This announcement is for you, 1990s kids!
On Tuesday, Playground Productions announced that the beloved video game series Backyard Sports will be returning “in the coming months”. While the series was still producing games until 2015, the version most are familiar with is Backyard Baseball, alongside other games like Backyard Football and Backyard Basketball from the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Even more good news for fans, the series is returning to its iconic aesthetic it began with for this revival.
“We’re incredibly excited to reintroduce Backyard Sports to a new generation of players,” Chris Waters, Chief Product Officer at Playground Productions, said. “We’re taking great care to preserve the look and feel that made the original games so special while updating them with modern features and gameplay that today’s audience expects. I can’t wait for fans to see what we’re building on the Playground.”
Plus, fan-favorite characters are set to return, from Stephanie Morgan and Achmed Khan to Sunny Day and more. And, of course, the GOAT Pablo Sanchez!
#backyardsports pic.twitter.com/XQyF5fjPfc
— Backyard Sports (@_BackyardSports) August 20, 2024
Here’s how fans reacted to Tuesday’s announcement.
We are so back https://t.co/tnp8eeM5Pr
— Baseball Is Dead (@baseballisdead_) August 20, 2024
My childhood is back. I want to hit home runs with Pete Wheeler into the pool again at Steele Stadium https://t.co/cabpSY6Ky5 pic.twitter.com/TtNFs9KfxR
— Thomas Zinzarella (@zinz21) August 20, 2024
https://t.co/zYSwmf0L62 pic.twitter.com/xHblEKKq1L
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) August 20, 2024
Congrats to young millennials and old zoomers for being the newest group to get the pandering treatment 🫡 https://t.co/JXB0z3vlSB
— Jeff "THREE WEEKS TO LEVI'S STADIUM" Krisko (@JeffKrisko) August 20, 2024
Just want to throw this out into the world…
If Sunny Day and Vinnie the Gooch need a new broadcast partner, a fill-in when Sunny takes a vacation or a sideline reporter to taste-test the corn dogs, I'm available.
You know where to find me. https://t.co/RKELrE7OHJ
— Kevin Brown (@kevinnbrown) August 20, 2024
A whole new generation about to find out that Pablo Sanchez is the most powerful character in video games. https://t.co/1Rp0bXXovw
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) August 20, 2024
