MLB The Show 24 is a 2024 baseball video game developed by San Diego Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The nineteenth installment in the MLB: The Show series, it was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.[1][2][3] It features Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on its cover.[4] The Playstation 4 and Xbox One versions are digital only.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Xbox versions of the game are available for Xbox Game Pass subscribers at no additional cost.

Gameplay

Gameplay additions include roughly 400 new animations and logic improvements, 4 more pinpoint pitching gestures, and additions in line with Major League Baseball rule changes for the new season, such as the Pitch clock, and bigger base sizes.[5]

For the first time in baseball video game history, the game includes a career mode with female players, dubbed Road to the Show: Women Pave Their Way.[6]

Storylines: The Negro Leagues returns in MLB The Show 24, now including Buck Leonard, Josh Gibson, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Larry Doby, and Toni Stone, the first ever woman player to be added to the game,[7] at launch.[8] Negro Leagues legends Andy Cooper, Rap Dixon, Bill Foster, Leon Day, and José Méndez have since been added to the game and have their own storylines.[9] A separate Storylines mode is also dedicated to Derek Jeter's career.[10]

Alex Miniak returns as public address commentator, with Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton return as play-by-play commentators. Dan O'Dowd and Sarah Langs serve as commentators in Road to the Show mode.

Reception

The game received an 80/100 from 34 critic reviews on Metacritic, making it "Generally Favorable". However it scored it a 3.9 out of 10 from 97 user ratings, making it "Generally Unfavorable".

Accolades

Year Ceremony Category Result Ref.
2025 28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Sports Game of the Year Won [11][12]

Soundtrack

Artist Song
2 Chainz Threat 2 Society
Aaron May Cream
Alfie Templeman Just a Dance (feat. Nile Rodgers)
Al Green How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Ari Lennox Pressure
A Tribe Called Quest Excursions
Find A Way
Babyface Keeps on Fallin' (feat. Ella Mai)
Big K.R.I.T. Fly the Coop (feat. Girl Talk)
Big K.R.I.T. Get Up 2 Come Down (feat. CeeLo Green & Sleepy Brown)
Big K.R.I.T. Rhode Clean
Black Pumas Gemini Sun
Brittany Howard What Now
Camp Lo Luchini AKA This Is It
CARRTOONS Groceries (feat. Nigel Hall)
Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band The World (Is Going Up in Flames)
Citizen Hyper Trophy
Curren$y Airborne Aquarium
Eladio Carrión Coco Chanel (feat. Bad Bunny)
Eladio Carrión La Canción Feliz del Disco (feat. Milo J)
Feid CHORRITO PA LAS ANIMAS
Fiddlehead Fifteen to Infinity
Flowda, Lil Baby & Skrillex Pepper
Free Nationals Gidget (feat. Anderson .Paak & T.Nava)
Gary Clark Jr. MAKTUB
Idles Dancer (feat. LCD Soundsystem)
indie tribe ACT (feat. nobigdyl., John Keith & Mogli the Iceburg)
James Brown It's a Man's Man's Man's World
Jay Electronica Exhibit C
Jenevieve Baby Powder
Joey Valence & Brae HOOLIGANG
Karol G BICHOTAG
Katori Walker Uncomfortable
Kula Shaker Natural Magick
Little Brother Say It Again
Lovejoy Normal People Things
Makua Rothman The One and Only
Marlena Shaw California Soul
Momma Sunday
Naughty by Nature Feel Me Flow
Phoenix All Eyes on Me (feat. Benee, Chad Hugo & Pusha T)
Phonte Sweet You
Play-N-Skillz Somos Latinos (feat. Gente de Zona & Dale Putiti)
Priya Ragu One Way Ticket
Rauw Alejandro, Lyanno & Brray Lokera
REASON Flick It Up (feat. Ab-Soul)
Roosevelt Feels Right
Stevie Wonder Do I Do
Yung Gravy, bbno$, Freddie Dredd & BABY GRAVY Nightmare on Peachtree Street
ZEV Parachute
ZZ Top Just Got Paid

Notes

  1. ^ Non-PlayStation versions

References

  1. ^ "MLB® The Show™ 24 for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site". www.nintendo.com. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "MLB The Show 24". PlayStation. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  3. ^ "MLB The Show 24 | Xbox". Xbox.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  4. ^ Peer, Steve (January 30, 2024). "MLB® The Show™ - VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR. IS YOUR MLB THE SHOW 24 COVER ATHLETE!". MLB® The Show™. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  5. ^ Peer, Steve (February 27, 2024). "MLB® The Show™ - New improvements to Gameplay in MLB The Show 24". MLB® The Show™. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  6. ^ Peer, Steve (March 5, 2024). "MLB® The Show™ - MLB The Show 24 unveils Road to the Show: Women Pave Their Way". MLB® The Show™. Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  7. ^ Zwiezen, Zack (February 14, 2024). "MLB The Show 24 Adds First Female Player In Series History". Kotaku. Archived from the original on August 4, 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  8. ^ Peer, Steve (February 13, 2024). "MLB® The Show™ - MLB The Show 24 unveils Storylines: The Negro Leagues Season 2". MLB® The Show™. Archived from the original on March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  9. ^ @MLBTheShow (June 3, 2024). "Meet the new Negro League Baseball Legends! Experience and learn more about the newest additions to Storylines - The Negro Leagues Season 2: -Rap Dixon, -Bill Foster, -Andy Cooper. Immerse yourself in the stories from the @NLBMuseumKC President, @nlbmprez. Live now in #MLBTheShow 24!" (Tweet). Retrieved October 21, 2024 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ Peer, Steve (February 20, 2024). "MLB® The Show™ - MLB ® The Show™ 24 salutes "The Captain" in all-new Storylines: Derek Jeter". MLB® The Show™. Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  11. ^ "Congratulations to the 28th Annual #DICEAwards Finalist". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  12. ^ "28th Annual DICE Awards Results". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
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