The unmistakable sound of the theme music, the crack of a cartoon bat, and the thrill of drafting the legendary Pablo Sanchez—for many, these are core childhood memories. With the recent news that the ...

Yahoo Sports senior MLB analyst Jake Mintz and senior MLB analyst Jordan Shusterman look back on one of the most nostalgic video games in history, Backyard Baseball, and comment on why it’s making a ...

EXCLUSIVE: After the Backyard Sports video games were revived last year, the beloved franchise has scored its first ever animated adaptation. Playground Productions, an upstart company run by former ...

The Backyard Sports series has been revived under the Playground Productions label after extensive efforts to track down the rights to the groundbreaking PC titles and redevelop the original code. The ...

Relive the game that started it all! The original Backyard Baseball ’97, now enhanced to run on Steam. Whether you’re picking your dream team, hitting home runs, or just here for the witty banter, ...

When publisher Playground Productions announced it was bringing back the Backyard Sports franchise after years away, fans were understandably hyped. Backyard Baseball ’97 was the first game to get the ...

A smiling, chubby, cartoon child in a banana-yellow backward hat. Two jet-black eyes just below the hat’s blue brim dot the center of his head the size of a prize-winning pumpkin. On that massive ...

The "Backyard Sports" video game franchise is set to return in a few months, Playground Productions, the company behind the game, announced Tuesday. The video game franchise debuted in 1997 with the ...

After the Backyard Sports series was confirmed to return earlier this summer, Playground Productions and Mega Cat Studios have announced a new version of Backyard Baseball '97 is going to be available ...

Backyard Baseball ’97 is now available for PlayStation 5 and Switch for $9.99 / £7.99 / €9.99, publisher Playground Productions and developer Mega Cat Studios announced. The re-release of the 1997 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Mega Cat Studios, Crowd Control, and BackyardSports.Online are working together on the BackyardSports.Online Charity Stream, aimed at gathering funds ...