‘MLB: The Show’ Coming to Phones

In other video game news, my pal Zac Hall reports today for 9to5 Mac the long-running popular baseball simulation title, MLB: The Show, is soon coming to mobile devices.

“With the 20th anniversary of the game’s first release approaching, MLB: The Show is coming to iPhone for the first time… the team calls it ‘a new standalone experience built from the ground up to deliver realistic baseball gameplay on mobile devices,’” Hall said.

Hall also notes the game’s developer, San Diego Studios, posted on X with the big news and announced MLB: The Show is launching first in the Philippines, adding “this is step one [and] we’re testing, learning, and building toward broader availability.”

MLB: The Show on mobile requires iOS 26, with San Diego Studios noting gamers get to enjoy “enhanced graphics, increased frame rates, and higher resolutions” on iPhone 16 and later,” according to Hall. Neither an iPad version nor cross-platform play is planned.

San Diego Studios has posted a trailer video to YouTube, which I’ve embedded below.

As a diehard baseball fan—the sport is my first love—I have a couple recent versions of MLB: The Show for my PlayStation 5. It’s incredible how realistic the gameplay is, particularly the unique batting stances and pitching motions for each player. Likewise, the ballparks also are incredibly detailed. As someone who grew up playing myriad sports titles on the Sega Genesis—now the Mega Sg—I’m continually awestruck by how far graphic-rendering technology has progressed over the last 30–35 years. They make MLB: The Show a great franchise and a ton of fun to play. No word on accessibility features for the phone version of MLB: The Show, but it’d be cool for them to be there.