A year after reviving the Backyard Sports brand, Playground Productions is now working on the franchise's first animated special with one of the companies behind The Cuphead Show, Lighthouse Studios.

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

The 1997 video game "Backyard Baseball" is getting adapted into an animated special. Backyard Sports, the iconic video game franchise that got rebooted last year, released a new look Tuesday at the ...