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New Yooka-Replaylee Trailer Debuts at The MIX
Yooka and Laylee have never looked this good! Today during The MIX x Kinda Funny Spring Game Showcase, Yooka-Replaylee developer Playtonic debuted a brand new gameplay trailer for the upcoming remastered collectathon platformer, confirming a 2025 launch. The news was paired with a partnership announcement officialising PM Studios as co-publisher. Yooka-Replaylee releases later this year on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo platforms.
Discover a vibrant world featuring equal parts retro-inspired charm and downright fiendish platforming challenges. The new trailer offers a sneak peek at Yooka-Replaylee's fully built-from-the-ground-up biomes—five unique worlds each with their own challenges and collectibles. Meet an all-new character, Coinelius, and see the game's 4K optimizations in action with buttery smooth previews of levels that await.
"Yooka-Laylee was always our love letter to the golden age of platformers, and Yooka-Replaylee is a love letter to that love letter. PM Studios innately understands this," said Gavin Price, Playtonic CEO. "They're a perfect partner for Playtonic Friends as we enter this next stage of our journey with the game."
"As a fan of collectathons like Yooka-Laylee and Banjo-Kazooie before that, it's a delight to partner with Playtonic in bringing Yooka-Replayee to platformer fans around the globe," said Michael Yum, PM Studios CEO. "With our powers combined, Yooka and Laylee will be bigger than ever."
Yooka-Replaylee is the definitive remastered and enhanced version of the 3D indie platforming collectathon darling, Yooka-Laylee, developed by key creative talent behind the Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country games. New remixed challenges and old favorites await as you embark to explore the huge, beautiful open worlds as the lovable buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee once more, all while backed by a beautiful orchestral soundtrack. Did we mention there's an even more expandable map now? A shiny new currency? And tons of customization options? The favorite buddy duo has never moved, looked, or sounded better!
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