Playtonic Games’ Yooka-Laylee is shaping up rather well since its announcement and overwhelmingly successful Kickstarter campaign last year. The 3D platformer developed by ex-Rare employees seems to be making good on its promise to revive the collection-based platforming genre that was so prevalent during the Nintendo 64 generation. Earlier this week, Platonic effectively signaled that revival by releasing the Yooka-Laylee Gamescom trailer, showing off the unbelievable scale and polish they have achieved with the game so far.
The Yooka-Laylee Gamescom trailer presents a few of the worlds that our heroic duo will explore, such as the jungle-themed Tribalstack Tropics, a snow-covered mountaintop, and a factory full of machines and books (presumably Yooka-Laylee‘s hub world). In addition, we can see a number of new gameplay features, including underwater segments and transformations. There’s plenty more to unpack in this trailer, so give it a watch below.
Yooka-Laylee‘s new trailer reaffirms the confidence that gamers have placed in Playtonic. We can’t wait to see more of the game’s cute, crass, creative content early next year.
Yooka-Laylee is due to release Q1 2017, for Playstation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, and PC.