By Miguel Rapetti
05 Mar 2024, 11:47 PM EST
The new edition of the MLB The Show 24 video game will have one of the biggest novelties in its history by including women for the first time as part of a game mode titled “Road to the Show: Women Pave Their Way.”
Through a brief trailer MLB The Show presented a story dedicated especially to the female community that is a fan of baseball and in it they will be able to build a career in their quest to reach the Major Leagues.
The trailer shows a woman in bed in her room looking at a photo before starting to dream of reaching the Majors, to later show several players batting and blocking with the shirts of various MLB franchises.
“Unlock your dreams” is the phrase with which they invite the female audience to join the video game.
This type of game will be apart from the usual “Road to the Show” that allows players to progressively grow with their player from the minor leagues and move up until graduating and being selected by one of the 30 teams in the Major Leagues.
The narrative in which the story will be set will be inspired by star and established athletes such as Toni Stone and Kelsie Whitmore, according to the creator of the game mode, Mollie Braley.
In a previous conversation with the PlayStation blog Braley said that the inclusion of women in MLB The Show will be essential to promote the growth of baseball in the women’s area, thus also increasing the diversity that the video game has.
For her part, Whitmore, who also collaborated with information for the project, added that with “Road to the Show: Women Pave Their Way” they want to educate girls and women about what baseball is and help many of them fulfill their dreams. dreams.
This is not the first time that women have been included in a sports video game. In 2022, EA Sports and its video game FIFA (now EA Sports FC 24) made the decision to include women’s football in the Pro Clubs, Kickoff and the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, while a year later women were included. the most popular modality of the video game: Ultimate Team.
MLB The Show 24 is part of the exclusive PlayStation Studios catalog and will be available for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 starting March 19, days before the start of the Major League Opening Day.
Watch the MLB The Show trailer here:
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