MLB Slugfest 2003

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MLB Slugfest 20-03
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Developer(s) Midway Sports (PS2)
Gratuitous Games (GC, Xbox)
Publisher(s) Midway Sports
Series MLB Slugfest
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
ReleasePlayStation 2
Xbox
  • NA: August 26, 2002
GameCube
  • NA: September 4, 2002 [2]
Genre(s) Sports game
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

MLB Slugfest 2003, often stylized as MLB Slugfest 20-03, is a baseball video game published by Midway Sports in 2002. It is the first game in the MLB Slugfest series. Alex Rodriguez from the Texas Rangers is the cover athlete.

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Reception

The game received "generally favorable reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [3] [4] [5] Maxim gave the Xbox version universal acclaim in its early review, nearly three months before said console version was released Stateside. [25]

The game was nominated for the "Best Alternative Sports Game on GameCube" and "Best Alternative Sports Game on Xbox" awards at GameSpot 's Best and Worst of 2002 Awards, both of which went to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 . [26] [27]

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