MLB 13: The Show

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MLB 13: The Show
Mlb-13-the-show-mccutchen.jpg
United States cover art featuring Andrew McCutchen
Developer(s) San Diego Studio
Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment
Series MLB: The Show
Platform(s) PlayStation 3
PlayStation Vita
Release
  • NA: March 5, 2013
  • EU: March 6, 2013
  • AU: March 6, 2013
Home Run Derby
  • WW: July 2, 2013
Genre(s) Sports (Baseball)
Mode(s) Single-player
Multiplayer

MLB 13: The Show is a Major League Baseball video game which was published by Sony Computer Entertainment and developed by San Diego Studio. The game was released in March 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. It is the third installment of the series to be compatible with PlayStation Move. The play-by play is done once again by Matt Vasgersian and Eric Karros along with a new commentator, Steve Lyons.

Contents

The standard cover features Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen. In Canada, a separate cover featuring Toronto Blue Jays outfielder José Bautista was released, making it the second consecutive year Bautista was featured on the cover in Canada.

An expansion pack exclusive to PlayStation 3, called MLB 13: The Show - Home Run Derby, was released on July 2, 2013.

New Features

Online features

These features depended on the PlayStation Network

In August 2014, Sony announced they were shutting down the online servers, so people are no longer able to play online features, but the players can continue playing the offline features.

Reception

The game received "generally favorable reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] [1]

Sports Illustrated gave the PS3 version a score of nine out of ten and said that it was "consistently successful because it's loaded with options that allow you to play the brand of baseball you want, and at a skill level you can handle." [15] Toronto Sun gave it a similar score of four-and-a-half stars out of five and said that it "pulls no squeeze plays on quality and realism when it comes to the game of baseball." [16] The Digital Fix gave it a score of eight out of ten and said, "For those unfamiliar with baseball MLB 13: The Show is probably a curiosity at most. The fact that the game is also PlayStation exclusive further segregates its European audience so that it occupies a limited niche at best. Still, for those looking for a baseball game there is nothing better on the market." [17]

During the 17th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated MLB 13: The Show for "Sports Game of the Year". [18]

Soundtrack

ArtistSong
A Good Fight Rips Like a Motor
Anberlin Someone Anyone
Big Boi Mama Told Me (feat. Kelly Rowland)
Blink-182 Heart's All Gone
Bombay Bicycle Club Shuffle
Dispatch Not Messin'
Fenix*Tx Spooky Action at a Distance
Imagine Dragons Radioactive
Soundgarden Non-State Actor
The Mowgli's Slowly, Slowly
The Rolling Stones Doom and Gloom
The Royal Concept World on Fire
Youngblood Hawke Rootless
ZZ Top I Gotsta Get Paid

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