{"id":608168,"date":"2026-03-05T18:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/608168\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:15:14","slug":"konami-stealth-drops-free-ps5-game-on-ps-store-players-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/608168\/","title":{"rendered":"Konami Stealth Drops Free PS5 Game on PS Store, Players Like It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstationlifestyle.net\/tag\/konami\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Konami<\/a> continues its recent streak of wins by stealth-dropping a free PS5 console exclusive game on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstationlifestyle.net\/tag\/playstation-store\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PS Store<\/a> that players seem to be enjoying. Don\u2019t want to fork out $70 for Sony\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstationlifestyle.net\/tag\/mlb-the-show\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB The Show<\/a> series? Try eBaseball: Pro Spirit, a free entry in Konami\u2019s Professional Baseball Spirits franchise.<\/p>\n<p>PS5 players pleasantly surprised by Konami\u2019s new free game, eBaseball: Pro Spirit<\/p>\n<p>eBaseball: Pro Spirit is free to play, so you don\u2019t need a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstationlifestyle.net\/tag\/playstation-plus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PS Plus<\/a> subscription to play offline. However, you do need a membership to play with up to two players online. Additionally, you can cloud stream the game with a Premium subscription. <\/p>\n<p>That said, online play is optional, so if you don\u2019t want to pay for anything, you don\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n<p>eBaseball: Pro Spirit is \u201cpowered by the next-generation baseball engine, the eBaseball Engine,\u201d says Konami. \u201cEvery movement and sound inside the stadium is brought to life with remarkable realism. From the flight of the ball and the players\u2019 intense actions to the eruption of the crowd, every moment is recreated with impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Early response from players has been positive. At the time of this writing, the game holds almost 4\/5 stars based on 90 verified votes on the PS Store. Its Steam version holds a positive rating after 30 votes. <\/p>\n<p>eBaseball: Pro Spirit\u2019s Xbox launch hasn\u2019t been announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Konami continues its recent streak of wins by stealth-dropping a free PS5 console exclusive game on the PS&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,79056,44094,78151],"class_list":{"0":"post-608168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-ebaseball-pro-spirit","10":"tag-konami","11":"tag-video-game-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116177936436369216","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}