Playtonic Games is a Derby studio behind Yooka-Laylee and Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. A group of friends, including former Rare developers led by studio head Gavin Price, founded it in 2014, first working out of Burton-upon-Trent. The studio Kickstarted Yooka-Laylee in 2015, released it in 2017, and followed it with The Impossible Lair in 2019. It launched the Playtonic Friends publishing label in February 2021, and in November 2021 sold a minority stake to Tencent while keeping creative control of its IP. Game Climate has a hub for Yooka-Laylee.
Key people
- Gavin Price Founder and studio head
Notable facts
- Founded in 2014 by a group of friends to make Yooka-Laylee. A 2017 PlayStation Blog interview with studio head Gavin Price named fellow Rare veterans Chris Sutherland, Jens Restemeier, Steve Mayles, Steven Hurst and Mark Stevenson among the founding team, and said they first set up in Burton-upon-Trent.
- Successfully Kickstarted Yooka-Laylee in June 2015, released it in April 2017, and released Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair in October 2019.
- Launched the Playtonic Friends publishing label in February 2021.
- Announced in November 2021 that Tencent had bought a minority stake. The official press, datelined Derby, said Playtonic would keep full creative control of its IP.
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Yooka-Laylee
- Release
- Out Apr 11, 2017
- Platforms
- PC, Nintendo Switch, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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