The commentary is delivered by the trio of Steve Phillips, Gary Thorne, and John Kruk.

Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers is the game's cover athlete replacing Roy Halladay from MLB 2K11.

You can also edit their contract values and adjust the sliders or difficulty level during a franchise.

[2] A spokesman for Take Two commented, "Our legacy Major League Baseball agreement will sunset in fiscal 2013.

GamesRadar wrote, "Despite its many issues, MLB 2K12 packs a significant punch when it comes to the nuts-and-bolts of big league baseball...Unfortunately, it's just too ordinary-looking and choppy-playing...For all its good points, a game of this stature should be more polished at this stage of the franchise's existence."