Recently formed studio Playtonic Games, which is made up of key personnel from Rare who worked at the company during the Nintendo 64 era, are working with Team 17 on an action-adventure 3D platforming game called Yooka-Laylee.
In Yooka-Laylee players take control of Yooka and Laylee, who use special powers to explore - and expand - a 3D world filled with collectibles to discover, secrets to unlock and a cast of characters to meet or defeat.
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While the game was set to be released in October 2016, Playtonic and Team 17 have decided to push the release date back to Q1 2017 in order to “polish” the game. The good news is that Yooka-Laylee will be at E3 with the developers releasing an E3 2016 Trailer to go along with the delay announcement.
"We are really excited to release today the E3 trailer for Yooka-Laylee and confirm our presence in Los Angeles where we will showcase the game for the first time to the media and influencers," said Gavin Price, Creative Director and MD of Playtonic.
"After a lot of soul searching and knowing through dialogue with our fans that they value quality and polish above all, we’ve made the difficult decision to lock the release of Yooka-Laylee to Q1 2017. While we felt confident we could ship the game in October as originally planned, the team has decided that it would like to add a few extra months’ polish to our schedule. Ultimately, this will allow us to release a better game to the thousands of fans who’ve supported us throughout development.
"We’re sure some will be disappointed by the prospect of a few extra months’ wait, however the Playtonic team is confident that we’ve made the right decision for the game and that you’ll be pleased with the results when the game arrives early next year."
If you're fond of Banjo Kazooie or any of the classic platformers available for the N64 back in its hay day, Yooka-Laylee is likely to be one to look out for. What do you make of it from the Trailer below? Let us know in the comments area!
