{"id":554541,"date":"2025-11-07T06:26:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/554541\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T06:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:26:13","slug":"start-your-mlb-the-show-26-journey-now-ahead-of-ps5-launch-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/554541\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Your MLB The Show 26 Journey Now, Ahead of PS5 Launch Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Start Your MLB The Show 26 Journey Now, Ahead of PS5 Launch Next Year 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/f864a99c7d65e\/start-your-mlb-the-show-26-journey-now-ahead-of-ps5-launch-next-year-1.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/start-your-mlb-the-show-26-journey-now-ahead-of-ps5-launch-next-year-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Start Your MLB The Show 26 Journey Now, Ahead of PS5 Launch Next Year 1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like the sun rising and Shohei Ohtani finding himself on base, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/mlb_the_show_26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLB The Show 26<\/a> has been announced.<\/p>\n<p>As was the case last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2025\/11\/06\/goal-setting-mlb-the-show-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Diego Studio has revealed the game early<\/a>, although this time it\u2019s not having to do so with its bat between its legs.<\/p>\n<p>Fans may recall MLB The Show 25 was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2024\/11\/mlb-the-show-25-announced-early-to-quell-backlash-for-current-ps5-ps4-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unveiled early in response to scrutiny about its predecessor\u2019s Diamond Dynasty mode<\/a>. This year\u2019s game has been much better received overall.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, that makes <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2025\/11\/06\/goal-setting-mlb-the-show-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this tease from Sony\u2019s Ramone Russell<\/a> fairly beige overall. There\u2019s a commitment to upping the authenticity of gameplay, taking Road to the Show \u201cfurther than ever before\u201d, and evolving the front office in Franchise mode.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s very little to sink your teeth into really. We know, perhaps, from job listings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2025\/10\/sonys-mlb-the-show-finally-seems-set-to-throw-down-on-pc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that a PC release is likely<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The only other big thing is that you\u2019ll be able to begin your progress in Diamond Dynasty early using Now and Later packs.<\/p>\n<p>These function as standard The Show packs, but the twist is that opening one now in MLB The Show 25 will unlock a pack in MLB The Show 26 when it releases.<\/p>\n<p>The packs will be part of the 11th Inning XP Path beginning 21st November, and will also feature as part of a dedicated Program in early 2026.<\/p>\n<p>So, it\u2019s all good incentive to play MLB The Show 25 now ahead of the new game\u2019s release next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2025\/11\/06\/goal-setting-mlb-the-show-26\/\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2025\/11\/06\/goal-setting-mlb-the-show-26\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog.playstation.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<dt>See Also<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sammy Barker\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Like the sun rising and Shohei Ohtani finding himself on base, MLB The Show 26 has been announced.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[38400,177298,55,341,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-554541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-announcements","9":"tag-mlb-the-show","10":"tag-ps5","11":"tag-sony","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115506995945124775","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}