After it ceased operation in 2008, a fan-led open source project was attempted before Real Baseball's successor, Big League Online, was released for beta testing in early 2011.

[1][2] Netamin became the world's first company to develop the technology to build a Massively Multiplayer Online Sports Game (MMSOG), led by its founder and CEO (Chief Entertainment Officer), Andy Wang.

[2] After the release of Ultimate Baseball Online 2006 (known simply as UBO), the game had officially ended its Beta phase.

However, players often refuse to field 18 due to lag and synchronization issues, and games rarely ended with all their original participants.

[citation needed] Real Baseball Online (RBO) hosted seasonal leagues that featured multiple teams of different levels playing against each other for the championship.

Press Coverage and Awards are also presented during the league seasons written by the official RBO players who are better off writing than playing the game.

Hats, shirts, pens, keychains, and Darrell Evans autographed baseballs were given away as prizes for entering tournaments.

Past prizes included iPods, PSP's, Tickle Me Elmo dolls, Domino's Pizza, Michael J.

[4][6] Additional reviews and press coverage included: The service for Cal Ripken's Real Baseball is currently halted until further notice.

Sometime during 2010 a new company carried over the previous Real Baseball game into a new endeavor called Big League Online.