which lets you get used to EA's "load and fire" batting system (which, we hear, was licensed from Club Jenna)". The New York Times gave it a favorable review and said: "The big news is a different online feature, ESPN Integration, which uses your network connection to run a live ESPN news ticker along the bottom of your screen as you play. This is a wonderfully ingenious way to increase the sense that you are experiencing an actual baseball game, and to keep sports aficionados satisfied". Maxim, on the other hand, gave it a score of seven out of ten and stated that "after nine innings, it's basically the same game, including easy to master controls that'll finally allow you to be big man on campus. Or at least big man on LAN party". USA Today similarly gave it seven stars out of ten and said that the game "shows promise for the genre with its innovative take on batting. But a game that is as thrilling as a bunt could have been fun as a grand slam". Detroit Free Press gave it two stars out of four: "The game itself has decent game play, but is hurt because of the lack of attention given to the bells and whistles". See also MVP Baseball MVP Baseball 2005 References External links College baseball video games in the United States PlayStation 2 games Xbox games 2006 video games EA Sports games Multiplayer and single-player video games NCAA video games Video games developed in Canada