''Major League Baseball 2K10'' or, in short, ''MLB 2K10'', is an

MLB Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

licensed

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

simulation video game published by

2K Sports 2K is an American video game publisher based in Novato, California. 2K was founded under Take-Two Interactive in January 2005 through the 2K Games and 2K Sports labels, following Take-Two Interactive's acquisition of Visual Concepts that same m ...

. ''MLB 2K10'' was available for

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, and

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. The game was released on March 2, 2010.

Updates

New to the series is the "My Player" feature, a career mode in which the player shepherds a player's career from the minors to the majors. Other features from the previous game have been improved or tweaked, including hitting and pitching. The game also features "MLB Today", an online ticker that tracks real-life

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news and scores. With the MLB Today feature you can also play the same game that is being played in the real MLB. For example, if the

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are playing the

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and

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is pitching, in the game he will be pitching along with the same lineup that is being used. The commentary has been improved as well, which analyze stats from the current year, the previous year, the previous series, and so forth. The crowd noise has also been reworked and sounds better than any previous version. The Franchise Mode has been enhanced as well. Players can choose multiple teams and run their franchise, and can make staff personnel decisions. There are now 40 man rosters for Spring Training and September call ups. Players also have a minor league system that run from Single A through Triple A. Players can draft players from the high school, college, and amateur league level. Teams now receive compensatory draft picks from Type A and B free agents as well. Players can invite friends to play against them within the Franchise Mode, as well as online player updates. Like ''

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'', ''Major League Baseball 2K10'' celebrates its 10th anniversary, going back to its

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origins as ''World Series Baseball'', though the series began in 1994 with the

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release of World Series Baseball.

Commentators

The commentary is delivered by

Steve Phillips Stephen Francis Phillips (born May 18, 1963) is an American baseball analyst and former baseball executive. He served as the general manager of the New York Mets from 1997 through 2003. He worked as a baseball analyst for ESPN from 2005 until h ...

Gary Thorne Gary F. Thorne (born June 9, 1948) is an American sportscaster. He was the lead play-by-play announcer for Baltimore Orioles games on MASN from 2007 to 2020. He has also worked for ESPN and ABC, including National Hockey League, Major League ...

, and

John Kruk John Martin Kruk (born February 9, 1961) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. Kruk played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox from through . D ...

. For the Wii version, Kruk is not in the commentary booth.

Cover athlete

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and

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winner

Evan Longoria Evan Michael Longoria (born October 7, 1985), nicknamed "Longo", is an American professional baseball third baseman who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays from 2008 through 2017, and the S ...

was announced as the cover athlete for ''2K10'', replacing two-time NL

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winner

Tim Lincecum Timothy Leroy Lincecum ( ; born June 15, 1984), nicknamed "The Freak", "The Franchise", "The Freaky Franchise" and "Big Time Timmy Jim", is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San ...

from ''

MLB 2K9 ''Major League Baseball 2K9'', or ''MLB 2K9'' for short, is an MLB-licensed baseball simulation video game published by 2K Sports. The game was developed for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and W ...

''.

Reception

''MLB 2K10'' received mixed to positive reviews. ''GameZones Michael Lafferty gave the game a 7/10, saying "''In the past, the 2K series was hampered by a lot of little things. The developers obviously put a lot of time in improving the overall gameplay and it shows. The new modes are fun but need some attention to iron out bugs, and there are some areas where the errors are just downright contrary to the game of baseball. On the surface, baseball seems a simple game, but to the baseball fan, the layers of complexity are what create that overall feeling that is Major League Baseball.''"

Promotion

In early February, game publisher

announced a contest where players had a chance to win $1,000,000 for pitching a perfect game on the Xbox 360 or PS3 versions of the game. The feat was finally achieved by Wade McGilberry of Mobile, Alabama who used the

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pitcher

Kenshin Kawakami Kenshin Kawakami (川上憲伸) (born June 22, 1975) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves. Japanes ...

Soundtrack

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- " Your Touch" #

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- " Go Faster" # Daughtry - " Every Time You Turn Around" #

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- "

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" # Jet - " Start the Show" #

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- " Lust for Life" # Boss Martians - " Hey Hey Yeah Yeah" #

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- " It's the Blues" #

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- " Time to Get Away" #

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- "

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" #

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- "

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" #

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- " The Choice is Yours" #

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- " Magick" #

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- " The Fixer" (exclusive to Xbox 360 version)