Gaming News - January 2003
Diamond Bar, CA (January 2, 2003) - Netamin has launched its latest
Ultimate Baseball Online (UBO) mini-game, UBO Homerun Tournament. Players can
download the game at:
www.ultimatebaseballonline.com.
“Hitting homeruns requires extraordinary eye-hand coordination and this game
certainly tests your skills. I’ve hit home runs against the major league’s best,
but now I get to test my skills against anyone on the Internet,” said Darrell
Evans, 21-year Major League Veteran, All-Star and Netamin baseball consultant.
“The online competition will let baseball fans everywhere in the world get in on
the action.”
“We genuinely appreciate the huge response and support from fans who are
awaiting the launch of UBO. With UBO Homerun Tournament, we hope to offer
everyone a bigger glimpse into Ultimate Baseball Online,” said Andy Wang, CEO of
Netamin. “UBO Homerun Tournament gives players the chance to check out the
greatest feature of UBO, multiplayer online competition.”
From Netamin:
UBO Homerun Tournament is the second mini-game released by Netamin in order
to help familiarize gamers with the forthcoming Massively Multiplayer Online
Sports Game, Ultimate Baseball Online. The newest installment allows players to
compete, going toe-to-toe with other sluggers, for the homerun championship
crown.
Gamers can log into the UBO Homerun Tournament clubhouse to, select
difficulty level, join a competition or host one of their own. Up to four
players can take turns stepping up to the plate in a virtual 3D stadium. Each
slugger is given ten pitches and every ball is either knocked out of the park
for a homerun or counted as an out. Live chat functions allow players to talk
trash during the tournament or even in the clubhouse. All individual statistics
are automatically tracked so players can check out their homerun hitting skills.
Also available on the UBO website is UBO Batting Zone, which showcases the
individual batting aspect of Ultimate Baseball Online. Since the first mini-game
launched, over ten thousand gamers have registered with the UBO site.
A free seven-day trial of UBO Homerun Tournament is available to download at:
www.UltimateBaseballOnline.com. The new game is also free for all existing
UBO Batting Zone customers.
The final, massively multi player version of UBO will “throw out the first
pitch” in early 2003.
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