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Press release:
UK – 14th December 2017 – Award-winning veteran games developer and international games label Team17 and Playtonic Games, the UK studio formed by veterans of the platforming genre, are excited to announce that Yooka-Laylee is out now for Nintendo Switch™!

Yooka-Laylee on Nintendo Switch includes several improvements and many fan-requested features. “We spent many months adding significant optimisations and dozens of game updates to ensure the Nintendo Switch version of Yooka-Laylee really is the bee’s knees.” said Gavin Price, Studio Director at Playtonic Games. “There’s single Joy-Con™ support across our eight multiplayer games, and a huge list of changes; including brand new camera mode, control improvements, and menu options. There’s a lot!”

For a full list of all the lovely updates see here:

Huge Console Patch Out Now!

Key features:
– Take on Capital B with Yooka and Laylee anytime, anywhere on Nintendo Switch!
– Play with your friends! Split Joy-Con support is offered for eight unique local multiplayer arcade games (up to four players).
– Get all the stuff! Yooka-Laylee will reward you for playing with lovely Nintendo Switch achievements.
– Five engrossing worlds that can be explored and expanded. Expanding a world adds in new areas to explore, new characters to meet and bosses to defeat! Visit Tribalstack Tropics, Glitterglaze
– Glacier, Moodymaze Marsh, Capital Cashino and Galleon Galaxy.

About Yooka-Laylee
Developed by Playtonic and published by Team17, Yooka-Laylee stars the charismatic new buddy duo Yooka and Laylee, who use an arsenal of special moves to explore – and expand – gorgeous 3D worlds filled with collectibles to discover, secrets to unlock and a cast of quirky characters to meet (or defeat).

About Team17 Digital Ltd
Founded in 1990, Team17 Digital Limited is a leading international games label that hosts the Worms franchise, Aven Colony, The Escapists, Genesis Alpha One, Sword Legacy: Omen, Yoku’s Island Express, Yooka-Laylee and many more from developers around the world.

Visit www.team17.com for more info

About Playtonic Games
Founded in 2014, Playtonic Games is an independent developer based in Derby, UK. Between them, the Playtonic team has over 100 years of combined experience working on legendary gaming franchises and they released the much-anticipated 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee in 2017. Alongside preparing more love for Yooka-Laylee, they will be working on something possibly containing googly eyes in the future.