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Fans of 1990s hit Banjo-Kazooie will have to wait a little bit longer for its spiritual sequel. Yooka-Laylee will now arrive in Q1 next year for PC, Wii U, PS4 and Xbox One, developer Playtonic says. The studio also detailed how the development partnership with Team17 is working. The firm …
Read More »Star Fox and Kameo lead coder joins Playtonic’s Yooka-Laylee team
Phil Tossell is also part of indie developer Nyamyam
Read More »Dark Souls: The Movie, Yooka-Laylee on Sega Saturn and The Witcher’s talking horse: Devs do April Fools
We round up the (questionably) funny efforts of the development industry for 2016's April Fools' Day
Read More »Playtonic celebrates its first birthday by hiring more ex-Rare devs
Volume and Stealth Inc designer Hamish Lockwood completes trio of new staff for Yooka-Laylee studio
Read More »Rare graphics director joins Playtonic
Kevin Bayliss created character looks for Donkey Kong, Battletoads, Killer Instinct, Diddy Kong, Star Fox and more
Read More »The hunt for the next big indie game is on
Everyone wanted Yooka-Laylee. The game is what some publishers have coined an ‘indie-A’. That’s an indie title that has more in common with triple-A blockbusters than low-budget, lower-fi efforts. (We used to call them ‘B-grade’ titles, but the industry loves a new label). Games like Yooka-Laylee don’t come around very …
Read More »Team17 to publish Playtonic’s Yooka-Laylee
Develop Award winner will bring record-breaking Kickstarter hit to retail
Read More »Team17 will publish Yooka-Laylee and eyes retail release
Team17 will publish Yooka-Laylee and says it wants to take the Kickstarter phenomenon to retail. The 3D platformer generated 2m via crowd-funding in June. It is the spiritual successor to Rare’s Banjo Kazooie and is being created by Playtonic, a studio set-up by former Rare veterans. Team17 will release Yooka-Laylee …
Read More »Yooka-Laylee Kickstarter surpasses £2m
Nearly 70,000 backers pledge support for spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie
Read More »Playtonic on the hunt for new talent
'We want to do our bit for the young bloods from university. People who are really eager and haven’t got a position in the industry'
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