In the end, “Yard Sports activities” is again.

Playground Productions, a youngsters and household leisure firm, introduced the official relaunch of the beloved sports activities online game franchise on Tuesday.

The corporate launched a trailer that includes Pablo Sanchez, Pete Wheeler, Kiesha Phillips and extra characters from the unique “Yard Sports activities” sequence.

Playground Productions mentioned the online game sequence will return “within the coming months.” Not solely will the franchise return with a online game sequence, however the firm additionally plans to roll out “Yard Sports activities” merchandise, motion pictures and TV reveals.

“We’re extremely excited to reintroduce ‘Yard Sports activities’ to a brand new technology of gamers,” mentioned Chris Waters, chief product officer at Playground Productions, in a press release to Sports activities Illustrated. “We’re taking nice care to protect the appear and feel that made the unique video games so particular whereas updating them with fashionable options and gameplay that immediately’s viewers expects. I can’t look forward to followers to see what we’re constructing on the Playground.”

Humongous Leisure based “Yard Sports activities” in 1997, and the sequence was licensed by main sports activities leagues, together with the NFL, NBA and MLB, to place a number of the world’s best athletes alongside the “Yard Youngsters.” There have been 38 “Yard Sports activities” video games launched in all, with the newest being a cell app model in 2015.

Former Philadelphia Eagles heart Jason Kelce helped carry “Yard Sports activities” again into the mainstream earlier this yr when he introduced up his want to accumulate the rights to the franchise.

“I don’t even know if I wish to point out this. I’ve secretly been trying into seeing if anyone holds the rights to “Yard Baseball” and “Yard Soccer” as a result of I wish to purchase it and get this factor going once more,” Kelce mentioned on an episode of the “New Heights” podcast together with his brother, Travis Kelce.

Kelce is not instantly concerned within the rebooted franchise, however Playground Productions says he represents an excited fanbase.

“Whereas Jason Kelce isn’t instantly concerned on this relaunch, he represents an viewers of those that, to this present day, fondly bear in mind ‘Yard Sports activities’ as a staple sport with iconic characters beloved by many,” a Playground Productions spokesperson instructed Sports activities Illustrated. “Identical to Jason and the hundreds of thousands of different followers on the market, Playground Productions acknowledges the nostalgia of this franchise and is thrilled to carry it again to life to achieve a brand new technology of gamers.”