Last year, 2K Sports pulled off a marketing coup, getting thousands who had no interest in baseball to talk about MLB 2K10. How'd they pull this off? By offering a million dollars to the first person to pitch a perfect game. And now, with the release of MLB 2K11 in early March, 2K Sports is doing it again. It's the same idea: You pitch a perfect game before anyone else and you walk away with a million bucks.

In 2010, Wade McGilberry managed to pitch a perfect game on the first day of MLB 2K10's release. This year, it won't happen that quickly. That's because there are two changes to the rules. The contest won't begin until April 1, the start of baseball's regular season. This gives gamers a few weeks to practice, get a feel for the game, and for an online update to provide accurate rosters for each team. The second change lowers the entry age from 18 to 13. That's right, anyone 13 or older can win a million dollars through MLB 2K11 2K Sports' VP of Marketing, Jason Argent, wouldn't speak in detail about MLB 2K11's gameplay, but said that improvements have been made to all facets of the game. Don't expect the same insane level of content additions seen in the leap from NBA 2K10 to NBA 2K11. 2K still needs to get the MLB series on solid ground and the hope is that this is the year that gets things right.Though Argent did not offer details on how or if the pitching system has changed, he said it would take "longer than last year, without a doubt" for someone to go perfect. His guess was that it would be three weeks before anyone pitched a perfect game this time out.For more details on the MLB 2K11 million dollar bills contest, head to