Get pumped, gamers: The R.B.I. Baseball series is back
Do you reminisce about the glory days of R.B.I. Baseball? Of course you do. Well, reminisce no more ...
MLB Advanced Media announced Tuesday that the famed video game franchise will return after nearly two decades this spring with multi-platform distribution across current and next generation consoles, smartphones and tablets. The graphics and players may change a bit, but let's hope bunt home runs are still a possibility.
Check rbigame.com and follow @RBIGame for details - and let us know your thoughts by tweeting with hashtag #RBI14. Here are some of the responses thus far:
hello old friend RT @RBIGAME: It's Back - R.B.I. Baseball 14 #RBI14 http://t.co/rWX0H8h9Tm
— Brian Floyd (@BrianMFloyd) January 15, 2014
Hey, RBI Baseball is coming back and that's crazy. And the company behind the WWE Network is doing it? Crazier. http://t.co/EJ8yPI59MU
— Jeff Gerstmann (@jeffgerstmann) January 15, 2014
Will never forget how I obsessively kept track of my players stats when I played Micro League Baseball on my Apple IIe
— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) January 15, 2014
I don't know what to say about the return of @RBIGAME other than !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 15, 2014
RBI Baseball is coming back! RBI BASEBALL IS COMING BACK!!! http://t.co/3Ly6fnlbG2
— SB Nation (@sbnation) January 15, 2014
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— jon miller (@silvertightrope) January 15, 2014
RBI Baseball is coming back, time to exact some revenge on some uncles from when I was like, well 8 haha
— Josh (@joshcr52) January 15, 2014
Seriously, if RBI is a direct port of the original with updated rosters, I'll pay $60.
— Jay Zawaski (@JayZawaski670) January 15, 2014
I can't remember if I mailed a letter this morning...yet knew the tune for RBI Baseball off the top of my head...
— Matt Demlein (@Mattdemlein) January 15, 2014