Some people say that baseball is America's favourite pastime, and to them, I say, have you watched Basketball or American Football? Watching Baseball is dull, but at least playing video games based on the sport is a lot of fun, and Homerun Clash 2: Legends Derby is adding a bunch more to enjoy with its Christmas update.

Let’s start with the new player; fighter-turned-batter Luca Leone. He packs the Unique Ability named Specialist which befits this big bruiser, as it focuses on smashing that baseball as hard as humanly possible. When it activities, you will earn additional points for the final score, based on the rate of consecutive home runs hit.

You will be knocking it out of the park in the new Polar Statium, just make sure that you wrap up warm before you head over. Access is restricted to those who only have 1,600 or more Trophies, so get grinding. The Chaos, Ink, and Lightning Ball Debuff Skills will be in effect to challenge players.

Fans will notice that Lightning Ball sounds new, and you would be right. As you might guess, it darts from left to right in an effort to bamboozle you into striking out. To combat this, you either need to get incredibly good at aiming, or equip the Lightning Ball Defense or Lightning Ball Keep defensive skills.

To further increase your odds, check out the SS Rank equipment, to kick your arsenal into high gear. There will be four equipment sets added, bringing the total available to 16. You can also grab eight Christmas-themed equipment for a limited time. These will be perfect for the Santa Claus skin for Rikitaro, or the Santa Girl skin for Lee A-Young. Finally, the main lobby UI has had a bit of a user-friendly facelift.

Homerun Clash 2 is available to download from the App Store and Google Play.