High Heat Major League Baseball 2003

High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 was the second-to-last of a series of baseball computer games, released on PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows; a different game of the same name was released for the Game Boy Advance. The game, featuring the official licensed team and player names from all 30 MLB teams, was created by The 3DO Company, who later filed for bankruptcy in May 2003.[1]

High Heat Major League Baseball 2003
Developer(s)The 3DO Company
Möbius Entertainment (GBA)
Publisher(s)The 3DO Company
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, Windows, Game Boy Advance
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • NA: February 9, 2002
  • PAL: April 5, 2002
Game Boy Advance
  • NA: March 5, 2002
Windows
  • NA: March 11, 2002
Genre(s)Sports

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
GBAPCPS2
AllGameN/AN/A[2]
CGWN/A[3]N/A
EGMN/AN/A8/10[4]
Famitsu23/40[5]N/AN/A
Game Informer7.25/10[6]N/A7.5/10[7]
GameProN/AN/A[8]
GameRevolutionN/AN/AB+[9]
GameSpot6.1/10[10]6.2/10[11]8.7/10[12]
GameSpy54%[13]75%[14]83%[15]
GameZoneN/AN/A8.7/10[16]
IGN5.1/10[17]7/10[18]8.8/10[19]
Nintendo Power3.7/5[20]N/AN/A
OPM (US)N/AN/A[21]
PC Gamer (US)N/A70%[22]N/A
The Cincinnati EnquirerN/AN/A[23]
Aggregate score
Metacritic64/100[24]67/100[25]84/100[26]

The PlayStation 2 version received "favorable" reviews, while the PC and Game Boy Advance versions received "mixed or average reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[24][25][26] In Japan, where the GBA version was ported and published by Takara on July 18, 2002, followed by the PS2 version on September 5, Famitsu gave the former a score of 23 out of 40.[5]

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References
  1. Berardini, César A. (August 15, 2003). "Microsoft Buys 3DO 'High Heat' Game". TeamXbox. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on December 17, 2004. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
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  4. EGM staff (March 2002). "High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 (PS2)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 152. Ziff Davis. p. 135.
  5. "ハイヒートメジャーリーグベースボール2003 [GBA]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  6. "High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 (GBA)". Game Informer. No. 108. FuncoLand. April 2002. p. 89.
  7. "High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 (PS2)". Game Informer. No. 108. FuncoLand. April 2002. p. 76.
  8. Air Hendrix (February 13, 2002). "High Heat MLB 2003 Review for PS2 on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 15, 2005. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
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  11. Todd, Brett (March 25, 2002). "High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 Review (PC) [date mislabeled as "March 4, 2005"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  12. Satterfield, Shane (February 28, 2002). "High Heat Baseball 2003 Review (PS2) [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  13. Brooks, Mark (May 2, 2002). "High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 (GBA)". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 17, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
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  15. Hiscock, Josh (March 5, 2002). "High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 (PS2)". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 23, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  16. Romano, Natalie (February 21, 2002). "High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 Review - PlayStation 2". GameZone. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  17. Harris, Craig (March 21, 2002). "High Heat Baseball 2003 (GBA)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  18. Bates, Jason (April 15, 2002). "High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 Review (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
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  20. "High Heat Major League Baseball 2003". Nintendo Power. Vol. 156. Nintendo of America. May 2002. p. 142.
  21. "High Heat Major League Baseball 2003". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 55. Ziff Davis. April 2002. p. 102.
  22. Smith, Rob (June 2002). "High Heat Baseball 2003". PC Gamer. Vol. 9 no. 6. Imagine Media. p. 53. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  23. Saltzman, Marc (June 18, 2002). "'High Heat 2003' hits home run for depth (PS2)". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  24. "High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  25. "High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  26. "High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 2, 2020.


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