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The creative talent behind Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country reveal an all-new platforming adventure for consoles and PC!

Yooka-Laylee - A 3D Platformer Rare-vival!

The creative talent behind Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country reveal an all-new platforming adventure for consoles and PC!
The creative talent behind Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country reveal an all-new platforming adventure for consoles and PC!
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Playtonic Games
Playtonic Games

73,206 backers pledged £2,090,104 to help bring this project to life.
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Update: Special Thanks Guidelines

This weekend we’ve been utterly bamboozled by the electric response to our BackerKit survey, which all backers should’ve now received via email (if you didn’t, check your spam folder).


One... Read more
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Backer Update: Your questions answered!

Do you like admin updates? Of course you do - we can see your mouse cursor practically twitching with excitement. Try to contain yourself: We've got bullet points too...

  • If... Read more
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For those encountering pledge payment problems

[This update is just for folks that have encountered Kickstarter payment issues. We thought it was worth pointing out as we have a lot of first time backers on our... Read more

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Thank You All So Much!

[Note: Some selected tiers are still available via PayPal for a limited time from our website - see link below]

47 days ago we started this Kickstarter campaign - our... Read more

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Successfully raised £2,090,104 with 73,206 backers

£2 Million Reached! You did it!

Even through the swirling fog of E3 media war, with just 13 hours to go you dug deep into your pockets, purses and wallets to ensure and ensure Yooka-Laylee hit... Read more

67 Comments 244 likes

New Screens & Almost £2 Million!

Overnight the Yooka-Laylee Kickstarter total (including £27k in PayPal funding) cleared £1.9 million, which means the campaign goes into its final four days less than 100k away from the free... Read more

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GOG Version & 64-Bit Edition Restock!

Guess what? Go on, guess. No? OK, well we’ve managed to get some more stock of the most popular Yooka-Layleebacker rewards. And for the horribly wealthy (or poorly budgeted)... Read more

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Kirkhope's Cool Music Teaser

Do you see what we did there?

Hot (chilled?) from the Kirkhope audio oven, Mr. Grant offers an aural tease of his score for Yooka-Laylee's ice world.

Expect more... Read more

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A New Challenger Approaches!

What have we got? Free half-chicken at Nandos! Well, we might. For you lot, though, we’re offering something far more delicious; the gift of knowledge.

Specifically, word of a new... Read more

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New Art & Video Interview!

This week the Playtonic team did a ‘Reddit AMA’, which those in the office under 45 advised as a fashionable thing to do. You can find a lengthy summary over... Read more

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Kirkhope Plays Ukulele for Yooka-Laylee!

With only 15 days left for the Yooka-Laylee Kickstarter, we thought we’d boost backer morale with a rousing reminder of Grant Kirkhope’s musical call to action. In just two weeks’... Read more

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New Character & Reddit AMA!

Just like buses, you wait ages for one character reveal and then a load turn up at once - and some drunken hoodlum’s urinated all over ‘em. Introducing the Ghost... Read more

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PayPal Support is Live!

After much tooling around in the Kickstarter engine room, we can finally kick the motors into gear and activate one of our campaign’s most requested features: PayPal.

If you would... Read more

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New interview!

Programmer by day, operatic voice artist by night, Chris Sutherland – or ‘Father Playtonic’, as he’s known in some corners – is the most senior and dexterous Yooka-Layleeteam member.... Read more

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New Clip & Pushing for £2M!

Laylee the Bat may look sweet and innocent in our promotion renders, but as this latest clip straight off the Playtonic art desk shows, the devil does indeed make work... Read more

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Paypal update & Gamexplain interview

The Playtonic team is still working away on a number of important community updates, one of which is the much-requested Paypal support, which I’m reliably told is being worked on... Read more

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64-Bit Edition Powers Up!

The limited edition ’64-bit’ package has been one of Yooka-Laylee’s most sort after backer rewards, with all packages currently sold out and a man, somewhere, frantically attempting to source... Read more

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New Stretch Goal: Payback Time!

Smashing it up like a student in Yates’s, Yooka-Layleebackers have strawpedo’d their way through the latest stretch goal, and so now an orchestral soundtrack will be enjoyed by all.... Read more

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New Character & FAQ Update!

As the Yooka-Laylee Kickstarter campaign ascends to even more spectacular heights, it’s high time we introduced you to the game’s first support character: flash, wheeler dealing serpent, Trowzer!

Trowzer is... Read more
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Fan Art & Questions Update

Pretty pictures, sir? Madam? Step right this way…

If images are worth a thousand words, then you lot have already penciled an encyclopedia of Yooka-Laylee fandom. Since we unveiled our... Read more

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The Home Stretch

Like a small child saturated with energy drinks, our Kickstarter campaign just won’t stop movin’ – and it’s clattered through another two stretch goals. And a lounge table.

We’d like... Read more

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1 Million & More Stretch Goals!

Well, well, well. We went and made the audacious decision to go to sleep, and you lot smashed through all of our stretch goals! We can’t take our eyes off... Read more

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An Amazing First Six Hours!

Hello backers and potential backers!

Our inboxes are chugging away processing all the questions you’ve sent our way, but please keep them coming!  We thought we should post this update... Read more

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A message from our composer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvk1ZRs9IUM

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First Funding Goal Met!

Bleeding Norah, the Yooka-Laylee Kickstarter was only live for 40 minutes before you went and funded it!

The Playtonic team would like to sincerely thank you for your incredible support.... Read more

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