| MLB 13: The Show | |
| Developer: | San Diego Studio |
| Publisher: | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Series: | MLB: The Show |
| Genre: | Sports (Baseball) |
| Modes: | Single-player Multiplayer |
| Released: | Home Run Derby |
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.
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.
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.
The game received "generally favorable reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
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." 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." 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."[1]
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".[2]
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|---|---|---|
| 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 |