for more competitive play. Pitchers would fatigue throughout the game based on how many pitches they throw, and how many runs they give up. Batters would also fatigue depending on age and would need to be rested or else their attributes and chances of an error would increase. Publishing The game launched closed beta testing in March 2009 and soon after four weeks went into open beta. The publishers announced it went commercial in beginning of May 2009. The name "MLB Dugout Heroes" is trademarked, owned and copyrighted by Major League Baseball. Reception IGN gave MLB Dugout Heroes a 7.4 overall rating and called it a "well-built, fun and – perhaps most importantly for this sort of effort – accessible version of America's pastime." GameZone gave the game a 7.5 overall rating and wrote that the "players met in competition all seemed nice enough and the games ranged from extremely tactical, with base stealing and such, to blow-outs – both for and against this gamer." References Baseball video games Massively multiplayer online games 2009 video games Windows games Windows-only games Inactive massively multiplayer online games