 virtual outs away from a real life Blank Check scenario, this time with no meddlesome gangsters or Feds to spoil everything. We call dibs on the first go-kart race.
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This "first look" trailer for MLB 2K11 is short on specifics, but says the game will feature improved fielding and new player models - illustrated, naturally, by the Giants' sui generis closer, Brian Wilson. More »
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Three up, three down, three times squared. Do that in a video game and you might win a million bucks. 2K Sports' mad Million Dollar Perfect Game challenge returns this year with MLB 2K11. More »
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The chairman of Take-Two Interactive - the parent company of 2K Sports - called his company's exclusive pact with Major League Baseball a "losing proposition" and suggested they would walk away when the deal expires in 2012. More »
#screengrab The first screenshot of MLB 2K11 has been released and it - quite deliberately I think - shows that the hideous uniform numerals from MLB 2K10 have been corrected and made consistent with real life. More »