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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HonkPosted:

Racist I never really liked the mlb games. I'd rather just go outside and play the actual game


Playing the real game will always be more fun.

HonkPosted:

I will miss these games since baseball is one of my favorite sports.

KatsumiPosted:

Racist I never really liked the mlb games. I'd rather just go outside and play the actual game


I am king of the same. This is the main reason i am not a big fan of sports games in general

RacistPosted:

I never really liked the mlb games. I'd rather just go outside and play the actual game

108Posted:

Is EA Still gonna do their annual games?

DreamsPosted:

surprised it took so long to cancel not many people bought this game as it is

WoobiePosted:

Lol rest in peace to the series.

j8kePosted:

tbh i was a good game a while ago, but i suppose it could get boring real fast

DissPosted:

Katsumi
TGR31 **** game was **** anyways


In your opinion. From what i have seen there are many people who actually thought it was a good game


It was a decent series, but it wasn't all that good in my opinion. It will suck for the fans of the franchise though.

KatsumiPosted:

TGR31 **** game was **** anyways


In your opinion. From what i have seen there are many people who actually thought it was a good game