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MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Developer Tournament Featuring Gameplay All Day

03:14 PM - March 12, 2015 by Steve_OS

Sony San Diego is currently livestreaming MLB 15 The Show on Twitch.TV. The developers will be playing a tournament all day long, so you will get plenty of gameplay and more details about the game.

Make sure you check it out here or click the spoiler button below, to view the embedded stream.

For those of you that miss out, this post will get updated with the archive.

UPDATE: The livestream has completed. Here is a link to the archive, it starts at roughly the 2:11 mark.

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# 101 tnixen @ 03/13/15 12:35 PM

The new lighting is going to really bring this game to life!

You can easily see in these 2 screen shots how the new lighting affects things like the building in right field for example. Look how different it looks from just one inning later thanks to the clouds causing the shadows. And this will change inning by inning

# 102 bronxbombers21325 @ 03/13/15 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cowboy008


	During the stream they said that generated pitchers won't have certain pitch breaks like the real MLB pitchers. I was just wondering if there was a way they could tie the pitch breaks to that pitchers windup? That way you could select that windup for a generated pitcher and he would then have those pitch breaks.

As long as they stop giving everyone corn rows and handlebar mustaches I will be fine with the generated player pitch breaks. I never know if I'm looking at a baseball team or a motorcycle gang of wanna be rappers. Going through every teams minor leagues and editing all the weirdness of generated players gets tiresome.

# 103 bronxbombers21325 @ 03/13/15 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by A_Quiet_Pro


	One thing I will say though along the lines of the Monster wall not being a major deal... it was kind've disappointing to see Pedey with the long beard again. I know he doesn't wear it that thick all year. (Maybe something they need to do is code it in where during play now games unless that player wears a thick beard, they don't have it, also, during the season, players are thin and as playoffs approach, it gets thicker.)

From what I saw it looked like Napoli and Pedroia should have traded beards. Or did Napoli shave his?

# 104 HypoLuxa13 @ 03/13/15 01:03 PM

I'm skipping through and watching the parts I missed yesterday. The stadiums look great! Love the little touches, like people walking in the concourses/aisles and moving around in the sky boxes while the game is going on. The flags that respond to the wind speed and direction. The center field camera platform at Fenway.

And of course the lighting and shadows really add to the immersion. During the US Cellular game, the partly cloudy sky creating some clouds/some sun on the field at the same time looks absolutely incredible.

# 105 LastActionHero @ 03/13/15 01:37 PM

So with only an iphone, ipad and ps4 you can't watch any archived streams on Twitch?

# 106 Dolenz @ 03/13/15 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by LastActionHero


	So with only an iphone, ipad and ps4 you can't watch any archived streams on Twitch?

Correct. Archived videos on that site still use Flash and none of those devices support it.

# 107 actionhank @ 03/13/15 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ajblithe20


	Gomez and Lucroy have new stances as well. They look smooth. And no problem! I'm a bit of a stance geek with The Show so I understand

I watch most of the Brewers' games, but i feel like i still never see much difference between in game, and in real life.

That said, Lohse's pitching animation drove me insane. I skipped games pitching with him sometimes, because i just couldn't stand it...(and he always seemed to give up tons of homers with me controlling him)

# 108 brrmikey @ 03/13/15 02:25 PM

The streams look nice. Quick question, are there any gameplay videos that exists online somewhere on the same graphical level as the summer wind trailer (1080p / 60fps)? Thanks.

# 109 bigwill33 @ 03/13/15 02:33 PM

I've noticed that the devs always select "Warm Pitcher Up" when going to the bullpen and never use the first option. Why is that?

Is it unnecessary to stretch and toss, or whatever it is? I hate how many times I have to go in and out of the bullpen menus and I often forget to get someone up in time when playing in the NL and pinch hitting late in games.

# 110 Knight165 @ 03/13/15 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bigwill33


	I've noticed that the devs always select "Warm Pitcher Up" when going to the bullpen and never use the first option. Why is that? Is it unnecessary to stretch and toss, or whatever it is? I hate how many times I have to go in and out of the bullpen menus and I often forget to get someone up in time when playing in the NL and pinch hitting late in games.

I believe S&T is a pre-cursor to the warm up...to facilitate getting him warm. I notice that some pitchers take only 3 batters to get ready....while others can be 5. S&T ahead of time cuts down on warm up time when you really need it and it doesn't fatigue them at all like warm up does(if you leave him warming up without using the "keep warm"(forget the actual term in the game) option when he is ready.

M.K.
Knight165

# 111 bigwill33 @ 03/13/15 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Knight165


	I believe S&T is a pre-cursor to the warm up...to facilitate getting him warm. I notice that some pitchers take only 3 batters to get ready....while others can be 5. S&T ahead of time cuts down on warm up time when you really need it and it doesn't fatigue them at all like warm up does(if you leave him warming up without using the "keep warm"(forget the actual term in the game) option when he is ready. M.K. Knight165

Thanks. So, does "keep warm" not effect stamina either?

# 112 Knight165 @ 03/13/15 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by bigwill33


	Thanks. So, does "keep warm" not effect stamina either?

It does not.

M.K.
Knight165

# 113 Armor and Sword @ 03/13/15 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Knight165


	It does not. M.K. Knight165

Exactly. I stretch and toss a guy an inning before I even think about putting him in the game. See how my starter does his first batter of the next inning. If he gives up a hit, or walk I then warm up that same pitcher and it takes one batter and a mound visit plus maybe some warm up pitches on the mound when he enters the game (which I do anyway) to get him fully warm.

If my pitcher is doing well....I check him again and if he is almost or fully warm..."ready and waiting" is my next toggle for him.

# 114 bcruise @ 03/13/15 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Armor & Sword


	Exactly. I stretch and toss a guy an inning before I even think about putting him in the game. See how my starter does his first batter of the next inning. If he gives up a hit, or walk I then warm up that same pitcher and it takes one batter and a mound visit plus maybe some warm up pitches on the mound when he enters the game (which I do anyway) to get him fully warm. If my pitcher is doing well....I check him again and if he is almost or fully warm..."ready and waiting" is my next toggle for him.

I like all of those options, but I tend to be kinda picky on what I use when playing vs. the CPU. I'm pretty sure I've never seen it use either of those options no matter how long a pitcher warms up for, so I don't really use them either. And I have seen the CPU bring in a pitcher completely cold before, too (it's kind of obvious in quick game mode because they'll come in with significantly less than a full green bar of stamina).

It's basically just dumbing down my own game to match the AI's capabilities, but I feel like it's the only fair thing to do. YMMV

# 115 JODYE @ 03/13/15 07:17 PM

After watching roughly 4 hours of this, just a stark reminder how badly this game needs refreshed and more dynamic commentary.

# 116 NC12 @ 03/13/15 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 13


	After watching roughly 4 hours of this, just a stark reminder how badly this game needs refreshed and more dynamic commentary.

Exactly what I thought as well

# 117 sbmnky @ 03/13/15 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 13


	After watching roughly 4 hours of this, just a stark reminder how badly this game needs refreshed and more dynamic commentary.

This has to be one of the hardest parts to implement. It's nothing against the commentary in the game, but personally I haven't listened to it for years - even when I'm watching games, I rarely want to listen to an announcer other than Vin Scully. And I think they (Dev and Mgmt) do a good job of prioritizing valuable features, so I'm okay with commentary's current priority.

I'm sure there are better engines out there for dialog, but what would be the value to us, the gamers? Is the commentary really a material feature that is going to sway your decision to buy the game? I'm sure for some this will apply, but overall, I can't imagine that being the case.

As for the stream, the game looks fabulous. I'm excited to play the game in a couple weeks.

# 118 CubsWillRiseAgain @ 03/13/15 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 13


	After watching roughly 4 hours of this, just a stark reminder how badly this game needs refreshed and more dynamic commentary.

this. 1000x this. the commentary is just sooo bad

# 119 Herschie @ 03/13/15 08:23 PM

I truly believe that this is going to be THE baseball game that I have dreamed about since I was a kid.

# 120 Flaxseed Oil @ 03/13/15 08:51 PM

I think the problem is that the commentary is refreshed every year. It needs to be re-done by new folks.

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