Yooka-Laylee Developer Playtonic Rebranding - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 February 2021 / 1,705 Views
Yooka-Laylee series developer Playtonic has sent out emails to its Kickstarter backers that reveals the company will be rebranding itself.
"One of the things we're doing is a rebrand," reads the e-mail. Playtonic adds "there is a good reason for us doing so."
Many fans of the Banjo-Kazooie series have hoped Microsoft lets Playtonic remake the original Nintendo 64 games for modern platforms or develop a completely new entry. However, the studio in early 2020 said it was not working on a Banjo-Kazooie game, but that could have since changed.
The developer promises more information on the rebrand will be revealed soon.
Playtonic is teasing a rebrand among other exciting things. They have always been a logical acquisition target for Xbox, maybe they finally join now (after all the rumors and denial last year). Who better to make a new Banjo than them?! Hat tip to @HermanWrestling for the find. pic.twitter.com/hsYJ1jvyu9
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I'd really want them to work on new 3D Donkey Kong Game.
Ahhh yes, Donkey Kong 64 2
Oh my goodness this is the most hope I've had for a Banjo Threeie in a long time! Even if MS just hires them to make the game that would be great! Personally, I hope they buy Playtonic and really invest in the game to make it AAA and also because then I could play it for free on Gamepass :)
I'm all for Banjo 3... but the problem is Yooka Laylee wasn't that good. Maybe Microsoft could pump more money into it, but I feel like the problem was more in the design.
Won't mind Microsoft buying them. At this point, if a company is getting bought, I 100% want it to be Microsoft, I can still play my games on Steam if Microsoft is publishing.
