The MLB All-Star Celebrity Softball Game virtual experience will be powered by Improbable.
The MLB All-Star Celebrity Softball Game virtual experience will be powered by Improbable.
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Improbable will host Major League Baseball virtual ballpark for celebrity match

Improbable is taking its metaverse ambitions to baseball as it has built a new virtual ballpark to host Major League Baseball’s All-Star Celebrity Softball Game on Saturday.

The live physical game will take place on July 8, and Improbable will host a watch party for fans who can’t make it there in person via a watch party in a virtual stadium.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.