Ever since its founding in 2014, Playtonic Games has established itself as a reliable video game developer with a focus on creating games which harken back to previous video game generations. Following the release of Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair in 2019, the studio has remained mostly silent on its …
Read More »EGX 2016: Yooka Yaylee is classic Rare, channels Banjo, Conker
Rare is back guys. Or rather, the style of game Rare once made is back, because Yooka Laylee is about the most faithful return to the classic 3D platformers from the late ’90s era of gaming, that I’ve ever played. Available for the public to play for the first time at …
Read More »Ex-Rare developers are making a Banjo Kazooie spiritual sequel
One of the saddest cases of a developer’s projects turning South was Rare, a company well known for some of the ’90s and early ’00s most beloved games. Titles like Golden Eye, Perfect Dark, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Donkey Kong Country and of course, Banjo Kazooie. While it would go …
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