Sam Thorne reviews Yooka-Laylee… You’ve got to feel a little bad for Playtonic games. The studio formed from several former key players at Rare during their golden years launched an insanely successful kickstarter campaign, to fund a spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie, but only received lukewarm praise at best. To make matters worse, they missed […]
Yooka-Laylee to appear as a classic arcade machine in London
Yooka-Laylee is taking gamers back to the classic era of platformers that we adored on our PS1’s and N64’s. When it appeared on Kickstarter it attracted the attention of over 80,000 backers and netted over £2.1million, this also gained Playtonics the attention of award-winning, industry-veterans Team17 who also threw their weight behind it and it […]
Yooka-Laylee soundtrack to be released on vinyl, CD and digital download
Yooka-Laylee from the award-winning, industry veterans Team17 and Playtonic Games is quite literally days away from release and with Scott Watson here at Flickering Myth awarding it a mighty 9/10, this game is already making waves. So much so today it’s been announced that the soundtrack from the game is going to be made available on […]
Watch the Yooka-Laylee developers video here
Yooka-Laylee from Team17 arrives on our machines come the 11th April and it has already been met with praise from our own Scott Watson who said “It’s a delightfully beautiful return to classic platform gaming” and awarded it a mighty 9/10 in his review here at Flickering Myth. Now the developers over at Playtonic Games […]
Video Game Review – Yooka-Laylee
Scott Watson reviews Yooka-Laylee… Is it cool to say this is gloriously retro? Is it far enough back in gaming history, that we can class a game that has its heart, soul and roots in the superb platforming spectacles of the N64 era as retro? You know what, screw the retro, Yooka-Laylee is platforming glory […]
Watch the Yooka-Laylee multiplayer trailer from Team17 and Playtonic Games
We’ve been watching Yooka-Laylee from the Award-winning international games label Team17 and Playtonic Games, the UK studio formed by veterans of the platforming genre, for a good long time now. Every time we catch a glimpse of what’s to come we get excited knowing that something brilliant is coming our way and just released is […]
New Yooka-Laylee character trailer features Shovel Knight
Team17 and Playtonic Games have released a new gameplay trailer for upcoming 3D platforming romp Yooka-Laylee at EGX 2016, which showcases a host of new characters set to make an appearance and includes a cameo appearance by the very popular Shovel Knight. As well as the honourable and helpful Shovel Knight we are introduced to many more […]
EGX 2016: Hands on with Yooka-Laylee
Thomas Roach gets hands on with Yooka-Laylee at EGX 2016… Given the hype around Yooka-Laylee’s Kickstarter it has been great to see those who backed it get excited about this project. It is also credit to the developers who have been able to produce the game and create something I imagine is going to be very […]
Team17 reveals Worms W.M.D release date and the W.M.D All Stars Edition
With Flickering Myth keeping you constantly updated with all of the Worms W.M.D news as it appears from the international award winning software developers Team17, today we can finally announce not only the release date but we’re also going to tell you what you can expect to see if you wisely get your pre-orders in now […]
Watch the E3 2016 trailer for Yooka-Laylee
Playtonic Games have released their E3 2016 trailer for one of the most highly anticipated games set to arrive on our machines, Yooka-Laylee! Set to be published by Team17, who have just celebrated more than twenty-five years in the gaming industry, this upcoming 3D platforming adventure is due to land in the first quarter of 2017. […]