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Yooka-Laylee review

Yooka-Laylee is proof that sometimes our fondest memories should stay in the past. The Kickstarter success story promised a new version of classic Rare-developed titles from the Nintendo 64 era,...

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The guy behind the DK Rap is back at it again (update)

Grant Kirkhope, formerly of Rare and now working on Playtonic Games’ Yooka-Laylee, is a fantastic composer. What he’s not very good at is rapping, according to his own metrics. That hasn’t stopped...

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JonTron being cut from Yooka-Laylee after spouting racist views

Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic Games has decided to cut a voice role from the game that had been contributed by controversial YouTuber JonTron, after he made a series of comments espousing r...

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Stardew Valley, Thumper and 62 other indie titles confirmed for Nintendo Switch

Nintendo today announced more than five dozen indie titles will be coming to the Nintendo Switch over the course of the year, including Shakedown Hawaii and Overcooked Special Edition. The...

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Watch Yooka-Laylee meet Shovel Knight

Plus: 5 minutes of new gameplay from the platformer

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Here’s a look at Yooka-Laylee’s cute multiplayer minigames

It's been more than four years since a group of former Rare developers announced plans to create Yooka-Laylee as a spiritual successor to 1998's Banjo-Kazooie, a classic game in N64-era...

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Yooka-Laylee launching in April, Wii U version canceled

Yooka-Laylee, the spiritual successor to colorful 3D platformers like Banjo-Kazooie, made by alumni of the original series, will launch on April 11, 2017. The Wii U version, which had been part of Y...

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Shovel Knight cameos in Yooka-Laylee's characters video

Playtonic Games rolled out a parade-of-characters video for Yooka-Laylee today, introducing us to more than just Laylee and Yooka. In fact, the game's probably six months away from launch, and...

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Yooka-Laylee is a love letter to your best N64 memories

If you have ever played Banjo-Kazooie, you have played Yooka-Laylee. This is not at all a bad thing, especially for Kickstarter campaign backers who are making Playtonic Games’ first title, out e...

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Yooka-Laylee gets adorable new Gamescom trailer

Playtonic Games' upcoming platform game, Yooka-Laylee, is set to release during the first quarter of 2017, and today at Gamescom, the studio released an adorable new trailer showing off the game's...