Yooka-Laylee
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Yooka-Laylee is a 2017 platform game developed by Playtonic Games and published by Team17. Developed by a group of former key personnel from Rare, Yooka-Laylee is a spiritual successor to the Banjo-Kazooie series. The game follows chameleon Yooka and bat Laylee on their quest to retrieve a magical book from an evil corporation.
Game data
Metacritic 73- Released
- 2017-03-31
- User rating
- 3.05 / 5
- Genres
- Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, macOS, Linux
- ESRB
- Everyone 10+
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet (and beat) an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of shiny collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka (the green one) and Laylee (the wisecracking bat with the big nose) embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B and his devious scheme to absorb all the world’s books… and convert them into pure profit!
- Released
- 2017
- Genres
- Platform, Adventure, Indie
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
- Engine
- Unity, Wwise
- Developer
- Playtonic
- Publisher
- Team17
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Yooka-Laylee
- Video game.image
- Yooka-Laylee cover art.jpg
- Video game.developer
- Playtonic Games
- Video game.publisher
- Team17
- Video game.director
- Chris Sutherland
- Video game.producer
- Andy Wilson
- Video game.designer
- Gavin PriceGary Richards
- Video game.writer
- Andy Robinson
- Video game.engine
- Unity
- Video game.genre
- Platform, action-adventure
- Video game.modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Publisher
- Team17
- Followed by
- Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
- Developer
- Playtonic Games
- Platform
- Linux
- Game mode
- co-op mode
- Game engine
- Q63966
- Official website
- www.playtonicgames.com/games/yooka-laylee
Show 10 more facts
- publication date
- 2017-04-11
- inspired by
- Banjo-Kazooie
- input device
- computer keyboard
- distributed by
- Epic Games Store
- announcement date
- 2015-04-30
- language of work or name
- Korean
- review score
- 72/100
- compatible with
- Q107542665
- has characteristic
- indie game
- funding scheme
- crowdfunding
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Plot
- Development
- Release
- Reception
- Spin-off and other appearances
- Notes
- References
- External links
Yooka-Laylee is a 2017 platform game developed by Playtonic Games and published by Team17. Developed by a group of former key personnel from Rare, Yooka-Laylee is a spiritual successor to the Banjo-Kazooie series. The game follows chameleon Yooka and bat Laylee on their quest to retrieve a magical book from an evil corporation.
After years of planning to develop a new game, Playtonic Games initiated a Kickstarter campaign that attracted significant media coverage and raised a record-breaking sum of over £2 million. It was released for Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One in April 2017, Nintendo Switch in December 2017 and Amazon Luna in October 2020.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yooka-Laylee” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.