MLB '07: The Show

You're going back to The Show with third-person gameplay, adaptive pitching, and a Live MLB ticker!

Take a look at an exclusive gameplay video from MLB '07: The Show's new Road to the Show mode.

If I had a nickel for each and every time a sports franchise releases a candy-coated version of the previous year, topping it off with a so-called cherry of "new" features, I'd be a moderately rich man. Fortunately for Sony system owners, MLB is offering quite a different experience with MLB '07 The Show.

NEW FEATURES: Okay, all the features from last year's games are returning, but it's the new games modes that are driving the majority of content for '07. The biggest and most important addition is Road to the Show, a situational career mode that allows you to take a player through a MLB career, all of which take place in third-person perspective. You can liken it to "The Life" mode in Sony's NBA franchise, but a little less thuggish; unless you're Ronnie Belliard, that is.

Adaptive pitching and a pitch command system are the most influential new aspects of gameplay. The former has the catcher calling pitches based on the individual strengths and weaknesses of each pitcher, shadowing real baseball. And the latter implements a comfort/confidence level for each pitch that the pitcher throws.

The more a pitcher throws a specific pitch, the more comfortable and confident he becomes with that pitch. It's justification for throwing that 3-2 knuckle ball. The other major addition is a robust online league mode where players can set up custom leagues with as few as 6 and as many as 30 teams with full stat tracking, point benefits and rewards.

Third-person fielding -- it's about freakin' time.

Third-person fielding -- it's about freakin' time.

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