Major League Baseball 2K9

Features include:

Home Run Derby presented by State Farm

• New best of the best mode. Test your skills against the top 20 HR hitters.

• Classic mode streamlined for faster gameplay

New Playoffs Mode

• Jump right into a playoff scenario without having to play through a whole season.

• Get all of the rewards of the World Series celebrations if you win.

Topps Trading Cards

• Greatly simplify the user experience to unlock trading cards. Better players are harder to unlock.

• Unlock them both by playing with, and against, the player.

• Build trading card teams with no budget restrictions and take them online.

• Review the trading cards in books anywhere in the game.

Reelmaker

• Add SFX and graphic overlays to in-game replays to create your own highlight reel.

• You can have the game digitize the reel and upload it to 2KSports.com to share with the world.

• Rate reels and directors through our simple 2Krating system.

VIP Viewer

• View all of your user stats in one place.

• Your abilities are graphed out, displayed in chart form, and comparable against league averages.

Trophies

• Implement the new Sony PS3 trophy system.

• On 360, each time you unlock an achievement, you get a new trophy added to your display case.

Pitching

• Pitching – Unique pitching controls with increased accessibility for pick-up-and-play users.

• Improved pitching controls - Simplified controls to 2-step pitching – hold and gesture.

• Catcher’s will call for pitches according to the hitter’s weaknesses.

Hitting

• Influence hit – The users will be able to influence a fly ball or groundball with new controls.

• New bunting controls – Improved bunting will make it easier to lay down a bunt.

• Zone hitting – Users will be able to put the bat on the ball with our new zone hitting feature.

• Hit distribution – Improved hit distribution for a wide variety of hits.

Fielding

• Fielding – Upgraded fielding system with new ability to quick throw when in a rush.

• Fielding AI – Improved fielding AI will highlight the player’s true ability.

• Quick Throws – Quick throws will allow the user to throw on the run or start a double play quicker.

• Hold the ball – Users will be able to cancel a throw and throw to a different direction on the fly.

Baserunning

• Simplified controls for the user for stealing and baserunning.

Signature Style

• More than 300 new signature animations, making MLB 2K9 the most realistic baseball sim to date.

Real-time Living World

• Anything that happens in a baseball stadium happens in 2K9 in Real Time.

• Players will move from the dugout to the batter’s box and from the bullpen to the mound.

• Players warm up by throwing around the horn, bat swinging practice, etc.

• Umpire, ball boys, coaches – All on-field personnel will be moving naturally to and from their positions.

• Celebrations – Players will react properly to a regular end-game to walkoff home run, to no-hitter, and World Series celebration.

• Vendors move in the crowd.

• Fans react to home runs and foul balls.  

Soundtrack

• Len - Steal My Sunshine
• Ted Nugent - Motor City Madhouse
• Judas Priest - You Got Another Thing Coming
• Cheap Trick - Hello There
• The Romantics - What I Like About You
• Boys Like Girls - On Top of the World
• Coheed & Cambria - Favor House Atlantic
• Europe - The Final Countdown
• Hey Monday - Should've Tried Harder
• Lit - Lipstick and Bruises
• SR-71 - Right Now
• Loverboy - The Kid is Hot Tonight
• Nortec Collective - Tengo La Voz
• Chris Sernel - Take It or Leave It
• Daniel Lenz - Groovin' Now
• Dirty Secrets - White Lies
• Royal Temple - Block Party