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Yooka-Laylee developers Playtonic announce layoffs: “the landscape is shifting, and with it, so must we"May 30, 2025 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunYooka-Laylee developers Playtonic are laying off staff across their operations, as they wrestle with what they call “a period of profound change in how games are created and financed”. It’s not clear what these "profound changes" are, exactly – soaring budgets? Evergreen service games drinking up all the oxygen? Falling interest in the genre of mascot platformer Playtonic are best known for? Either way, the outcome is that a bunch of artists, game designers, narrative designers, producers and UI or UX people are now looking for work. Read more New Yooka-Replaylee GameplayMar 17, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHey folks! Yooka-Replaylee is shaping up to be a beautiful, joyful love letter to the 3D platforming genre. Don't just take my word for it, watch this video and... well, I narrated it, so take my word for it... So what IS Yooka-Replaylee? Remastered, remade, remixed, this is the definitive version of Yooka-Laylee! With shiny, new 4K graphics and visual effects, a brand-new control scheme, entirely new moves and the ability to swiftly chain moves together, it's a quicker, slicker platforming experience. Yooka-Replaylee builds on our nearing 10 years of growth and experience since making Yooka-Laylee, as well as taking on board a whole bunch of community feedback over the years, it's jam-packed with brand new content that we think platforming fans new and old will love! Each world in Yooka-Replaylee has been expanded by default, no longer requiring players to do that themselves, giving us the opportunity to fill each world with new challenges, new collectibles, and new THINGS added to every corner! Quills! Quills have new purpose in Yooka-Replaylee! Now, each world has its own Quill colour, and with all of Yooka & Laylee's abilities now unlocked from the start, Trowzer has had to up his game and provide some new goodies! Quills can be traded to Trowzer for things like level exclusive cosmetic items and health/energy upgrades! Pagies! Pagies are your pathway to new worlds! And there's new exciting ways to collect them in each world too! Pagies will give you the option to unlock new worlds when you gather enough of them, so make sure you're checking every nook and cranny for a potential Pagie challenge! Q.U.I.D.S! And while we're on the subject of challenges! Coinelius is the new ghostly piggy bank character that offers a variety of opportunities to perform platforming prowess in exchange Q.U.I.D.S! These shiny golden coins are dotted around every level, the more you save up, the more you can spend at Vendi! Vendi has a whoooole bunch of Tonics for sale, ranging from cosmetics, to cool new screen visual effects, new abilities like coin magnetisation, gameplay modifiers if you fancy more of a challenge and even things like a super hero landing for Yooka! You can mix and match these Tonics to create your own platforming playstyle! There's some other colours of Q.U.I.D.S challenges spread across each world too! Look out for Red and Green coins to see what they throw at you! We're really excited about Q.U.I.D.S! They may look like simple, static coins floating in the world, but keep an eye on them because there may be a few to throw you off... Okay, there definitely is... look out for Q.U.I.D.S that avoid you, chase you, and more! This is just a small handful of the changes we've made, we've also recently announced that Rextro has got entirely new Rextro's Arcade levels! It's safe to say there's really no area of the game we haven't looked at through a fresh lens to try and improve things! Yooka-Replaylee is our love letter TO our love letter to classic ...Tencent buys stake in Yooka-Laylee studio PlaytonicNov 18, 2021 - EurogamerChinese tech conglomerate Tencent has bought a minority stake in Playtonic, the Derby-based developer behind Yooka-Laylee. Playtonic has not disclosed how much of the company it had sold, but confirmed it still retained ownership of its IP. The money will be spent on scaling up the business from its current single-team structure to multiple teams, hiring diverse talent, improving its office and exploring an expansion to other locations, Playtonic said. Read more Yooka-Laylee studio announces Playtonic Friends publishing labelFeb 12, 2021 - EurogamerPlaytonic Games, the studio behind Kickstarter success Yooka-Laylee, has announced a new publishing label. It's called Playtonic Friends, and three studios have already signed up their next projects. At the same time, and after a quiet 2020, Playtonic is reassuring fans it remains committed to its own game development. Playtonic now has "multiple" games featuring Yooka-Laylee characters in the works and is staffing up further to expand its production capabilities. We've spoken to Playtonic boss Gavin Price about these new announcements and its upcoming games - you can read all that below. Before then, here's a video featuring Price, composer Grant Kirkhope and character art director Steve Mayles larking about with today's headlines: Read more Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 has begunJan 4, 2021 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun Get your speedrunning shoes on and prepare your glitches: Awesome Games Done Quick has arrived for its yearly speedrunning extravaganza. As with previous years, the charity event is raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. It’s been live since yesterday evening and runs until this Sunday, and there are already some fab runs in the likes of Mirror’s Edge and Dragon Age: Origins to catch up on. (more…) Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 has begunJan 4, 2021 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun Get your speedrunning shoes on and prepare your glitches: Awesome Games Done Quick has arrived for its yearly speedrunning extravaganza. As with previous years, the charity event is raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. It’s been live since yesterday evening and runs until this Sunday, and there are already some fab runs in the likes of Mirror’s Edge and Dragon Age: Origins to catch up on. (more…) Doom Eternal and Va-11 Hall-A hit Xbox Game Pass for PC tomorrowDec 2, 2020 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun Xbox Game Pass for PC continues to collect some absolute belters, with the likes of Doom Eternal, Va-11 Hall-A, Yes, Your Grace and Call Of The Sea headlining its new additions this month. There’s loads more coming throughout December, too. Looking down the list we’ve got Greedfall, Unto The End and Yooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair. Genuinely, if you’ve been looking for a good time to try out the Game Pass for its cheapo £1 / $1 first month deal, I think now might be your chance. (more…) Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair - 51% Off!May 28, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsMix up some tonics for less! ​{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35194770/979818637de59e4f7b785c68ecc7937027611b4b.png Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a whopping 51% off in the Team17 Steam Publisher Sale! Grab a bargain here:​ https://store.steampowered.com/app/846870/YookaLaylee_and_the_Impossible_Lair/ Can't get enough of budding duo Yooka & Laylee? Yooka-Laylee is also on sale at an epic 75% off! https://store.steampowered.com/app/360830/YookaLaylee/ ​Check out what else is on offer in the Team17 Publisher Sale!Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Out Today & News on Yooka-Laylee Update!Apr 14, 2020 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32941731/f145d4864e415649d5d70a1971e791c8184a29c1.png Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair has just received an update! We also begin the celebrations of the third year anniversary of the original Yooka-Laylee with an update for it coming soon! Here are all of the changes: Yooka-Laylee and The Impossible Lair We’ve made some changes to the Lair itself, as it could feel, well… quite impossible. With this update we want to offer more options for taking on the Impossible Lair whilst still keeping the sense of challenge and achievement. Impossible Lair “State Change” Simply flip the switch on the difficulty to choose which version of the lair you want to tackle! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32941731/e2507695013c0c74fcf7ae6d71bc0f6137aec668.jpg Not So Impossible Lair Each section now ends with a checkpoint. These checkpoints save your best 'Bee Shield score,' meaning you can choose which sections to start from, practice and improve on! Using these checkpoints is entirely optional. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32941731/364a2262acf5bf292a2989ddc964cf9c9b1094cc.jpg Impossible Lair No Bee Shield and no checkpoints either! For taking on this ultimate challenge, you can recieve the 'Golden Try' Tonic and you require no new save file to attempt it. 8-Bit Soundtrack The excellent Tater-Tot Tunes has composed an entire 8-Bit Soundtrack which covers every 2D level in the game. You can access it in the pause menu. If you love grooving out to chiptunes, then be sure to turn it on and crank up the volume! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32941731/17b3e3df27abdd229e6f1bc40e99bb3cca9a1a3c.jpg Yooka-Laylee 64-Bit Tonic Update Yooka-Laylee has turned 3! As a Birthday treat, we have included the long awaited 64-Bit Tonic to Playstation and Xbox! This will also include the updated 'Impossible Lair' version of Yooka-Laylee seen below as free DLC to the PC and Switch Tonics! This patch will go live soon so keep an eye on our socials! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32941731/a9432cb6176437a0e32b9d09943ff962ea7d5d99.jpg Chat with Vendi to activate the 64-Bit Tonic and be taken back to the 'good old days' with this down/upgrade! Want to take on the new Impossible and Not So Impossible Lairs game for yourself? Head over to the Steam store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846870/YookaLaylee_and_the_Impossible_Lair/ Plus the new Yooka-Laylee Tonic version: https://store.steampowered.com/app/360830/YookaLaylee/ Thanks for reading! We hope everyone will be able to find their own challenge this update!  Demo Patch - Notes InsideJan 24, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsAs you may have heard, a free demo for Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is now available right here on Steam! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35194770/11d7cfbe95d9c2f1137845e3d9e50301a00dc943.png We’ve also patched in a bunch of bug fixes and added the functionality for demo saves to carry over to the full game. If you’re insect inclined, feast your eyes on the wall of bug fixes below – don’t worry, no Beettalion were harmed in the process! Changes • Billboard tutorial signs added to Tutorial and Capital Causeway levels. Fixes General: • Fixed V-sync issue which changed the behaviour of some physical objects. • Removed jitter from some 2D objects in 2D levels • Multiple localisation fixes • SFX for Quack Bomb explosion & Gun Senior death explosion no longer disregards volume settings from the Pause Menu. BOOM. • Fixed an issue causing some players to not get achievements when reaching the required criteria. • Yooka-Laylee will no longer be offset when entering through a door If the player holds left/right on the control stick when loading in. • Fixed an issue which prevented Steve Mayles from growing an additional 0.00001cm • Fixed an issue which caused some TWIT coins to not show as collected when dying after passing a Checkmate. Impossible Lair: • Section 1 – A saw blade has been fixed after it was discovered a section of it wasn’t correctly cutting into Yooka’s flesh. • Section 2 - Player will no longer be instantly killed at the top of the winding rope surrounded by propeller minions. • Section 2 - It's no longer possible to lose two bees at one of the drop off points in the second 2D level. • Section 3 - Player can no longer become stuck between two chainsaw objects below the first Gun Senior. • Section 3 - Player can no longer force themselves between the chainsaw hazards at the start of the section and become stuck. • Section 3 - Player can no longer get stuck by rolling after a buddy slam in a low section. • Section 4 - It's no longer possible to take damage from Capital B’s hive mind after bouncing off of his head • Game will no longer crash after completing the Impossible Lair multiple times in the same session Overworld: • Overworld - Late Mountains – No longer possible for the crate behind the cracked blocks to clip through the wall at the end of the wind volume and become inaccessible. • Overworld – The movable crate next to a Paywall can no longer get stuck in the air after being pushed over the ledge • Overworld - Player movement no longer broken when interacting with a circuit piece in the Pumping Plant room • Overworld - Player movement can no longer be broken when interacting with the movable pipes within the desert. • Overworld - Movable crate on the ledge to the right of Pumping Plant can no longer get stuck if you push it on top of the fan • Overworld - It's no longer possible to go out of bounds (please send help Vendi is making me write patch notes) in the water area that's originally blocked by the fisherman Blamphibian • Overworld...Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair FREE Demo Out Now!Jan 23, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsIf you haven’t given Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair a go yet, you’re in luck! A free demo is out now! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35194770/11d7cfbe95d9c2f1137845e3d9e50301a00dc943.png The demo has no time limit and will include: An assortment of vibrant and exciting 2D levels. A terrain-transforming "Pagie Challenge". A State Change! Tonics to sample. Give Yooka a massive head. The Impossible Lair itself! Saved State! Progress from the demo carries over when the game is purchased. Get stuck in to the demo here!Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is getting a demo later this monthJan 20, 2020 - EurogamerPlaytonic's rather fab Yooka-Laylee sequel, the Impossible Lair, will soon be getting a demo on PC, PlayStation 4, and Switch - meaning those still on the fence can finally try before they buy. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, which launched toward the end of last year, sees the titular lizard and bat duo mixing things up for outing number two. While the first, rather uneven, game in the series saw Playtonic riffing on developer Rare's beloved Banjo-Kazooie games, its sequel swaps fully 3D platforming for predominantly side-scrolling action. The most obvious touchstone this time around is Donkey Kong Country - specifically, Retro Studios' two critically acclaimed outings - and the end result is a follow-up that feels tighter, more enjoyable, and supremely more assured. Read more Vote for Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair in the Steam Awards.Nov 29, 2019 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35194770/c252f5cfd7f2f5d255afd4804f0ebddeed9407e3.jpg We hope you have all been enjoying yourselves playing Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair! We just wanted to take a moment out of your time attempting to overcome Capital B to humbly ask if you would support us during the Steam Awards and nominate us for the Outstanding Visual Style award. Thank you for the support so far!Yooka Laylee devs create Super Mario Maker 2 courseOct 9, 2019 - EurogamerYooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair developer Playtonic has put together a Super Mario Maker 2 course themed around the platformer. Titled as The Impossible Layer, this Mario level pays homage to the Impossible Lair's level-changing mechanic. Playtonic's Yooka-Laylee follow-up launched yesterday on Nintendo Switch - and also PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Read more Yooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair jumps out todayOct 8, 2019 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun Playtonic’s platforming power pals Yooka and Laylee today return with a new retro-styled adventure, Yooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair. This is thrown back a few years earlier than their 3D debut adventure (see our Yooka-Laylee review for more on that), this time jumping around in side-on sections with top-down overworld hub bits too. The important thing is, the lizard and bat are friends and they like jumping. (more…) Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair review - a brilliant and better follow-upOct 8, 2019 - EurogamerThe original Yooka-Laylee quite rightly had its eyes set on the past. Pitched as a tribute to retro 3D platformers, Playtonic's debut was made by veterans who helped define the genre for diehard fans who helped fund the game's massive Kickstarter campaign. The result was suitably bright and nostalgic, if a little scrappy, with solid enough foundations Playtonic has built on brilliantly for this follow-up. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair finds the buddy duo in a modern 2D platformer that feels, in comparison, like it was made specifically for today. Three impressive things each add something fresh to the formula. The first is the Impossible Lair itself, a lengthy and tough-as-nails level available right from the start which also serves as the game's finale. But while you can jump into it from the off, it's likely you won't get very far. It begins with a boss fight against the nefarious Capital B, and it all goes south from there. But it also features a unique mechanic - a shield which grows throughout the game as you save another bee at the end of each level. The more levels you complete, the more hits you can take in the Impossible Lair. Playtonic has described the Lair as being inspired by Breath of the Wild's Hyrule Castle - which you can similarly step into as soon as you leave that game's opening Plateau area, Calamity Ganon in your sights. The Impossible Lair works as a tighter, smaller scale homage, one which keeps track of the number of your attempts and the percentage of the level you've been able to clear in a specific run. It also keeps the game focused: here is the thing you must do to complete the game - the sting in its tail - and here is how strong you need to become in order to bee-t it. Read more Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair – Out Today!Oct 8, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsYooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair launches today on Steam! You better BEE ready to take on Capital B’s most dastardly challenge yet… Rescue Queen Phoebee’s Royal Beettalion Guard and prepare to take on Capital B’s Impossible Lair in this brand new platforming adventure hybrid! Yooka and Laylee must combine their abilities to take on a series of challenging and vibrant levels, some of which have alternate states too! There’s also a beautiful 3D overworld to explore with puzzles to solve! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35194770/bc0ebd572e867c58529db8cfc2f658c1343685ab.jpg Mix up your gameplay with the return of ‘Tonics’! There are more than 60 game-modifying Tonics in Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair including infinite rolling, harder enemies and super speed. They can also unlock new environmental and visual effects! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35194770/e5b19a6692bf3a34f95d474a0b5a27c52f1f2ab0.jpg Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is out today and priced at £24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99 for the standard edition. There is also a Digital Deluxe Edition available on Steam for £39.07 / $47.57 / €45.87. This includes: Base game Trowzer’s Top Tonic Pack (four extra Tonics to use in game!) Original soundtrack Digital graphic novel {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35194770/10b5a31e03ec777f423af4c3f4cafbccd9cbcb66.jpg Want to see more? Tune in right here on the Steam store page today where we’ll have live gameplay broadcasts taking place throughout the day! https://store.steampowered.com/app/846870/YookaLaylee_and_the_Impossible_Lair/ Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair will be available on Steam today at 6PM BST / 10AM PT / 1PM ET Keep up to date with the latest Yooka-Laylee news: Sign-up to the Team17 newsletter Team17 on Twitter Team17 on Facebook Playtonic Games on Twitter Playtonic Games on Facebook Team17 DiscordThe reviews are in...Oct 7, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHello! The reviews are in and we're thrilled with how the game has gone down so far! Thank you for all of the support you've shown Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair so far. We can't wait for you to play tomorrow! ːsteamhappyː {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35194770/3a4c762852a6a58a5ce96829daef4cb186ac23d1.jpg Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair will be launching here on Steam on Tuesday 8th October. You can pre-order now to get an exclusive Tonics pack! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35194770/10b5a31e03ec777f423af4c3f4cafbccd9cbcb66.jpg Keep up to date with the latest Yooka-Laylee news: Sign-up to the Team17 newsletter Team17 on Twitter Team17 on Facebook Playtonic Games on Twitter Playtonic Games on Facebook Team17 DiscordYooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Pre-launch livestream!Oct 7, 2019 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35194770/9aea30e40fc35603e8e46d4497c0169e9f51089f.jpg Tune in today at 4pm BST / 8am PT / 11am ET for a pre-launch livestream where we'll be chatting with the Playtonic devs and taking on Capital B's Impossible Lair! We'll be live right here on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/846870/YookaLaylee_and_the_Impossible_Lair/ Keep up to date with the latest Yooka-Laylee news: Sign-up to the Team17 newsletter Team17 on Twitter Team17 on Facebook Playtonic Games on Twitter Playtonic Games on Facebook Team17 DiscordYooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair bounces out in OctoberSep 3, 2019 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun Lizard and bat superfriends Yooka and Laylee will return for their second retro-styled platforming adventure on October 8th, developers Playtonic Games announced this week. Following the Banjo-Kazooie-inspired 3D platforming of 2017’s Yooka-Laylee, they’re looking just a smidgen earlier (or perhaps adjacent?) with Yooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair, a side-scrolling “2.5D” platformer with a top-down 3D overlord. History be damned, this is the present and the important part is: the lizard and bat are still superfriends. You can see that in the new trailer below. (more…)

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