In The News #24 – 2/12/08

Daily News for February 12th, 2008.

• Makers of the hit series Major League Baseball 2K announced new content and features to be on Major League Baseball 2K8, saying it’ll be more realistic mechanically speaking. The new features include, but are not limited to: Total Pitch control, Swing Stick 2.0, All-New Base-running, Precision Throw Control, Full Minor Leagues, and two of the best commentators in the business- Jon Miller and Joe Morgan. This game’s got some high expectations following it in its’ path!
• Hironobu Sakaguchi’s newest RPG; Lost Odyssey is now exclusively available on the 360 console. for more information on the new game go to: www.xbox.com/lostodyssey
• BioWare announces Mass Effect for PC with added features including: High Resolution visuals, Fully customizable controls, Run and Gun control, new decryption mini-screen and new inventory screen GUI and functionality.
• Overclocked, a psychological thriller/adventure game for PC has been announced for a March 31st release in North America.
• Electronic Arts Inc. and Maxis today announced that Spore, the highly anticipated game from the creators of The Sims, will be available at retailers worldwide the weekend of September 7th, 2008. Spore will be available for the PC, Macintosh, Nintendo DS, and mobile phones. Go here to see IGN’s article which includes the Release Date Trailer.

Updated on February 13th at 5:56 p.m. Central Time to include news about Spore.

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