Out of the Park Baseball 23
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Out of the Park Baseball 23
| Release Date | Worldwide: April 22, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Platforms | PC, Mac, Linux |
| Developer | Out of the Park Developments |
| Publisher | Out of the Park Developments (Com2us subsidiary) |
| Original Price | $39.99 |
| Team Names | Real teams from MLB, KBO, and other leagues |
| Player Names | Real players from MLB, KBO, and other leagues |
Out of the Park Baseball 23 is the 23rd entry in the baseball simulation sandbox series founded by Markus Heinsohn.
The game was controversially patched in December 2022-January 2023 to remove all data related to the unlicensed Japanese professional league (NPB). The patch scrambled existing NPB data in multi-league saves and completely blocked loading NPB-only saves.
The subsequent game in the series, Out of the Park Baseball 24, would remove all previously unlicensed leagues, leaving only MLB and KBO as playable major professional leagues.
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On December 19, 2022, lead developer and series founder Markus Heinsohn announced on the game's official forum that NPB data would soon be patched out of the game. He attributed this to updated license policies from their parent company, Com2us. NPB-related mods were also removed from the official forum.
The original patch only prevented creating new leagues with NPB data. A second patch announced on January 17, 2023 (version 23.10.108) had a more severe effect: Multi-league saves that included NPB before the patch change NPB into a fictional South African baseball league post-patch. Single-league NPB saves can not be loaded at all post-patch.
