Major League Baseball 2K10 is the next installment in the franchise from 2K Sports, scheduled to release March 2, 2010. Now 2K Sports has made the mother of all announcements. The company has revealed that it will give away a cash prize of 1 million dollars to the first person who throws a perfect game in MLB 2K10.
The effort must of course be verified and the special contest is available for the Xbox 360 through Xbox Live and for the PS3 via the PlayStation Network. MLB 2K10 boasts of vastly improved gameplay and pitching mechanics.
“You don’t see too many perfect games thrown in MLB 2K, but we’ve seen it happen,” Jason Argent, vice president of marketing at 2K Sports said. “Our goal is to celebrate and highlight Major League Baseball 2K10’s superior pitching and hitting mechanics this season, while also giving one of our loyal fans the thrilling opportunity to be rewarded with a lot of money.”
“Every baseball fan knows pitching a perfect game is one of the most difficult and rarest accomplishments in all of sports, and that’s what makes this million dollar contest so compelling,” Evan Longoria, All-Star third baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays and cover athlete for Major League Baseball 2K10 remarked. “This is the chance of a lifetime, and I’m excited to see fans really try to go for it in Major League Baseball 2K10. I just hope they don’t try against the Rays, because my teammates and I aren’t going to make it easy on them.”
The million dollar contest begins March 2, 2010 at 12:01 am PST, and runs for 2 months, up to May 1, 2010 at 11:59 pm PST. To compete in the contest, gamers must play in the MLB Today mode, and select from any of the available games, choosing to participate in the ‘Major League Baseball 2K10 contest’. This will automatically set the default gameplay settings which are in accordance with the official gameplay rules.
All entries are to be recorded by camera or digital video recorder in compliance with the guidelines provided by 2K in the Official Rules. Entrants must submit a copy of their entire recording for verification; and this must be done only on DVD.
MLB 2K10 is developed by Visual Concepts and will be available starting on March 2, 2010 for the PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS and PC.