MLB 2K baseball series canceled

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2K Sports has officially canceled its MLB 2K baseball game series. A 2K representative told Joystiq today that it has "decided not to renew our MLB 2K series for 2014. We are very proud of the achievements made by the MLB 2K team and look forward to their contributions to our future titles, including NBA 2K - our industry's #1 rated and #1 selling basketball franchise."

The final game in the series was MLB 2K13, a game that was panned critically for its stark similarities to its predecessor, MLB 2K12. The confirmation of the series' closure comes after the publisher took steps to remove the brand from its various pages – an indicator that it no longer has the appropriate licensing obligations to fulfill.

As pointed out by Pastapadre, 2K Sports recently took down its Facebook page for the series, videos from its YouTube page and forwarded each landing page for games in the series to its global 2K website. Of the few MLB-branded pages that remain are a few of the game's online manuals, though it's uncertain how long those will be available to view.

Being that 2K Sports was the only company delivering a simulation baseball game for Microsoft's Xbox 360, thanks to an exclusive third-party licensing agreement it signed with the MLB, the Xbox One will be without a Major League Baseball game for the time being. The MLB: The Show series is developed by Sony's San Diego studio, which will launch MLB 14: The Show this spring on PS3, PS4 and Vita.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/06/mlb-2k-baseball-series-canceled/

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SouulLXPosted:

This finally is cancelled, i couldn't imagine it was very popular.

Martin_Luther_PingPosted:

I'm going to miss the glitches in the 2K baseball games. Nothing like coming up to bat without a bat.

EverPosted:

I bought MLB 2k13, and it was so hard to play I just quit playing it. I think it was about time to end it honestly.

HonkPosted:

Laze I only played MLB Once, even then it was boring so this is nothing to me.


Yah it can be boring but if you play against your friend it can be really fun.

DohPosted:

I only played MLB Once, even then it was boring so this is nothing to me.

HonkPosted:

Nahh Not surprise here. They never change anything in the game except the players. The graphics are horrible.


Well you got a point there but I still like them.

HonkPosted:

VPN Well no one wants to waste their money on this game, its pretty bad.


That is just your opinion I like baseball games.

VPNPosted:

Well no one wants to waste their money on this game, its pretty bad.

NahhPosted:

Not surprise here. They never change anything in the game except the players. The graphics are horrible.

HonkPosted:

-Tylaa-
-Sloth Never played the game so not hugely disappointing.


Baseball games are stupid and not fun lol


I like baseball games because I play baseball but that is just my opinion.