MVP 06 and 07: NCAA Baseball was one of them, necessitated by 2K's acquisition of Major League Baseball's exclusive third-party license. Generally well regarded, the game was developed only for Xbox and PlayStation 2, faded out as the current replica Longines L2.655.4.71.6 Men's watch console generation took hold, and appealed to a niche audience at best. Rule variants, the more than 200 different NCAA Division I teams and their home fields, and the legal entanglements raised by realistic collegiate rosters make it unlikely we will ever again see the College World Series in a video game, even as a game mode within a larger baseball simulation.
Maybe Rosenblatt Stadium could reappear as a novelty venue in a future MLB title, but as the park will be sold to pay for the CWS' new venue, its new owner probably would want money for that.Madison Square GardenThe World's Most Famous Arena is represented in EA Sports' NHL products, but not any NBA game, nor NHL 2K11 on the Wii. replica Longines L2.671.4.78.9 Men's watch More importantly, in boxing, while Fight Night features both Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, you can only recreate their Fight of the Century in the generic “New York Arena.” 2K Sports' Don King Presents: Prizefighter, from 2008, did feature MSG, but that game's boxing roster was dwarfed in starpower by EA Sports', offering no matchup worthy of such a stage. Madison Square Garden is considered a boxing mecca - its original ring was retired in 2007 and is now on display at the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
But with no sequel likely for the poorly reviewed Prizefighter, Madison Square Garden remains a notable omission in boxing's current titles - and especially from NBA simulations.The NHL's Winter ClassicTelevision ratings show this outdoors hockey game has tremendous appeal, especially among casual hockey fans or those otherwise replica Longines L2.701.4.58.9 Men's watch uninterested. Technically, it's not absent from video games. But a hodgepodge of licensing agreements has kept it underexposed and a year behind. NHL 2K10 and the Wii-only NHL 2K11 are the only games to feature the outdoor settings, likely because 2K already had the Wrigley Field and Fenway Park venues coded for the current generation, and licensing agreements in place to feature the baseball stadiums.
