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Introducing Yooka-Laylee
They’re not real human beings, but they are our new heroes. Meet Yooka and Laylee, the buddy duo set to adventure in our aptly named debut project Yooka-Laylee, coming to Kickstarter this Friday!...
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We’re Live ‘n Kickstarting
Bleeding Norah, the Yooka-Laylee Kickstarter is not only live, but you’ve funded it before we could even press the ‘post’ button! The Playtonic team would like to sincerely thank everyone who’s backed...
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The Man Behind Yooka and Laylee
Steve ‘don’t call me Steven’ Mayles is one of the star names on the Playtonic call sheet. The man behind countless iconic game characters often gets stopped and asked for photographs in restaurants,...
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Fan Art Attack!
Pretty pictures, sir? Madam? Step right this way… If images are worth a thousand words, then you lot have already penciled an encyclopedia of Yooka-Laylee fandom. Since we unveiled our new heroes last...
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Learn from the Bessst
As the Yooka-Laylee Kickstarter campaign ascends to even more spectacular heights, it’s high time we introduced you to the game’s first support character: flash, wheeler dealing serpent, Trowzer!...
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The Voice
Programmer by day, operatic voice artist by night, Chris Sutherland – or ‘Father Playtonic’, as he’s known in some corners – is the most senior and dexterous Yooka-Laylee team member. With almost 30...
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Grabbing the Ghoulies
Just like buses, you wait ages for one character reveal and then a load turn up at once – and some drunken hoodlum’s urinated all over ‘em. Introducing the Ghost Writers! “Come closer! Tee-hee!” None...
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Swamped
This week the Playtonic team did a ‘Reddit AMA’, which those in the office under 45 advised as a fashionable thing to do. You can find a lengthy summary over on the forums, but really all you need to...
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The Eighth Wonder
There are new seats in the Playtonic office this week – and not just to accommodate the ever-increasing pile of lads mags spilling over from Steve Mayles’ desk. Blue Steel. No, there’s a new person in...
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Men at Work
It’s all been going on since we last communicated. With the Kickstarter nothing but a hazy, mental, RSI-inducing memory, we’ve got down to the business of actually making a game. “Hmmm… I’m not sure if...
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Making Friends
As you’ll already know if you’ve read trade mag MCV, Playtonic is exciting business types everywhere with the news that we’ve partnered with independent games label Team 17, which will assist with...
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Our Newest Buddy Duo
Our lovely new office was looking a bit sparse this month, so we sent Gavin down the shops and he came back with a loaf of bread, a six-pack of lager and a pair of programmers! Please welcome Karn...
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More Housemates
It’s a bit like the Big Brother house in our new office at the moment. Dean Wilson stumbled on the entrance steps, Steve Mayles keeps promising to ‘sex up’ the place, and there’s a constant stream of...
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PLAYTONIC LABOUR UPDATE – October 2015
Work continues unperturbed in the energy factory that is the Playtonic Games office. Now occupied by some 14 chairs (and another one that I may have managed to snap in half with my arse), it certainly...
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Playtonic Scoops TIGA Award!
After a short detour through several East London boozers, a new trophy occupies the Playtonic trophy cabinet this evening (the shelf next to the office telly): the prestigious TIGA Award for Best Start...
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Two Hearts! Joinin’ in our game grind…
Game updates? Nah, don’t’ be silly, ya crazy wotsit! You want yourself a splendid employment notice, that’s what! Just like Black Friday down Bethnal Green market, we’ve only gone and got ourselves a...
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Merry Christmas!
Hurrah for Christmas: Playing video games! Over-consuming! Fights with relatives! If you saw how much cake the Playtonic team consumes in any given week, you’d be genuinely concerned for our welfare....
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Bayliss goes permanent
As S Club 7’s HR team probably once said, there ain’t no update like an employment update – especially when it involves legendary character artist Mr. Kev Bayliss. Welcome aboard, you bleach blonde...
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Mein Birthday Kart
It’s our Birthday! Well, sort of. Or not at all – there’s been some debate about that. Call it our ‘official’ Birthday, a bit like the Queen’s, except less to do with the commonwealth and more to do...
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More veterans join Playtonic
It’s just a small update today and yes – you guessed correctly – it involves new people employed in our building.Please welcome Simon Gerges and Lee Jackson to the Playtonic fold! You can do so with...
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