R.B.I. Baseball 14

Both the NBA and NHL seasons are winding down and football doesn't begin until September 1st. This means two things, a lot of sports fans are turning their attention to baseball, and a lot of baseball games are being released for mobile devices. Here are three new and two classic baseball titles currently available for iOS devices.

MLB Perfect Inning (Free for all devices running iOS 5.1 or later) - This is the newest iOS game fully-licensed by Major League Baseball. Perfect Inning is a simulation game that allows you to draft and train players to compete in a full- or post-season games. Basically you act as the coach deciding on your lineup, tactics and so on. You can let the AI control your team, play only at crucial moments, play offense only or complete an entire match yourself. The game features 30 MLB teams and a roster of 215 players modeled after their real life counterparts.

Major League Baseball Advanced Media plan to release a reboot of the R.B.I. Baseball franchise on April 9, 2014. The game titled R.B.I. Baseball 14 will be $4.99 for iOS devices and $19.99 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. An Android version will be released at a later date, followed by PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions in May.

Polygon, who got an early look at the Xbox 360 version, describes the game as "bare-bones." This shouldn't come as a surprise since the developer has been promising a return to the roots of the franchise. The game offers no online play or team or player rankings, in hope fans will take the time to discover new baseball clubs and players instead of just playing their favorites. Jamie Leece, vice president of games at MLB Advanced Media says that they purposely left out things like player rankings and relief pitchers warm-ups to speed up the pace of the games.