- Release Date: February 24, 2005
- Genre: Sports
- Style: Baseball
- Similar Games: MLB 2005 (PlayStation 2), MLB 2006 (PlayStation 2)
Game Description
The "2K5" edition of Kush Game's Major League Baseball offers an array of options that seems designed to appeal to baseball gamers of all preferences. To start, the game offers two styles of play: the fast and forgiving "Video Game" mode, and the simulation-style "Pure Baseball Mode." Two pitching interfaces are offered as well, and at the plate, sluggers can choose "True Aim" or "Cursor Batting" systems. This year's edition also gives gamers a new level of control over base-runners, allowing them to call for lead-offs and steals with a flick of an analog stick, or even to take direct control of the runner as the computer bats for the player at the plate. As in years past, the game features teams, rosters, and stadiums based on the most recent season of Major League Baseball. Online play is supported for Internet-connected PS2 and Xbox Live gamers.Though originally announced as "ESPN Major League Baseball 2K5," the sports network branding was dropped from the title when it was announced that competing publisher
~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide
Production Credits
Company 1: Kush Games; Project Manager: Randy Sasaki; Programming Lead: Romain Soson; Art Lead: George Simmons; Designer: Greg Wondra; Programmer: Shan-min Chao, Wally Hecht, Larry Irvin, Jon Leung, Anand Madhavapeddy, Andy Modrovich, Dale Van Mol, Alan Palmer, Craig Stewart; Artist: Adam Bain, Leon Chen, Drew Krevi, Jeff Kleinzwig, Robert Miller, Jeff McNurlin, Baback Moussavi; Audio: Joel Simmons; Additional Programming: Rolando Caloca, Brian Hendriks, Sumir Kataria, Steve Markgraf, Edmund Park, Randy Platt; Additional Art: Jesus Baeza, James Cordero, Bryan Lian, Doo Ma, Mark Nelson; Test: Tim Taylor; Assistant To Mr. Taylor: Daniel Veselak; Commentator: Jon Miller, Joe Morgan, Karl Ravech; Motion Capture Actor: Rick Hunnicutt, Drew Krevi; Motion Capture Studio: Motion Analysis Studios; Executive Producer: Umrao Mayer; Technical Director: Philip Watts; Art Director: Al Spong; Director of Software Engineering: Romain Soson; Director of Graphics: George Simmons; Company 2: Visual Concepts; Executive Producer: Greg Thomas; Project Manager: Chien Yu; Player Ratings and Stat Database: Erik Andreassen; Additional Writing & Stats Assistance: Damon Perdue, David Tucker, Dion Peete, Donell Williams, Jef Holton, Joe Chasan, Joel Lehmann, Kevin Clement; Marketing and Public Relations: Matt Atwood, J. Mateo Baker, Anthony Chau, Shelby Cox, David DePaulis, Nikki Flynn, Ryan Hunt, Rustin Lee, Moni Orife, Steve Raab, Mike Rhinehart, Tim Rosa, Christian Scatena, Rich Saroyan, David Wu; Video Director: J. Mateo Baker; Director of Technology: Tim Walter; Technology Group: Ivar Olsen, Boris Kazanskii, Isaac Gartner, Jason Dorie, Henrik Holmdahl, Khoi Nguyen; Motion Capture Supervisor: David Washburn; Senior Motion Capture Specialist: Junior Sison; Motion Capture Specialist: Kai Ma; Motion Capture Technician: Josh LaBrot; Motion Capture Actor: Josh LaBrot, Joel Lehmann, Robert Nelson; Director of Quality Assurance: Chien Yu; Quality Assurance Manager: Robert Nelson; Senior Lead Tester: Marion Dreo; QA Supervisor: Joh Crysdale; Lead Tester: Joseph Chasan; Network Lead: Jerson Sapida; Master and Release Specialist: Jason Bakke; Standards Lead Tester: Evan Boehler; Assistant Lead Tester: Jeffery Holton, Chris Watkins; Manual Writer: Timothy Collins; Test Plan Writer: James Miller; Senior Tester: Chris Ganz, Arthur Javier, Ross Conkey, Joel Lehmann, Jerel Francisco, Evan Rice, Dustin Wright; QA Tech: Alan Trammel, Jose Guiterrez, Adam Fair, Rhianna Kellom; Standards Tester: Johannes Robbins, Brian Rust; QA Network Tester: Jacob Adina, Clifton Allen, Terrance Brown, Nathan Burks, Simon Chan, Clifford Chin, David Dixon, John Eleen, Brad Fotsch, Chris Friedberg, Josh Graham, Jesse Jones, Andrew Plempel, James Procopio, Mike Rose, Matt Schultz, Chad Urquhart, Chris Weber, Borden Wong; QA Tester: Mike Andrews, Adam Ausiello, Jason Battle, Shane Berta, Robert Britt, Eltonbrown, Owen Christy, Dan Cowan, Justin England, Jeremy Ford, Wayne Gin, Adrian Guerrero, Alex Hayden, Ocie Henderson, Nic Hernandez, Ryan Hunt, Dan Indra, Tyler Jacobson, Guy Lasky, Joe Levesque, Ryan Lim, Will Madia, Ryan Medina, Andrew Pantania, Maciej Pawlowski, Nathan Rodriguez, Zachary Rude, Mark Sardina, Austin Sharp, Shawn Sims, Patrick Smith, Jason Souza, Nadar Williams, Nick Young, Robert Zavala, Peter Zerbib, Dino Zucconi; Manual Design and Localization: Vicki Morawietz, VAM Design; Intro Movie Produced By: L4B3L LLC.; Editing & Motion Graphics: Jeff Juliard, Shay Casey; Chant Correspondent: David Leon, John Kearns, Erick Hayden, Joe Kim, Josh Smith, Matt Allen, Steven Perkins, Brian Abbott, Bo Weaver, Gary Vice, Andy Behrens, David Tucker, Brooks Peck, Aaron Williams, Chris Rickard, Carsten Bradley, Juan R. Gerena; Company 3: ESPN; SVP & GM of Enterprises: Rick Alessandri; President ESPN, Inc.: George Bodenheimer; SVP ESPN Consumer Products & General Manager: Geoff Reiss; VP Talent and Administration: Al Jaffe; EVP Enterprises, Magazine and ESPN.com: John Skipper; VP, ESPN Enterprises: Tori Stevens; VP Marketing: Aaron Taylor; Associate Manager, Marketing: Emeka Ofodile; Marketing Manager, ESPN Enterprises: Peggy Brolly; Associate Marketing Manager, ESPN Enterprises: Brian Dailey; Director of Interactive Games, ESPN Enterprises: Bernie Yee; Producer, ESPN Enterprises: Eric Sorensen; Senior Coordinating Producer MLB Studio: Jay Levy; Coordinating Producer MLB Remote: Tim Scanlan; Sunday Night Baseball Producer: Tom Archer; Graphics Designer - ESPN/MLB: Mike Delucia; ESPN Music Director: Claude Mitchell; Production Assistant, ESPN Enterprises: Eric Weinstein
~ Keith Adams, All Game Guide
