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Take-Two Interactive recently released its financial figures for the second quarter of the 2012 fiscal year, boasting "better-than-expected" net revenue of $107 million. That figure -- driven largely by L.A. Noire and MLB 2K11 sales -- pales in comparison to the company's $245 million in earnings from the same period last year. Of course, that period last year had Civilization 5, Mafia 2 and Red Dead Redemption on the docket, so there's that.

Despite the surprise upswing, Take-Two didn't revise its expectations for the entire fiscal year, during which it hopes to earn around $1 billion in revenue. Though they didn't explicitly say so, we're assuming they've revised expectations for whichever quarter Grand Theft Auto V will launch in to "three bajillionty dollars."

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Featuring MLB Todays unparalleled presentation style and up to date Dynamic Player Ratings, stunning graphics and authentic game play, nobody captures baseball like 2K Sports. Perfect YOUR game with MLB 2K11.

#perfection Before setting off to claim a million-dollar bounty offered by MLB 2K11, Brian Kingrey did an analysis. He pored over batting averages, compared pitcher strengths and tendencies, examined the probable starters for the contest's opening day and the batting orders they faced, to determine what hurler had the best chance of tossing a perfect game. More »

#sports When 2K Sports vowed to declare a winner in its second Million-Dollar Perfect Game contest as soon as a winner could be verified, most assumed we'd have heard of a winner in April. Last year's inaugural challenge was won on the very first day, as a matter of fact. More »

#wouldbemillionaires About two weeks ago, someone uploaded a video purporting to show the final inning of a successful perfect game in MLB 2K11 which, if legitimate, will claim a $1 million prize offered by 2K Sports. In it, the player throws nothing but high curveballs, a strategy that wouldn't get you out of the first inning of a real game, but evidently an exploit in this one. More »

Is it worth stepping up to the plate this year? Find out in our official MLB 2K11 review!

One of the games delayed in the days and week following the Tohohu Earthquake in Japan, MLB 2K11 is finally getting a release date: it'll be out May 12 in Japan on the PSP, PS3 and Xbox 360 [ via ファミ通]. More »

Brian honors the momentous task of pitching a perfect game and reminds us that $1,000,000 of cold hard cash is on the line!

#onemilliondollars 2K Sports has laid another seven-figure bounty on a perfect game thrown in its Major League Baseball game. Players have had about a month to practice with MLB 2K11's pitching and fielding; the chase for 27 straight outs officially begins at noon EDT tomorrow. More »

#review I'm thinking of a famous, very touching monologue by Earl Weaver, the Hall of Fame manager of the Baltimore Orioles, talking about cutting players during spring training. More »

#baseball Kotaku may have kicked off a fad last year, with our post on how to make your video game baseball presentation conform to real life broadcasting angles. MLB 2K11 directly cited the work as an inspiration behind its new broadcast presentation. MLB 11 The Show was assuredly thinking the same thing when it introduced realistic camera views into its game. So how do they look, side by side? More »

#xbox360 You can do a lot of crazy stuff when you win a million bucks. When he did, Wade McGilberry was approached by a long-lost relative with a pitch for buying into a pineapple farm. No thanks, Wade said. What he really wanted was a Harley. And with the dough he won from MLB 2K10, you're damn right he bought one. More »

After the break, you can watch the last three outs of a perfect game pitched in MLB 2K11 by a gamer named Michael Manna, who also happens to be known as professional wrestler Stevie Richards. Manna posted the video on YouTube hoping to win 2K Sports' $1 million perfect game contest, but he's been thwarted by the rules. Rather than having the contest go live on release day, as it did last year, this year's contest doesn't actually start until April 1, which means Manna's win doesn't actually count.

Too bad for Manna -- that's a pretty harsh chair to the back. But at least he knows he has the chops, so when the contest does kick off later this year, he can go up to the mound and try again.

[Thanks, Darrenn!]

#video Former Total Nonstop Action Wrestling star Stevie Richards (aka Michael Manna) apparently scored a perfect game in baseball game MLB 2K11. If verified, he might be the first person to do that, putting him up for line for a million dollar payday. More »

My Player mode gives your player a whole new range of uniqueness and play style in MLB 2K11.

The pitching mechanics are refined to bring out the natural movement and complexities of the position!

Check out the new look and feel of 2K Sports' 2011 rendition of MLB with Game Designer Sean Bailey!

Some might find the latest trailer for MLB 2K11's million-dollar perfect game challenge to be "cute." We don't agree, seeing as how it focuses mostly on Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay, known robot-monster who sustains himself only on the tears and crushed hopes of loveable, Ohio-based ball clubs.

The Giants of San Francisco take on the Rangers of Texas in this skirmish on the field of the MLB 2K11 playable demo.

The Boston Red Sox are ready for their premiere in this baseball video game.

As far as we can tell by the recently released comparison shots for MLB 2K11 -- posted in the gallery below -- the game's undergone two aesthetic improvements since last year. First: Everything looks way, way better. Second: Brian Wilson's crazybeard has experienced a truly prodigious thickening.

Will you answer the call? Brian Wilson will. Be the first to pitch a perfect game in MLB 2K11 and win $1,000,000!

Brian Wilson, the eccentric, bearded reliever of the San Francisco Giants, hits the talk show circuit this evening to pimp MLB 2K11 and unveil a short film he's written. Queries as to whether "The Machine"/Pat Burrell would also appear were avoided outright. Whatever it is will be on "Lopez Tonight", midnight EST, 11 p.m. CST. More »

#preview Major League Baseball 2K10 got many big-picture details right, but still left me with a laundry list of demands for MLB 2K11, which I happily ticked off before getting a preview of the game this week. More »

2K Sports sent out this Major League Baseball 2K11 video, presumably to encourage players to try to throw perfect games of their own. We think it's pretty inspirational! Well, combined with the promise of a million dollars, anyway.

#clips Roy Halladay and Dallas Braden threw perfect games last season, the first time two occurred in the same year. Joined with Mark Buerhle's perfecto in 2009, that's three in 365 days. What's Tim Lincecum doing in this MLB 2K11 spot? More »

#sports As you tour the 30 ballparks of Major League Baseball 2K11, you'll see games there from a center field camera view unique to each stadium. I can vouch for this feature's authenticity - because I did the work behind it. More »

Showcasing some intense in-game pitching action. Can you pitch a perfect game?