- Playtest #1 Time Trials - Ending Soon! - 22 July 2026
Hey guys! Last chance to join our first alpha playtest for Super Yooka-Laylee Kart!Don't wait on it! Sign up for our first playtest of Super Yooka-Laylee Kart before it ends on the 24th July!Here's what you have to look forward to in the playtest - 🏎️ 7 playable characters 📊 4 racer archetypes 🏁 2 tracks to master 👻 Race against your personal best ghostTo get you started, here's some handy tips & tricks to help you get the best times: Haven't joined the playtest yet?Not to worry, there's still time; head on over to SYLK's playtest page to get access! Make sure to click request access if you want join in on the fun!I've signed up, how do I access the playtest?If you signed up to join our playtest on SYLK's Steam page, make sure to check your email with a notification from Steam with your invite to play.We’ll also be looking closely at your feedback on game feel, handling and the over…
- Playtest #1 Time Trials - Available Now! - 17 July 2026
Exciting news folks! Our first playtest for Super Yooka-Laylee Kart has officially begun!If you signed up to join our playtest on SYLK's Steam page, make sure to check your email with a notification from Steam with your invite to play.For those signed up, here's what you have to look forward to in the demo - 🏎️ 7 playable characters 📊 4 racer archetypes 🏁 2 tracks to master 👻 Race against your personal best ghostTo get you started, here's some handy tips & tricks to help you get the best times: Haven't joined the playtest yet?Not to worry, there's still time, head on over to SYLK's playtest page to get access!https://store.steampowered.com/app/3348210/Super_YookaLaylee_Kart/We’ll also be looking closely at your feedback on game feel, handling and the overall Time Trial experience, so make sure to let us know what you think in our feedback form. The playtest will run for one week, en…
- Out On the Road! - 13 June 2026
Hey everyone! It's been quite the week hasn't it? We announced Super Yooka-Laylee Kart at Summer Games Fest as part of Day of the Dev's, and we've seen the incredible amount of love and support from our community since then. A massive THANK YOU to everyone who has wishlisted and shown support for the game over the last week, you're truly incredible. We have a few updates since the announcement that we'd like to share with y'all,Yooka and Friends Drive to L.A!We announced Super Yooka-Laylee Kart last Friday, but that was only just the beginning! Yooka and friends spent the weekend with the press as part of the play days event for some karting chaos, and suffice to say, people really enjoyed what they played of Super Yooka-Laylee Kart (special thanks to our Playtonic friend, Mark Boam, for manning the booth the entire time). Here's a couple of photos from our booth, and yes, that's two pl…
- It's Finally Time... Meet Super Yooka-Laylee Kart 💚💜 - 6 June 2026
After months of secrets, we're finally able to share what we've been working on...Introducing Super Yooka-Laylee Kart! Today during Summer Game Fest as part of Day of the Devs, we officially revealed Super Yooka-Laylee Kart, our brand-new precision arcade racer built around mastery, rivalry, and revenge-fuelled comebacks.🏁 Wishlist and Follow Now: Super Yooka-Laylee KartThe next adventure for Yooka and Laylee might not be quite what you expected.This time, they're swapping platforms for tracks in a brand-new racing adventure built around mastery, rivalry, and revenge-fuelled comebacks.Built around mastery, rivalry, and revenge-fuelled comebacks, Super Yooka-Laylee Kart brings Yooka, Laylee, and a cast of fan-favourite friends and foes together for a brand-new racing adventure across worlds old and new. Whether you're racing through a dedicated Story Campaign packed with tournaments, ri…
- Our Latest Update!!! - 2 June 2026
We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes since Yooka-Replaylee launched, and now we’re thrilled to drop a massive wave of updates your way! Yooka-Replaylee now runs at a buttery-smooth 60fps on Steam Deck!We’ve introduced even more display options, including FSR2 and DLSS, so you can further fine-tune your setup. We have also improved our shader prewarming providing you much smoother gameplay across a range of devices.On top of that, we’ve rolled out a ton of bug fixes, graphics and performance improvements!Thank you for your incredible support, it means the world to us. We can’t wait for you to jump back in, explore all the improvements, and rediscover everything that makes Yooka-Replaylee special.
- Yooka-Laylee Owner's Discount - Leaving 17th June! - 20 May 2026
Hi folks! just a quick heads-up that we’ll be removing the Yooka-Replaylee owner’s discount from Steam on 17 June. If you own Yooka-Laylee digitally and haven’t jumped into Replaylee yet, there’s still a little time to grab your 30% off before it goes. The owner’s discount on other platforms will be removed a little later, and we’ll share more on that as soon as we can. Sorry to see this offer go, and thank you as always for your support.How do I get the discount?On the Yooka-Replaylee game page, add the ‘Yooka-Laylee Owner Discount’ bundle to your cart, and if you already own Yooka-Laylee, you’ll secure the discount on Yooka-Replaylee.
- Yooka-Replaylee OUT NOW - 9 October 2025
The most exciting "Howdy folks" of all these posts! Yooka-Replaylee is out on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series! A launch discount of -10% will be available for the next week! And don't forget that we're also Steam Deck Verified!With double the content that's better than ever, brand-new areas, Rextro's Arcade, collectibles, challenges, characters, Tonics and more, Yooka-Replaylee is the closes thing to full-on remake without building the entire game from scratch. "Remasker," our studio director Gavin Price has called it.How do I claim the owner's discount?Owners of the original Yooka-Laylee can claim their -30% owner's discount by purchasing Yooka-Replaylee through the below bundle. Simply add the bundle to your basket and the discount will be applied to your copy of Yooka-Replaylee.Owner's Discount BundleCheck out the brand-new launch trailer with a special voice…
- ❗Update Required - 4 October 2025
We want to let you know about an important update. A recently identified security vulnerability within Unity has been spotted, and while there is currently no evidence of impact on users, we’re taking all relevant steps to ensure you’re on the latest and safest version of the game. To keep you safe, we’ve released a new patch that addresses the issue. Please update your game as soon as possible to stay protected. You can read more about it here: https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01 As always, our priority will be on keeping our games as safe and enjoyable for everyone.
- Yooka-Laylee developers Playtonic announce layoffs: “the landscape is shifting, and with it, so must we" - 30 May 2025
Yooka-Laylee developers Playtonic are laying off staff across their operations, as they wrestle with what they call “a period of profound change in how games are created and financed”. It’s not clear what these "profound changes" are, exactly – soaring budgets? Evergreen service games drinking up all the oxygen ? Falling interest in the genre of mascot platformer Playtonic are best known for? Either way, the outcome is that a bunch of artists, game designers, narrative designers, producers and UI or UX people are now looking for work. Read more
- New Yooka-Replaylee Gameplay - 17 March 2025
Hey folks! Yooka-Replaylee is shaping up to be a beautiful, joyful love letter to the 3D platforming genre. Don't just take my word for it, watch this video and... well, I narrated it, so take my word for it... So what IS Yooka-Replaylee? Remastered, remade, remixed, this is the definitive version of Yooka-Laylee! With shiny, new 4K graphics and visual effects, a brand-new control scheme, entirely new moves and the ability to swiftly chain moves together, it's a quicker, slicker platforming experience. Yooka-Replaylee builds on our nearing 10 years of growth and experience since making Yooka-Laylee, as well as taking on board a whole bunch of community feedback over the years, it's jam-packed with brand new content that we think platforming fans new and old will love! Each world in Yooka-Replaylee has been expanded by default, no longer requiring players to do that themselves, giving us…
- Tencent buys stake in Yooka-Laylee studio Playtonic - 18 November 2021
Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent has bought a minority stake in Playtonic, the Derby-based developer behind Yooka-Laylee. Playtonic has not disclosed how much of the company it had sold, but confirmed it still retained ownership of its IP. The money will be spent on scaling up the business from its current single-team structure to multiple teams, hiring diverse talent, improving its office and exploring an expansion to other locations, Playtonic said. Read more
- Yooka-Laylee studio announces Playtonic Friends publishing label - 12 February 2021
Playtonic Games, the studio behind Kickstarter success Yooka-Laylee, has announced a new publishing label. It's called Playtonic Friends, and three studios have already signed up their next projects. At the same time, and after a quiet 2020, Playtonic is reassuring fans it remains committed to its own game development. Playtonic now has "multiple" games featuring Yooka-Laylee characters in the works and is staffing up further to expand its production capabilities. We've spoken to Playtonic boss Gavin Price about these new announcements and its upcoming games - you can read all that below. Before then, here's a video featuring Price, composer Grant Kirkhope and character art director Steve Mayles larking about with today's headlines: Read more
- Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 has begun - 4 January 2021
Get your speedrunning shoes on and prepare your glitches: Awesome Games Done Quick has arrived for its yearly speedrunning extravaganza. As with previous years, the charity event is raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. It’s been live since yesterday evening and runs until this Sunday, and there are already some fab runs in the likes of Mirror’s Edge and Dragon Age: Origins to catch up on. (more…)
- Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 has begun - 4 January 2021
Get your speedrunning shoes on and prepare your glitches: Awesome Games Done Quick has arrived for its yearly speedrunning extravaganza. As with previous years, the charity event is raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. It’s been live since yesterday evening and runs until this Sunday, and there are already some fab runs in the likes of Mirror’s Edge and Dragon Age: Origins to catch up on. (more…)
- Doom Eternal and Va-11 Hall-A hit Xbox Game Pass for PC tomorrow - 2 December 2020
Xbox Game Pass for PC continues to collect some absolute belters, with the likes of Doom Eternal , Va-11 Hall-A , Yes, Your Grace and Call Of The Sea headlining its new additions this month. There’s loads more coming throughout December, too. Looking down the list we’ve got Greedfall , Unto The End and Yooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair . Genuinely, if you’ve been looking for a good time to try out the Game Pass for its cheapo £1 / $1 first month deal, I think now might be your chance. (more…)
- Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair - 51% Off! - 28 May 2020
Mix up some tonics for less! Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a whopping 51% off in the Team17 Steam Publisher Sale! Grab a bargain here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846870/YookaLaylee_and_the_Impossible_Lair/ Can't get enough of budding duo Yooka & Laylee? Yooka-Laylee is also on sale at an epic 75% off! https://store.steampowered.com/app/360830/YookaLaylee/ Check out what else is on offer in the Team17 Publisher Sale!
- Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Out Today & News on Yooka-Laylee Update! - 14 April 2020
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair has just received an update! We also begin the celebrations of the third year anniversary of the original Yooka-Laylee with an update for it coming soon! Here are all of the changes: Yooka-Laylee and The Impossible Lair We’ve made some changes to the Lair itself, as it could feel, well… quite impossible. With this update we want to offer more options for taking on the Impossible Lair whilst still keeping the sense of challenge and achievement. Impossible Lair “State Change” Simply flip the switch on the difficulty to choose which version of the lair you want to tackle! Not So Impossible Lair Each section now ends with a checkpoint. These checkpoints save your best 'Bee Shield score,' meaning you can choose which sections to start from, practice and improve on! Using these checkpoints is entirely optional. Impossible Lair No Bee Shield and no checkpoi…
- Demo Patch - Notes Inside - 24 January 2020
As you may have heard, a free demo for Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is now available right here on Steam! We’ve also patched in a bunch of bug fixes and added the functionality for demo saves to carry over to the full game. If you’re insect inclined, feast your eyes on the wall of bug fixes below – don’t worry, no Beettalion were harmed in the process! Changes • Billboard tutorial signs added to Tutorial and Capital Causeway levels. Fixes General: • Fixed V-sync issue which changed the behaviour of some physical objects. • Removed jitter from some 2D objects in 2D levels • Multiple localisation fixes • SFX for Quack Bomb explosion & Gun Senior death explosion no longer disregards volume settings from the Pause Menu. BOOM. • Fixed an issue causing some players to not get achievements when reaching the required criteria. • Yooka-Laylee will no longer be offset when entering throug…
- Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair FREE Demo Out Now! - 23 January 2020
If you haven’t given Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair a go yet, you’re in luck! A free demo is out now! The demo has no time limit and will include: An assortment of vibrant and exciting 2D levels. A terrain-transforming "Pagie Challenge". A State Change! Tonics to sample. Give Yooka a massive head. The Impossible Lair itself! Saved State! Progress from the demo carries over when the game is purchased. Get stuck in to the demo here!
- Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is getting a demo later this month - 20 January 2020
Playtonic's rather fab Yooka-Laylee sequel, the Impossible Lair, will soon be getting a demo on PC, PlayStation 4, and Switch - meaning those still on the fence can finally try before they buy. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, which launched toward the end of last year, sees the titular lizard and bat duo mixing things up for outing number two. While the first, rather uneven , game in the series saw Playtonic riffing on developer Rare's beloved Banjo-Kazooie games, its sequel swaps fully 3D platforming for predominantly side-scrolling action. The most obvious touchstone this time around is Donkey Kong Country - specifically, Retro Studios' two critically acclaimed outings - and the end result is a follow-up that feels tighter, more enjoyable, and supremely more assured. Read more
