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Sport manager updates from the world of artificial intelligence (AI) sim gaming
If there’s a text sim, I’ve probably owned it
I knew there was something wrong with me right around the time I bought Front Page Sports Baseball Pro ’98. When I broke open the box with Randy Johnson on the cover and installed the Sierra Sports classic, I played it like you were “supposed to” play sports video games, meaning I mashed buttons on the keyboard and played arcade style. To my 16-year-old mind, the game didn’t seem all th...[Read More]
The Beauty of Hockey Simulation
There are two things I’ve always loved to do. Follow sports and tell stories. From an early age — as soon as I could walk, really — I was playing sports, watching them on TV, and using my imagination to create worlds of my own. I loved playing the early console games: your early Maddens, the NHL 94 type games, Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball and so on. I played them so much that I ...[Read More]
Web Sim Hockey is simulating the NHL’s 2012-2013 season
Due to the NHL’s lockout, the 2012-2013 hockey season is definitely taking a hit. Hockey fans worldwide are, unfortunately, penalized by the entire situation. Web Sim Hockey, the popular online hockey simulation game that enables users to put themselves in the shoes of the GM of a professional hockey team, will satisfy hockey fans’ thirst for everything that is ice, goals, and sta...[Read More]
Franchise Hockey Manager – Historic Feature
The first Development Diary is a writeup on Historical Play in FHM from one of the researchers. Overview First, by way of introduction, my name is Jeff Riddolls. I’ve been working on Franchise Hockey Manager since shorly after the game was first announced; before that I spent several years working as researcher (among other things) on the NHL Eastside Hockey Manager team, and I’ve...[Read More]
WebSimHockey: Officially Licensed by NHLPA
WebSimHockey is totally psyched! Web Sim Hockey is now an officially licensed product of the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA). How awesome is that? What does this mean? Web Sim Hockey is the only online simulated hockey game in the world (you read correctly—the world!) available under the NHLPA license. What does this mean for our fan base and GMs? Under the agreement, we w...[Read More]
Out of the Park Baseball 13 Released
2012 Major League Rosters You’ll love our latest roster set, which features not only up-to-date Opening Day rosters for all major league teams but also thousands of individually-rated players for all minor leagues. Can Yu Darvish propel Texas to the top of their division, or will Albert Pujols give Los Angeles the pop they need to win that race in the AL West? And that’s not all. ...[Read More]
Web Sim Hockey partners with Laurentian University’s Sports Administration Program
Quebec City, Jan. 25, 2012 – The company Web Sim Sports INC., specialized in online sports gaming, launched a unique hockey simulator in July 2009, Web Sim Hockey. (www.websimhockey.com) Web Sim Hockey is a multiplayer strategy game played entirely on the Web. The goal of the game is to manage a professional hockey team in every aspects : finances, drafts, trades, lineups, on-ice strate...[Read More]
DDS: College Basketball 2 Released
Oct 3, 2011 – Wolverine Studios has released their version of College Basketball. DDS: College Basketball 2! Brand New GUI with full window mode and data widgets No longer is the game bound to a 1024×768 display (although you must use at least that resolution as a minimum) – the game window will fully expand to match your screen resolution. Also included are data widge...[Read More]
Updated Features for WebSimHockey
Updated Features from WebSimHockey.com (As per WebSimHockey.com – Press Release) Many new features Since last fall, many new features were added to our site: – Improved user interface – Player types – Trophies (individual and team) – New “card” mode for to make it easy to view attributes – New lineup page – New strategy/practice module – ...[Read More]
OOTP Version 12 Released
OOTP Developments have confirmed the latest release of Out of the Park Baseball Version 12 for their customer pre-orders. This has been confirmed by Brad Cook, head of PR for OOTP Dev on their Twitter. @ootpbaseball OOTP Baseball – Emails with download links have gone out to pre-order customers! Everyone else will be able to buy in two days. Thanks! #OOTP 12. #mlb A...[Read More]