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Humongous is an American video game developer. The company is known for its line of educational adventure games and sports games for children. Formed in 1992 as Humongous Entertainment, it is known for point-and-click adventure games, intended for children 3-8, such as the Putt-Putt series, and the Pajama Sam and Freddi Fish franchises. Later, Humongous Entertainment began to produce games for children aged 5-10, with titles such as Spy Fox and Backyard Baseball, the latter which was arguably their most popular game, and produced sequels such as Backyard Soccer and Backyard Hockey. The series eventually grew to be known as the Backyard Sports series, and its eventual hook became the addition of professional athletes as children to be playable in the games. Unlike its other titles, the Backyard Sports series became available for most sixth generation systems (GCN, PS2, Xbox, and GBA). Humongous Entertainment has also released several games featuring Big Thinkers and Blue's Clues characters. In July 1996, Humongous Entertainment was bought by GT Interactive for 76$US million. GT Interactive was first renamed to Infogrames, Inc. after Infogrames Entertainment SA bought them in November 1999 and was later renamed again to Atari, Inc. Atari laid off most people from its subsidiary Humongous Entertainment and closed it shortly afterwards in mid-2001.• In 2006, Atari brought back Humongous Entertainment as Humongous, Inc. The company now serves just to develop new entries in the popular Backyard Sports series.
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