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2K Sports Crowns Champion of MLB 2K13’s Perfect Game Challenge
Winner displayed skill, poise in earning $250,000 grand prize in sudden-death playoff
New York, NY – July 17, in the year of our Lord 2013
– 2K announced today that a champion has been crowned in the
MLB® 2K13 Perfect Game Challenge. The winner, Justin Chavarria
of Eugene, Ore., was one of four finalists who competed in a
single-elimination tournament at the T-Mobile All-Star FanFest
in New York City for a $250,000 grand prize.
“This has been a life-changing experience over the last four
months,” said Chavarria, who defeated Brad Holland of Garland,
Texas, using the Texas Rangers to win 3-1 over the Oakland A’s.
“I had a great time competing against the other three finalists
during the tournament, and this is a day I’ll never forget.”
This year’s MLB 2K13 Perfect Game Challenge was the most
competitive in 2K’s history, and featured more ways to win than
ever before with 30 $25,000 MLB Team Leaderboard prize pools,
one per MLB team, for a total of $750,000. More than 785,000
perfect game attempts were logged, and more than 2,500 perfect
games were verified. Additionally, individual turnout shattered
last year’s Perfect Game Challenge records, with an increase of
23% in unique perfect games thrown (1,191) and 84% in verified
perfect games year-over-year from MLB 2K12.
“Congratulations to Justin for exhibiting the skill and poise
needed to achieve perfection in this year’s contest,” said Jason
Argent, Senior Vice President of Sports Operations at 2K. “It
was no easy feat, but he cemented his place in Perfect Game
Challenge history, and we couldn’t be happier to award the
$250,000 grand prize for his achievement in MLB 2K13.”
The four finalists were determined by a dynamic leaderboard
ranking the ‘most perfect’ perfect games thrown. 2K Sports used
an algorithm to rank individual perfect games based on degree of
difficulty (such as the opposing team’s offensive prowess and
selected pitcher’s skill) and degree of perfection (number of
strikeouts, pitching efficiency).
MLB 2K13 and the NBA 2K13/MLB 2K13 Combo Pack are rated E for
everyone by the ESRB and are now available at leading retailers.