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.
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Yooka-Laylee is a video game developed by Playtonic and published by Team17. It was released in 2017, with specific launch dates noted as March 31 and April 11. The game was announced on April 30, 2015. It utilizes the Unity engine and Wwise audio middleware.
The title falls under the genres of Indie, Platformer, Adventure, and Action. It supports single player, multiplayer, co-operative, and split-screen game modes. It is rated Everyone 10+ by the ESRB. The game is available on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, macOS, Linux, and Wii U.
Critical reception includes a Metacritic score of 73 and a review score of 72 out of 100. Other ratings include 57 percent, 67 out of 100, 3.05 from RAWG, and a critic rating of 70.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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.
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