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Ultimate Baseball Online - Rise Of The MMOSG?
Cobol Junky writes "Ultimate Baseball Online, a game claiming to be the first MMOSG (massively multiplayer online sports game) has recently transitioned into free Beta status. Each player's character takes a position on the baseball field, and can improve their skills and stats by gaining experience, just like a regular MMORPG. UBO is being created by NetAmin, the creators of an scrapped MMORPG called Fallen Age." This title has been in development for a while, and a GameSpot preview reveals more, but what other genres will get tarred by the massively multiplayer brush before long?
Isn't this the same thing?
From GameSpot dated April 23, 2003:
Square Enix begins open alpha testing of Online Striker
Square Enix's online soccer game is available for open testing in Japan.
Square Enix has released a downloadable alpha version of its upcoming PC soccer game Online Striker. While Online Striker has been in open testing under its developer, Dingo, since late last year, this is the first time that its publisher, Square Enix, is opening the test to the public.
Online Striker is an online soccer game in which each of the participants can control one of the 22 players involved in a match. The game plays from a first-person view, simulating a realistic soccer-field view for each player. The final version will have a coach on each team who will also be controlled by a player, and a visual lobby will be available as well. The final product will also include a single-player mode, a skill-learning mode, and the ability to edit characters.