What started as a bunch of coincidences quickly spiraled (pun intended) out of control to create rumors that a new Banjo-Kazooie game was in the works at Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic. It started with a tweet from Playtonic’s Ed Bryan saying “well, I never really had plans to use this again” with a picture of a
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After a few days of teasing, developer Playtonic and publisher Team17 have announced the follow-up to 2017’s Yooka-Laylee. Yooka-Laylee and The Impossible Lair switches things up for the series. This time out, you’ll control Yooka-Laylee through challenging 2.5D levels and explore a 3D overworld with fun puzzles to solve. Watch the reveal trailer below. The
With E3 looming, publisher/developer Team17 teased today that they will be announcing two new games next week. Team17 is the studio behind games like Overcooked!, My Time at Portia, and the upcoming Hell Let Loose. They’ve shown a flair for delivering engaging and varied gameplay experiences, so, these two new announcements could be very exciting.
Developer Juicy Cupcake has announced Brief Battles will make its underwear-filled debut on PC, PS4, and Xbox One debut on May 7, 2019. Players can make sure their “butt reigns supreme” in this party game of multiplayer mayhem. The main mode of the game is an arena battler (think Smash Brothers) with super-powered underpants. As
The goal of Limited Run Games to provide physical copies for independent games is a noble one, but as the name reminds us, these game copies really are limited. If you’re someone who missed out on any of their Switch offerings, you may soon get your chance through a blind box that Limited Run is
The developers for Yooka-Laylee, Playtonic Games, announced on Twitter recently that they hit 1 million players worldwide. Yooka-Laylee came out of Kickstarter campaign raised enough money for some former Rare employees to develop their own Banjo-Kazooie spiritual as Playtonic. Wahey! We’ve hit a milestone of over 1 million #YookaLaylee players! Have a massive thank you from all of us
The team at Playtonic Games are getting deeper into their attempts to produce Nintendo 64 nostalgia from their 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee. After a tease for 64-bit graphics in the summer and a Nintendo Switch Collector’s Edition resembling an N64 release, Playtonic released a trailer showing off the 64-Bit Tonic item. Conceptually, this Tonic is supposed to
Earlier today, Playtonic Games made a new blog post on their website to let fans know when they can expect to see more content coming to their 2017 platformer Yooka-Laylee. When Yooka-Laylee was first Kickstarted, one of the campaign’s most notable stretch goals involved eventually adding a 64-bit resolution mode as a callback to the N64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie. While this
Fanatical, previously known as Bundle Stars, is a site similar to Humble Bundle where deep cut sales on games (usually coming with Steam keys) and bundled sales happen regularly. They also offer curated lists of games on sale such as indie RPGs, indie Action games, etc. Today, however, a new collection was announced: The Very
British developer and publisher Team17 has announced that the Nintendo Switch port of Yooka-Laylee is now available via the Nintendo eShop for $39.99 and to celebrate, the publisher has uploaded a new launch trailer. Initially launching on April 11, 2017, Yooka-Laylee was developed by Playtonic Games and serves as a spiritual successor to Rare’s Banjo-Kazooie series. In Yooka-Laylee, players
While its reception may have been somewhat mixed, many Nintendo fans have eagerly waited for Playtonic’s 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee to come to a Nintendo console since the game’s initial launch back in April. Fortunately, those fans won’t have to wait much longer, as Playtonic revealed through a KickStarter update that the Nintendo Switch version of Yooka-Laylee will
The spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie is just about ready for the Nintendo Switch. After a year of anticipation, and technical delays, Yooka-Laylee‘s Nintendo Switch version is in the final stretch and developer Playtonic Games has explained their struggles with the Unity engine in their latest Switch Progress Update. After having launched on Xbox One, PS4,