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Yooka-Laylee Receiving Retail Version
UK – December 13th, in the year of our Lord 2016
– Team17 and Playtonic Games, the UK studio formed by veterans
of the platforming genre, have today revealed a slew of updates
for their open-world platformer Yooka-Laylee.
Announced today Yooka-Laylee will launch on April 11th 2017 for
PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 platforms, Yooka-Laylee is now
available to pre-order at £34.99 / $39.99 / €39.99 for
non-Kickstarter backers in both digital and physical formats*
from all participating stores worldwide. Kickstarter backers
will soon have the option to upgrade to a physical version if
they choose. The pre-order offer includes an instant unlock to
the Yooka-Laylee Toybox which gives a taste of the platforming
mechanics set to appear in the full game in a self-contained,
spoiler free sandbox experience.
Playtonic has also provided an update on the Wii U™ version of
Yooka-Laylee, confirming that development is looking to transfer
to the upcoming Nintendo Switch™ platform.
“We’re sad to announce that despite our best efforts and
exploring every possible avenue, we have encountered unforseen
technical issues that unfortunately mean it will be impossible
for us to release Yooka-Laylee on Wii U as initially planned.”
Gavin Price, Studio Director, Playtonic Games confirmed.
“We can however confirm today that we are working very closely
with Nintendo to look to bring Yooka-Laylee to the upcoming
Nintendo Switch™. We’re thrilled to be able to explore the
opportunity and more details will be shared in early 2017. Of
course, any backers who pledged for the Wii U version will be
able to move their pledge to any of the versions launching on
April 11th or upgrade to the Nintendo Switch™ version when we
announce further details in 2017. Thanks again for your
incredible support.”
Playtonic and Team17 also revealed today a brand-new world for
the tail-twirling buddy-duo to explore: Capital Cashino. As with
all the five worlds in Yooka-Laylee, this visually striking new
world will be fully expandable, providing players with a whole
new area to explore and challenges to complete, with an exciting
gameplay twist; players must now compete to win casino tokens,
and exchange them with the banker for pivotal Pagies!
Yooka-Laylee launches on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac and
Linux on the 11th April 2017. Further details to follow for
Nintendo Switch™.
*Note: Boxed, physical version available on Xbox One and
PlayStation 4 only.