Yooka-Laylee

Yooka-Laylee

Dev. Playtonic Games

Pub. Team17

Release Date: April 11

Available On: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and various computer platforms

This successful Kickstarter-funded platformer is the spiritual successor to the charming 1998 hit Banjo-Kazooie, and a throwback to the traditional style of 3D games from that era. Created by Playtonic Games, which includes former employees of the game company known as Rare (Perfect Dark, Conker’s Bad Fur Day), Yooka-Laylee brings the nostalgic appeal back from the past. The game features Yooka, a chameleon, and Laylee, a bat, who set out to prevent the game’s villains from obtaining “Pagies,” which the antagonists intend to collect in order to “convert them into pure profit.”