"Playtonic Games is an independent video game development studio founded in 2015 in which the team is made up of former Rare employees (known as the Donkey Kong and Banjo-Kazooie classics), with the exception of 1 member. The first title of Playtonic Games is this Yooka-Laylee , an ambitious project to give fans of the Platforms genre a unique experience. However, to create Yooka-Laylee, Playtonic Games needed to resort to the famous crowdfunding platform Kickstarter , with an initial goal of $ 175,000. This campaign was a huge success and the goal was surpassed by a long margin, with the campaign accumulating more than 2 million dollars, which allowed the team to excel to deliver a platform game without equal."
Playtonic is a developer made up of a bunch of former RARE devs, and the first title they worked on was the 3D platformer, Yooka-Laylee. Those who followed RARE over the years definitely saw the DNA of Banjo-Kazooie in Yooka-Laylee, but it turns out the original plan was even deeper than that.
Wouldn’t they be exclusive to the Xbox One version just like they were exclusive to the Xbox 360 versions of Sega All Stars Racing
Although since Banjo-Kazooie skins were available in every version of Minecraft, it could’ve been possible for the same to apply for Yookah-Laylee
The PS4 has a killer roster of incredible platformers. Ranging from simple 2D platformers to vibrant 3D platforming games.
No mention of Astrobot on the VR, one of the best platform titles Sony have put out
Limited Run Games has announced Mutant Mudds and Yooka-Laylee tabletop games, both of which are available for pre-order until early September 2021.
