MLB 08: The Show
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Cover art featuring Ryan Howard
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| Developer(s) | SCE San Diego Studio |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Series | MLB: The Show |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer, Online: Ethernet Broadband required |
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| Publication | Score | ||
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| 1UP.com | N/A | B− | A− |
| Game Informer | N/A | 8.5/10 | N/A |
| Game Revolution | N/A | B | N/A |
| GameSpot | N/A | 8.5/10 | N/A |
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| GameTrailers | N/A | 8.7/10 | N/A |
| GameZone | 8.4/10 | 8/10 | 8.5/10 |
| IGN | 8/10 | 8.7/10 | 8.2/10 |
| OPM (UK) | N/A | 9/10 | N/A |
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| Maxim | N/A | 8/10 | N/A |
| USA Today | N/A | 7/10 | N/A |
| Aggregate score | |||
| Metacritic | 84/100 | 85/100 | 83/100 |
MLB 08: The Show is a baseball simulation video game developed by SCE San Diego Studio published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable systems. It is the longest-running officially licensed Major League Baseball game series on the PlayStation systems.MLB 08: The Show is the third edition of the MLB: The Show series of video games. The game was announced for all three PlayStation consoles on December 11, 2007, and released on March 4, 2008 in North America.Ryan Howard, all-star first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, is featured as the game's cover athlete.
The game is a baseball simulation in which, depending on the gameplay mode, the player controls one or all of the players on a Major League Baseball team or some select Minor League Baseball teams. Depending on the gameplay mode, the player may control a team for a single game, season, or franchise, and can also create a player and control his career.
Gameplay is similar to the other versions of MLB: The Show, as well as most baseball simulation video games. Some new features were introduced in various gameplay modes. The player may take control of one of 30 Major League Baseball teams in any game mode (excluding Road to the Show) and use that team in gameplay. The game has variable game modes in which a player takes control of a team for a single game, one season, or a franchise (multiple seasons). The player may control the team's batting, pitching, and fielding while playing the game. Many new general features have been introduced to the game as improvements to the previous edition, MLB 07: The Show. One of the major updates to the game is the "Batter/Pitcher Analysis" feature. This feature allows players to check the "match up" between the current batter and pitcher. Information such as strike/ball ratio, pitch types, pitch frequency, pitch location and the last 25 pitches thrown by the current pitcher. For pitchers, stats such as batters "hot zones", balls taken, strikeout pitch location, and stats when facing that particular pitcher.
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