Playground Productions shared two images on social media, indirectly confirming that Backyard Baseball 97 is coming to consoles.
Backyard Sports Basketball 2025 marked the end of an era. After just under 20 years of creating iconic sports video games that kids adored, the franchise went into hiatus. In 2024, Playground Studios revived Backyard Sports and re-released the studio’s first game, Backyard Baseball 97, on Steam.
In March, Playground Productions brought it to iOS and Android devices. This left consoles as the last platforms yet to get the game. The development studio appears to plan on rectifying that soon.
Backyard Baseball 97 For Nintendo Switch & PlayStation 5
Playground Productions shared images of a Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 with Backyard Sports stickers on them and surrounded by themed memorabilia.
This effectively confirms that the series will be available on both platforms. Playground Productions has a massive catalog to choose from, but porting Backyard Baseball 97 makes the most sense, given it has already been re-released on Steam and mobile devices.
If the console ports are similar, here is a complete list of the game features and modes fans can expect.
- Random Pick-up: A quick way to jump right in! The computer chooses a random team for you and itself, and the game starts immediately.
- Single Game: You take turns with the computer, choosing players from a random pool of characters.
- Season: You create a team and manage the team through a 14 game series. The opposing teams are computer generated. At the end of the season the best two teams advance to the BBL playoffs (best of 3). The playoffs winner advances to the championship series which consists of the Super Entire Nation Tournament (best of 3) and then the Ultra Grand Championship of the Universe Series (best of 5)!
- Fully offline: No internet connection required.
- Become the Ultra Grand champion of the Universe Series.
The posts did not confirm an official release date, but we will provide an update when Playground Productions shares more information.
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