"Batter up!" March 7 we all will be able to play one of the most famous baseball series created. All-Star Baseball 2003 will feature many new and great features for its Xbox debut.

Some features of All-Star Baseball 2003

All-Star Baseball 2003 will offer many exciting features, including:

•All 30 Major League teams, including logos' and uniforms;
•More than 900 players;
•Official stadiums, with active dugouts and bullpens, real time scoreboards and jumbotrons, with stadium features;
•All-new player models, featuring 3-D Cyberscan technology, giving All-Star Baseball 2003 the most realistic representation for player faces ever seen in a video game;
Future throw technology allows players to make incredible super-smooth catches and throws like never before;
•Innovative 3D batting interface and power/contact swing selection;
•User control over check swings;
•Never-before-seen broken bats;
•Season awards like the MVP, Cy Young,Rookie Of The Year, and Gold Glove;
Incredible gameplay depth with 10 game modes, including Exhibition, Season, Career, Franchise, Expansion, All-Star Game, Series, Manager, Home Run Derby and Batting Practice;
•Franchise Mode allows users to play and build their favorite team for up to twenty consecutive seasons;
•All-new Expansion Play allows baseball fanatics to choose a city, stadium and team logo, and add that team into the Major leagues for season play;
•All-new Expansion draft, whereby users will draft from a pool of unprotected players and build a team of free agents and minor leaguers;
•First time ever -- official in-game player trading cards, which enable users to collect, trade and unlock cheat codes throughout the game;
•More than 50 stadiums to choose from, including 9 classic and 10 expansion stadiums;
Cooperstown Hall Of Fame team, featuring favorite sluggers from the past, such as Mike Schmidt, Reggie Jackson and Yogi Berra;
•Seven authentic stadium camera angles for television broadcast views;
•First time ever -- a 3-man broadcast booth with Bob Brenly (Manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the 2001 World Series Champions), Thom Brennaman and Steve Lyons.

All-Star Baseball 2003 will ship at the end of February and be in full retail distribution nationwide on March 7 for the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft.

Date: 2002-01-24

Posted by: Nick Gomez

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