Even more backyard sports games are getting remastered

this Backyard sports A series that recently returned with its release Backyard Baseball 97will release five more games in the near future. The game publisher's official Steam page shows games based on football, basketball, hockey, and soccer, as well as a second baseball title in development and coming soon.

From its birth in 1997 to 2010, the childhood sports series released between one and six games each year for consoles and PC, with a pair of mobile games in 2015 appearing to be its last forays before be the announcement of revival. The series was originally published and developed by Humongous Entertainment, with Infogrames taking over publishing duties in 2000, but the revival Backyard sports The series was announced after a nine-year hiatus in August 2024 by its new publisher, Playground Productions. On October 10th, just over seven weeks after the official announcement, the first game in the revived series was released, and five more games are currently listed as “coming soon” on the company's Steam page.

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There are five games for release, as listed on the Playground Productions Steam page Backyard football 98, Backyard football 99, Backyard Basketball '01, Backyard Baseball '01and Backyard Hockey '02all remastered versions of some of the first games in the series. with Backyard Baseball 97After returning on October 10, fans of the series can look forward to a second baseball game in addition to focusing on four other popular sports. None of the five games have a specific release date, and no information is available on the publisher's website. However, due to the short time interval between announcements Backyard Baseball 97 And its release, fans likely won't have to wait long to dive in.

All backyard sports games coming soon

• Backyard football 98
• Backyard football 99
• Backyard Basketball '01
• Backyard Baseball '01
• Backyard Hockey '02

Although it was launched only today, the reaction to Backyard Baseball 97 have been very positive and have satisfied many fans. Backyard sports Reboot Wish Lists has a 97% approval rating among Steam reviewers, and the only complaint from Playground Productions' social media posts is that it's not available on more platforms, though the publisher seems to indicate that it's releasing on Mac. It is planned for the future. .

Before the reboot was officially announced, even recently retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce had expressed interest in reviving the series. Backyard soccer. During a podcast in February, Kelce said he would like to see that and more Backyard sports Games are coming back and he was interested in acquiring the rights to those games. While Kelce is not directly involved with Playground Productions, a Los Angeles news channel reported that the company says he “represents an excited fan base.”