MLB Slugfest 2003

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MLB Slugfest 2003
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Developer(s) Midway Games (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 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. [24] It was nominated for GameSpot's annual "Best Alternative Sports Game on GameCube" and "Best Alternative Sports Game on Xbox" awards, but lost both to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 . [25]

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