Playground Productions debuted the last of its initial run of re-created Backyard Sports games on Thursday, with the reintroduction of Backyard Basketball ’01 and Backyard Hockey ‘02. The titles are ...

We have a private investigator to thank for the revival of the Backyard Sports franchise. This year, Humongous Entertainment’s classic series of all-ages sports games for PC came back under the new ...

Playground Productions CEO Lindsay Barnett, who acquired the rights to the games several years ago and relaunched them for ...

A new installment of the “Backyard Sports” video game franchise is in the works. The project is one of multiple ideas in development from “Backyard Sports” rights holder Playground Productions, which ...

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 ...

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 familiar kids sports franchise resurfaced with an animated special and confirmed its first new release in decades.