Playtonic Archives

Read

64-Bit Yooka-Laylee Is Coming But It’s Not Quite Right

Jordan Ashley - November 14, 2018

Read

I Have a Confession About Yooka-Laylee [VIDEO]

Josh Griffiths - March 1, 2018

Read

From Indie With Love: Re-Visiting Yooka-Laylee Post-Update

Josh Griffiths - August 23, 2017

Read

Yooka-Laylee ‘Green and Purple’ Hopes to Patch Over the Brown Smear

Josh Griffiths - June 8, 2017

Read

Cosmic Star Heroine Shows Yooka-Laylee How to Do Nostalgia Right

Josh Griffiths - May 1, 2017

Read

Look at the World Carry-On After JonTron’s Yooka-Laylee Expulsion

Joanna Mueller - March 27, 2017

Read

[Update] Kewpie-Jazzy Evokes Too Much of Yooka-Laylee

Josh Griffiths - September 20, 2016

Read

Reviving 3D Platformers With Yooka-Laylee

Zack Keosaian - June 9, 2015

Read

Former Rare Devs Project Ukulele Announced For May Kickstarter

Paul Drankiewicz - March 15, 2015

via New Normative

From Fan Art to Film Crew: RJ Palmer Talks Detective Pikachu
The recent quality and appeal of CG-heavy films like the upcoming Cats, and Disney’s remakes of The Lion King and Aladdin have been called into question. The film adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog has experienced tumultuous development, with a universally reviled design undergoing revision. A desire for a return to 2D animated cinema has been […]
Women in Gaming: Borderlands 3 Mission Designer Kate Pitstick
In the veritable shadow of larger-than-life statues of new Borderlands 3 characters at E3 2019, mission and level designer Kate Pitstick got to see her work showcased to thousands. During the bustling exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Pitstick took the time to talk about her career and work on the latest entry in […]
Equipping Your Emotions in Crystar
Though action RPG Crystar is already available in its native Japan, it will be heading to North America and Europe later this month. Along with promising action-packed gameplay, Crystar carries its own philosophy on emotions. Published by Spike Chunsoft and FuRyu, and developed by Gemdrops, Crystar follows Rei Hatada’s efforts to revive her dead sister, […]
A Community’s Lifespan in Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies
Embodying the spirit of encompassing all gaming, the IndieCade showcase at E3 2019 featured tabletop games too. This included Thorny Games’ Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies. But before players can reach the destruction of a language, they have to create it first. Communally Created Words “For every turn of the game, […]
#Voices4Devs: Voice Actors Give Online Support for Game Unionization
As more people working in video games try to form their own union, they’ve recently gotten another burst of online support. Apparently starting on April 2, voice actors united under the #Voices4Devs hashtag on Twitter to call attention to the developers they work with on games. A wide variety of voice actors from AAA titles […]

Tag: Playtonic