2008 · Sports

MLB Stickball

Xbox exclusive

MLB Stickball was a MLB-licensed stickball video game published by 2K Sports for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade. It was released on October 8, 2008, and removed from the Xbox live Marketplace in December 2014.

Released: 8 October 2008
Platforms: Xbox 360
Genres: Sports
Developers: —
Publishers: 2K Sports
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

MLB Stickball was a Major League Baseball-licensed stickball video game published by 2K for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade. It was released on October 8, 2008, and removed from the Xbox Live Marketplace in December 2014.

Keywords

baseball
digital distribution

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

In the game, players buy and collect packs of Topps "Big Head" Major League Baseball (MLB) cards, which unlock players. Each team has four different unlockable players, usually the bigger names. In the "Tour" mode, which has the player going around to different cities to play different teams, the player starts with one MLB player if the player is a first time user. Usually it is a player that easily represents the team, such as Prince Fielder for the Brewers or David Ortiz for the Red Sox.

The Tour gets progressively harder as the player continues. Gameplay recreates the atmosphere of street stickball based in various cities such as Brooklyn, San Francisco and Boston.

Reception

The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic, even though fans felt the game was one of the greatest. Fans also are hoping for a comeback of some sort with this type of backyard gameplay fun.