Step into the shoes of a GM and/or manager to own the future or rewrite the past of your favorite real-world baseball franchise. Build the team the way you want. Start a new career with your favorite 2018 MLB team or go back through almost 150 years of baseball history and run any team from the past! You can even set up your own fictional baseball universe or compete in online leagues against other OOTP players. Make your move!

The brand new 2018 MLB roster set will include all projected Opening Day MLB rosters as well as the complete minor league system down to the rookie leagues and even future draft classes. On top of this, 8 international leagues (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Italy, The Netherlands, Mexico and Cuba) and several international and US independent leagues return to OOTP 19 with accurate and projected 2018 rosters.

Discover new talent, draft the next superstar, negotiate with free agents, enter trade talks with other teams, build your dynasty and guide a franchise into an infinite future! As a manager, dive into the more hands-on management and set your team's lineups, pitching staffs, in-game strategy and call the shots from the dugout. You can oversee your league at a high level, or play out each game in the redesigned 3D game mode, managing play by play or even pitch by pitch. OOTP has it all covered!

Out of the Park Developments announced the release of a public beta of Out of the Park Baseball 19 featuring Perfect Team, its new online baseball multiplayer strategy mode. Out of the Park Baseball 19 owners and subscribers can participate for free. The game is available via Steam, Origin, Origin Access, or directly from Out of the Park Developments.

Perfect Team is a completely new game mode in the award-winning Out of the Park Baseball strategy game. Players compete against each other in a dynamic online league universe, fielding their own versions of “Perfect Teams” pulled from digital baseball cards collected over time. Teams battle each other in simulated online leagues of 30 teams each, featuring 5 league levels (Rookie Leagues, Single A, Double A, Triple A, Major Leagues).

Players put their teams together by collecting special Perfect Team cards, assembling lineups, defining tactics, and customizing their team color scheme, name, location, weather, and ballpark. Simulations run 28 times a day, in 30-minute intervals. At that pace, an entire season is completed within one week. Between simulations, players can make changes to their team (such as modifying lineups, strategies, and tactics), scouting their upcoming opponents, making roster moves, and acquiring more cards via packs or the marketplace. But they need to be aware that the clock is ticking!

After a season is over, the top teams of a league are promoted to the next level, while the bottom teams are relegated to a league one level below. The ultimate goal is to reach one of the Major Leagues with a Perfect Team, compete for World Series titles, and climb the ranking of the best Perfect Team managers worldwide!

“We are delighted and excited to offer an all-new way for our fans and players to compete in Out of the Park Baseball,” said CEO Markus Heinsohn. “This is a next-level phase for us, offering an always-on, dynamic new online experience for players that has never been available in our history. Giving players the chance to assemble completely unique teams, tailored to their preferred style, and competing against other fans from around the world, is extraordinarily fun.”

“We’ve put everything we have and more behind Out of the Park Baseball’s Perfect Team mode for several years,” said CMO Richard Grisham. “As we continue to strive to make Out of the Park Baseball the definitive baseball experience, Perfect Team cements that. Fans have always been able to assemble players from the entire history of the sport, assemble lineups, and define strategies - but never against thousands of others in real time with incredibly high stakes. We are beyond thrilled to let fans try this for the first time.”

The Out of the Park Baseball 19 Public Beta featuring Perfect Team mode is now available worldwide. All owners of Out of the Park Baseball 19 are eligible to participate, whether purchased from Steam, Origin, or directly from Out of the Park Baseball. In addition, subscribers to Origin Access can also participate in the Public Beta.

Key Features:

• New 3D stadiums and player models with improved on-field movements, including running, sliding, jumping, and throwing.
• New in-game screen design for an optimized virtual dugout.
• 2018 roster sets with all Opening Day MLB rosters, as well as the complete minor league system from Triple-A to rookie leagues as well as the Arizona Fall League. All major league (and over a thousand minor league) player ratings will be based on the popular ZiPS player projection system. The 8 international leagues, as well as independent minor leagues in the US, also return this year with accurate rosters.
• Rewritten scouting reports that give a more detailed and realistic look at players.
• New tournament modes! Create a standalone tournament bracket and draw any teams in history into it. The possibilities are endless!
• Ultra-realistic AI roster management and in-game decisions.
• A reworked ratings module.
• User voting for end-of-season awards
• Many more improvements, including:
  • Redesigned interface, with the ability to choose between 6 different fonts
  • 800 custom team logos for fictional leagues
  • Improved Manager Home screen, with a more customizable layout and new widget options
  • A new stat -- RA9-WAR (WAR based on runs allowed) -- for pitchers
  • Delayed substitutions for injured players
  • And more to be announced prior to release

Out of the Park Baseball 19 is available on Steam, EA Origin, and through the company’s website for $39.99.