‘Yooka-Laylee’ in-game filter revives the Nintendo 64 era

There are many, many games that recreate the look of 8-bit and 16-bit games, but there isn’t a lot for people who grew up with the first generation of 3D-oriented consoles. Where’s their nostalgia hit? Playtonic Games is taking care of it. The studio is releasing a “64-bit Tonic” for Yooka-Laylee that gives the game […]

Watch us play Yooka-Laylee: a pretty, messy successor to Banjo-Kazooie

Banjo-Kazooie was one of the standout platformers of the early 3D era, and even though that genre has fallen out of favor compared to shooters or open-world action games, some of the people responsible for that Nintendo 64 classic have come back with Yooka-Laylee. Playtonic Games, a studio composed of former Rare employees, is releasing Yooka-Laylee […]

Yooka-Laylee review: Better than a 90s platformer

Enlarge Is the 3D platformer dead? Someone should probably tell Nintendo. Can’t have any more critically acclaimed Mario games doing the rounds. Hell, let Sony know too. Who knows how many more series-best Ratchet & Clank games it has in the works? That’s the thing about nostalgia: Everything seems better in the past, even when […]

Yooka-Laylee developer removes voice of YouTube personality JonTron after racist statements

You can enjoy the spiritual successor to the Nintendo 64 Banjo-Kazooie games without having to hear the grunting, guttural sounds of someone who espouses views that are nearly identical to confirmed white supremacists. Developer Playtonic has dropped the voice of Jon “JonTron” Jafari from its upcoming 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee, which will debut on console and […]