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The nostalgic ’ 90 ’s PC game Backyard Baseball is coming to Steam on October 10 , 27 age after its initial press release . It ’ll cost $ 10 .
The colonnade - style baseball game is a cult favorite among sport fans who grew up with the secret plan , many of whom are now in their twenty and 30s ( and some , likeBobby Witt Jr.andTrea Turner , are also now MLB All - Stars ) . They ’re kids ’ games , but they have a certain charm ; what is an empty pizza box seat but a home plate waiting to hap ? Sometimes , the whimsy comes in the sort of an strangely shape outfield that ’s built around a swim puddle . Other times , the cast of memorable neck of the woods children resist the laws of physics by throwing pitch that ad libitum explode into fire .
EvenJason Kelce , former NFL player and comrade of Taylor Swift ’s boyfriend , Travis Kelce , say on his podcast that he considered buying the right field to the Backyard Sports dealership to bring up it . But , despiteinternet sleuths ’ hopes , a different buyer call Playground Sports vanquish the Kelce brothers to the punch .
The original troupe behind Backyard Baseball , Humongous Entertainment , succumb to afateof sempiternal mergers and attainment ; the IP wastossedamong holding companies like a $ 10 million afterthought . Now , the right to iconic characters likePablo Sanchezare in the hands of Playground Productions , a children ’s media company plant by former public school instructor Lindsay Barnett .
“ This was my favorite plot growing up . While we ’re already strong at work on the future of Backyard Sports , we first need to honour the past by bushel the secret plan that start it all for me and so many others — start with Backyard Baseball 1997 , ” Barnett enjoin in a press tone ending .
bring up Backyard Baseball is n’t so gentle as buying the IP . The original source computer code of the game was suffer , so Playground enlisted Mega Cat Studios to remaster the game . Mega Cat hacked a transcript of the game on CD - fixed storage and reworked it to be compatible with present - twenty-four hours PCs . With a successful remaster under its belt , Mega Cat and Playground intend to work together to relaunch other devotee favorite from the enfranchisement .
