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Midway Announces MLB SlugFest 20-04

by Karlie Yeung - January 14, 2003, 1:08 pm EST
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The officially licensed baseball title is being developed for consoles including GameCube and Game Boy Advance.

MIDWAY SPORTS TOP-SELLING BASEBALL FRANCHISE

WINDS UP FOR ANOTHER SEASON WITH HARDCORE

BASEBALL VIDEOGAME MLB SLUGFEST® 20-04

St. Louis Cardinals® Star Jim Edmonds Brings His Adrenaline-Style

Play to the Game as MLB SlugFest 20-04 Cover Athlete

CHICAGO - January 13, 2002 - Midway Sports, the sports brand of software industry publisher and developer Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), announced today that MLB SlugFest 20-04 is currently in development for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance.

Officially licensed by Major League Baseball Properties and MLBPA, MLB SlugFest 20-04 is the exclusive aggressive-style baseball videogame experience, delivering a proprietary blend of hardcore, lightning-fast, adrenaline-style gameplay combined with key baseball features that please even the most hardcore sports fan. MLB SlugFest 20-04 also features cover athlete Jim Edmonds, of the St. Louis Cardinals along with real MLB players, teams and stadiums.

“MLB SlugFest was the best-selling PlayStation 2 baseball franchise in 2002,” said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway. (NPD Funworld, July - December 2002) “In this year’s game, the new features are substantial, offering even more of what made SlugFest a best-seller the first year it was introduced.”

MLB SlugFest 20-04 features enormous athletes with over-the-top abilities, including turbo-powered running, play-of-the-week caliber fielding and out-of-the-park hitting. In addition, all-new features add plenty of adrenaline to this year’s experience: new modes include Create-A-Team, which allows gamers to form their own All-Star team; Customizable Instant Replay, allowing gamers control of the camera and the ability to view their towering home runs and diving catches; and Home Run Derby, which pits gamers’ favorite MLB players against the most feared long ball hitters in the league.

Graphically, MLB SlugFest 20-04 combines more than 1,500 animations combined with revolutionary player models, resulting in each player being mapped to his exact likeness. Stadiums are also rendered to perfection. Authentic batting stances and pitch motions also add to the realism of the game as players in the field look and swing, and batters and pitchers look and throw, like their MLB counterparts.

MLB SlugFest 20-04 also features music from hot bands along with original DVD content that includes the behind-the-scenes making of the game and Jim Edmonds highlight footage: A Day in the Life with Jim Edmonds.

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