{"id":27747,"date":"2013-04-02T11:52:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T16:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=27747"},"modified":"2013-04-02T11:52:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T16:22:07","slug":"mlb-2k13s-perfect-game-challenge-video-game-news-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=27747","title":{"rendered":"MLB 2K13\u2019s Perfect Game Challenge &#8211; VIDEO GAME NEWS &#038; MORE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=27747\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-26773\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"mlb header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mlb-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>2K Sports today announced the start of\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>MLB\u00ae 2K13<\/strong><\/em>\u2019s Perfect Game Challenge. Starting today,\u00a0April 1, 2013\u00a0at\u00a09:00:01 a.m. PDT, players can start their journey towards baseball perfection in\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>MLB 2K13<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0through the contest\u2019s close on\u00a0April 30, 2013\u00a0at\u00a011:59:59 PDT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never thought a video game could change my life, but 2K Sports\u2019 Perfect Game Challenge did just that for me and my family,\u201d said\u00a0Wade McGilberry, the competition\u2019s first winner back in 2010. \u201cIt was an incredible journey from completing my perfect game to finding out I was the winner, and I\u2019ll never forget the amazing feeling when I was handed the prize money.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s contest evolution features more ways to win than ever before, as players can compete to win up to 30$25,000\u00a0prize pools, one per MLB team, with a combined prize of\u00a0$750,000\u00a0being divided among the 30 pools. Competitors will need to monitor the Perfect Game Challenge leaderboards to ensure they maintain their ranking as new high scores are added. By using pitchers from different MLB teams, there is no limit on the number of$25,000\u00a0team prizes one player can win.<\/p>\n<p>Once the competition window closes on\u00a0April 30, the top four Overall Leaderboard finalists with top ranked and verified perfect games achieved on the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from\u00a0Microsoft\u00a0and PlayStation\u00ae3 computer entertainment system will compete in a single-elimination tournament during MLB All-Star Week in\u00a0New York\u00a0for the\u00a0$250,000\u00a0grand prize.<\/p>\n<p>For the second year in a row, 2K Sports\u2019 proprietary algorithm will rank individual perfect games based on difficulty (such as the opposing team\u2019s offensive prowess and selected pitcher\u2019s skill) and degree of perfection (such as number of strikeouts and pitching efficiency). Access to the Perfect Game Challenge mode for eligible players is available on copies of\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>MLB 2K13\/NBA\u00a02K13 Combo Pack<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0in addition to stand-alone copies of\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>MLB 2K13<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>MLB 2K13<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>NBA\u00a02K13\/MLB 2K13 Combo Pack<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0are rated E for everyone by the ESRB and are now available at leading retailers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2K Sports today announced the start of\u00a0\u00a0MLB\u00ae 2K13\u2019s Perfect Game Challenge. Starting today,\u00a0April 1, 2013\u00a0at\u00a09:00:01 a.m. PDT, players can start their journey towards baseball perfection in\u00a0\u00a0MLB 2K13\u00a0through the contest\u2019s close on\u00a0April 30, 2013\u00a0at\u00a011:59:59 PDT. \u201cI never thought a video game could change my life, but 2K Sports\u2019 Perfect Game Challenge did just that for me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[532,2727,2590],"class_list":["post-27747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-news","tag-update","tag-video-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27747"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}