After a decade-plus away, EA Sports is back in the business of baseball games on console. The lighthearted, arcade-style Super Mega Baseball 4, from EA's Metalhead Software, is out now on console and PC.

Fans have been waiting a while, as the COVID-delayed Super Mega Baseball 3 was released back in 2020. Metalhead was acquired by EA in 2021, and some feared that the next release in the series might add some of EA's business practices, namely microtransactions.

These fears were unfounded, as Super Mega Baseball 4 has no microtransactions (though people can spend real money to buy the stadiums that come with the game's premium editions). Super Mega Baseball 4 costs $50, which is $5 more than Super Mega Baseball 3's launch price in 2020.