2K Sports Announces The BIGS, Wii Version too!
2K Sports have normally strayed away from Nintendo systems, so this a bit of shock! Announced today a unique, new sports title that adds more explosive excitement to baseball video games than ever before – The BIGS. The BIGS will be available for the soon to be released Wii, the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 and PSP. Great to see another publisher on board with the Wii, but with most baseball games we usually dont see them down under
More info and Press Release inside
2K Sports Throws Big-Time Heat with New Extreme Addition to Major League Baseball Lineup
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–2K Sports, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTWO), announced today a unique, new sports title that adds more explosive excitement to baseball video games than ever before – The BIGS. This over-the-top baseball action title puts an entirely new spin on Major League Baseball as it blends outrageous visuals and intuitive gameplay mechanics to bring fans a brand new MLB video game experience.
The BIGS is sure to turn a few heads as it pioneers a completely different way of playing an MLB video game, stated Greg Thomas, President of Visual Concepts, a 2K Sports studio. 2K Sports is always looking to deliver the most innovative and eye-catching sports video games to fans and The BIGS is one of 2K Sports most dynamic titles to date.
Developed by Blue Castle Games, The BIGS brings blazing graphics to huge proportions with larger-than-life MLB player models and ballparks. Featuring fantastic pitching, batting, and fielding animations, gamers can also take advantage of spectacular power-ups with outrageous special effects. As a standard for all major 2K Sports titles, The BIGS features online play for up to four players, making it a grand slam for online baseball battles.
At the helm of The BIGS is Dan Brady of Blue Castle. Dan is best known as the creator of and Technical Director on the EA Sports MVP Baseball series of games. Joining Dan at Blue Castle is a number of experienced baseball developers, including Jason Leigh the Lead Designer of MVP baseball. This is an extremely exciting time for fans of baseball videogames, as Blue Castle Games has assembled an absolute all-star lineup for this game, stated Greg Thomas.
The BIGS will be available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION3 and PlayStation2 computer entertainment systems, the PSP (PlayStationPortable) system, and Nintendos Wii home video game console. The BIGS is slated for release in summer 2007.
