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Digital Arts has introduced that the following sport in Metalhead Software program’s franchise, Tremendous Mega Baseball 4, is arriving June 2, 2023. Whereas that is thrilling, the truth that EA now owns the developer and property sticks in my craw.

With EA’s cash pushing growth, the presentation is getting upgraded for the brand new era. The presser states that “All-Star character fashions have been refreshed, lighting has been up to date, sport cameras and cutscene animations have been overhauled, and audio has expanded and improved all through the sport.”
They’re additionally touting the implementation of professional baseball gamers, which made me pause. With names like “Hammer Longballo” on the same old roster, I’m unsure the place actual gamers would slot in. I additionally don’t wish to see Tremendous Mega Baseball 4 information the franchise into simply being one other MLB license. Fortunately, real-world baseball gamers are being relegated to simply being older legends like Babe Ruth and Luis Tiant. I’m nonetheless not jazzed, however I’ll let it slide.

They’re including six new stadiums to the combination, bringing the franchise complete as much as 20. They’ve introduced that three extra might be coming down the road as DLC. They’ve additionally expanded the traits system and elevated customizability, however they haven’t supplied a lot as to the brand new profession mode.

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That is additionally going to be the primary time the sequence has been localized in Japan. Whereas this doesn’t imply an entire lot to me as a Canadian, Japan is a big baseball market.
Total, I’m excited to check out Tremendous Mega Baseball 4. I’m simply having a lot hassle getting over seeing EA’s title pasted on the trailers. In the event that they handle to get their palms on the MLB license, I can solely think about that the enjoyable and accessible days of the property might be numbered. EA will all the time chase the largest market, and extra folks search for the MLB title moderately than simply the perfect baseball sport. I assume I’ll simply take pleasure in it whereas it’s nonetheless enjoyable.

Tremendous Mega Baseball 4 is coming to PC, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X|S, PS4, PS5, and Change on June 2, 2023.