MLB 2K8: IGN Releases XBox360 Achievements

IGN.com released a list of Gamerpoint Achievements that you can unlock while playing the latest installment of MLB 2K Sports video game for the Xbox 360:

MLB 2K8 Achievements
Achievement Name	Description	Pts
Control Artist	Throw a Total Control Pitch with superb execution.	5
Frozen Rope	Get a line drive base hit using Right Stick Hitting (Pro difficulty or higher).	5
Advanced Mind, Advanced Pleasure	Complete 10 games using advanced controls.	50
Fantasy Cards	Create a complete card team.	10
Buy A Pack	Use your duplicate cards to buy a new pack of cards.	20
Earn A Team	Unlock all the cards for a team in card series 1.	30
Earn 100 Cards	Unlock 100 different types of cards.	50
Quality Start	Have your starting pitcher give up 3 or fewer runs in 6+ innings of work (Pro difficulty or higher).	5
Hold!	Get credit for a hold (Pro difficulty or higher).	5
Save!	Get credit for a save (min 3 batters faced, Pro difficulty or higher).	5
Keep it Down	Complete a 9-inning game without giving up a home run (Pro difficulty or higher).	5
1-2-3	Retire all 3 batters faced in an inning (Pro difficulty or higher).	10
Strikeout The Side	Strikeout all 3 batters faced in an inning (Pro difficulty or higher).	50
A Day To Remember	Throw a no-hitter using any number of pitchers (minimum 9 innings, Pro difficulty or higher).	100
Skillz	Make a spectacular defensive play (Pro difficulty or higher).	5
Catch 'em Nappin	Successfully bunt for a hit (Pro difficulty or higher).	10
Red-Handed	Throw out a runner attempting to steal a base (Pro difficulty or higher).	10
He's Got a Gun!	Throw out a runner at homeplate from the outfield using Right Stick Throwing.	20
The Train's Comin' Through	Score a run after plowing over the catcher at homeplate (Pro difficulty or higher).	20
De-Railed	Successfully prevent a runner from plowing over your catcher and scoring (Pro difficulty or higher).	20
Triple Double	Turn 3 double plays in one game (Pro difficulty or higher).	20
Eagle Eye	Get a Base on Balls (Pro difficulty or higher).	10
Double Triple	Hit two triples in one game (Pro difficulty or higher).	30
Goliath	Hit 5 home runs in one game (Pro difficulty or higher).	20
Legendary	Win a 9-inning game on Legend difficulty.	50
What's Your Fantasy?	Complete at least 25 rounds of a fantasy draft in franchise mode.	5
Glove of Gold	In franchise, have a player win the Player's Choice Best Fielder award (min 20 games played).	10
Platinum Bat	In franchise, have a player win the Player's Choice Best Hitting award (min. 20 games played).	10
Star-Studded	In franchise, have 3 or more players make the All-Star Team (min 15 games played).	20
Makin' a Splash	In franchise, have a rookie earn the Rookie of the Year award (min 20 games played).	20
Contender	In franchise, have your team make the playoffs (min 20 games played).	20
Domination	Win at least 105 games in one season (min 20 games played)	30
Layer Cake	In franchise, win a game at each minor league level (A, AA, and AAA).	10
Brink of Stardom	In franchise, have a player win the Minor League Player of the Year award.	10
I'm a Winner!	Win a ranked match on Xbox LIVE.	10
Win 20 Online	Win 20 ranked matches on Xbox LIVE.	30
Card Master	Win a Card Battle match on Xbox LIVE.	50
Slugger	Win a Strikes Only match on Xbox LIVE.	20
League Participation	Play a game in a league or tournament on Xbox LIVE.	10
Cards Shmards	Top 'em: In a ranked match on Xbox LIVE, beat an opponent who has unlocked 'Earn 100 Cards'.	20
David vs. Goliath	Top 'em: In a ranked match on Xbox LIVE, beat an opponent who has unlocked 'Goliath'.	20
Another Level	Top 'em: In a ranked match on Xbox LIVE, beat an opponent who has unlocked 'Legendary'.	20
Live Wire	Top 'em: In a ranked match on Xbox LIVE, beat an opponent who has unlocked 'Win 20 Online'.	20
You're Not So Tough	Top 'em: In a ranked match on Xbox LIVE, beat an opponent who has unlocked 'A Day to Remember'.	50
What Makes YOU So Special?	Top 'em: In a ranked match on Xbox LIVE, beat an opponent who has unlocked a Top 'em achievement.	50

IGN Reviews MLB 2K8

The Fall Classic is back and better than last year.

by Nate Ahearn

January 25, 2008 - Remember the days before exclusivity deals? Back when it was exciting to see how the two videogame iterations of our favorite sports stacked up against each other. EA Sports adds right analog stick, next year 2K would follow suit. 2K Sports adds in leagues for online play, next year EA Sports would do the same. The competition was fierce and the consumer benefited because of it.

Times have changed, though. With the NFL siding with EA and Major League Baseball going with 2K Sports (at least for third-party publishers) one might think that the feature set for each game would dwindle. After all, where's the incentive to push the envelope? Thankfully that hasn't been the case, as each franchise has been able to refine its game while still adding new elements each season. We've had a preview build of MLB 2K8 for a few days now and are happy to report that the same holds true with America's favorite pastime. Last year's MLB had far too many bugs and glitches to go along with its general lack of gameplay fluidity. Not only have 2K Los Angeles smoothed things out, but they've added new control dynamics that will likely change the way you experience videogame baseball.

When people think of baseball they think of four key elements: batting, pitching, fielding, and throwing. 2K Sports has changed the way you'll be doing each of these for MLB 2K8. We'll start with the simplest of them all: throwing. In every baseball game for the past several years the shape of the diamond has been mirrored by that of the face buttons. A button was home plate, Y was second; hopefully you can fill in the rest. Now things are a bit different. Keeping in the tradition of sports games changing their control schemes to hinge on the right analog, MLB 2K8's now does the same. To throw to first you'll need to hold the stick to the right which then brings up a meter that has been partitioned into three distinct parts.

Stop your throw (by releasing the stick) too soon and you'll release the ball too early, sending it high. Hold it too long and your throw will short-hop the base. Not only will you have to worry about when to release the right analog, the precise direction of your stick matters as well. The goal is to hold the stick as close to the cardinal direction as possible, but if you miss then your throw will go slightly astray. Sometimes you'll get lucky and the baseman will be able to adjust, other times it will result in a wild throw.

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MLB 2K8 Video Preview

Here's a recent video release of the upcoming 2K Sports release "MLB 2K8". David Ortiz goes down looking against Chien-Ming Wang.

Video can be downloaded at IGN.com.