Yooka-Laylee — patch notes and updates
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| Yooka-Laylee Owner's Discount - Leaving 17th June! | 2026-05-20 | 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 | 2025-10-09 | 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 |
| Yooka-Laylee or Yooka-Replaylee - which is better? Comparing with caddicarus | 2025-10-04 | Howdy folks! Can you believe it's only 5 days until the launch of Yooka-Replaylee?! We've been staring at the game for a long time now, so we thought to bring in a fresh pair of eyes to take a look at it for us.So, we rang up Caddicarus and invited him for a visit to the Playtonic offices. Then we superglued him down onto the brown leather sofa next to Studio Director Gavin Price and made him play and talk Yooka-Replaylee with us for over two hours. We've condensed the chat into this 1.5h video on YouTube for you to enjoy on this brisk Saturday on October. So, grab a bevvy and a snack and join us for a comparison video between Yooka-Laylee an |
| Yooka-Replaylee launches on October 9! | 2025-08-29 | Hi folks! You heard that right! The news is finally out there: Yooka-Replaylee is launching on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S AND Nintendo Switch 2 on October 9th!More than just a fresh coat of paint, Yooka-Replaylee will deliver the reimagined story of the beloved buddy-duo's first adventure as told from the perspective of our two heroes. Every move, mechanic and moment in the game has been carefully redesigned to elevate what fans loved the first time around, while making the experience more modern, more welcoming, and more joyful for today’s players. Yooka-Replaylee doubles the content of the original game, offering brand-new characters, collect |
| It's here! The demo BEEmiere! | 2025-06-09 | Hey folks!You read that right, the Yooka-Replaylee demo is finally here and just in time for the June Steam Next Fest. This 30-min demo focuses on the start of the game and features new gameplay not yet seen on any showfloor demo, as well as brand-new content that never existed in the original Yooka-Laylee!PLEASE NOTE that if you gave the demo a whirl over the weekend, an updated version has gone live today fixing some of the performance and frame rate issues people were experiencing. And further updates, including localisation, will be coming throughout the week!We'd also like to emphasize that the demo has not been optimised for the SteamDe |
| New Yooka-Replaylee Gameplay! 2025 Release Window! | 2025-03-17 | 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 |
| Rextro Bytes Back in Yooka-Replaylee! | 2025-02-20 | Hello folks! At the end of January we shared that Shovel Knight was back for Yooka-Replaylee and now we have an announcement from Amazing Rextro's Software Entertainment! Rextro is back with a brand new look and brand new challenges in Yooka-Replaylee! Take on Rextro's new platforming puzzles across 8 upgraded arcade machines within the worlds of Yooka-Replaylee, with new Megabyte enemies to defeat or outsmart and shiny new levels to beat them in! Reach the end goal and collect medals with Rextro to earn Pagies for Yooka and Laylee to progress through the game! Rextro's Arcade is just one of the MANY areas of Yooka-Replaylee that's been revis |
| Yooka-Replaylee Demo Developer Commentary! | 2024-12-10 | Hello fine people, platformer enjoyers and dare I say it... friends? I come with glad tidings and a new video for you! I (Steve, hello!) sat down with Gavin Price, Supreme Glorious Leader Game Director on Yooka-Replaylee for a bit of a chin-wag about the game, the progress we're making and some of the key differences both IN this demo that we shared with media and also some of the changes that have happened SINCE this demo was first shown! Get this in yer eye holes: Some of the topics covered while I fumble around with a controller, trying to listen to my boss... - Coinelius' coins' new colour — Coinelius, the helpful piggy bank and new chara |
| Yooka-Replaylee Console Announcement | New Gameplay! | 2024-10-24 | Yes! Yes! Yes! Not just the cries of avid Daniel Bryan fans, but also the answer to the question "Will Yooka-Replaylee be coming to consoles?" Yes! Yooka-Replaylee will be playable on PS5, Xbox Series consoles and... Nintendo? (Ooh mysterious. We'll have more on that as soon as poss!) We've got a new trailer, with new gameplay, peeks at new content AND new orchestral music! Go on, have a watch below... And that's not all! As we've already confirmed discounts for Steam owners of Yooka-Laylee, we're also working with platforms to ensure we can offer discounts/upgrade paths to as many folks as possible. We'll hopefully be able to share more deta |
| Kickstarter Backer Credits | Name Change Update | 2024-09-27 | UPDATE: Since posting, we have removed the need to provide the elusive "BackerKit ID" Hey folks! When we announced Yooka-Replaylee, we had more than a handful of people ask us whether backers of the original game would still feature in the credits, and if so, would there be the possibility of changing the name featured in the credits. I am pleased to say that the answer to both of these questions is: Yes! We are, of course, still incredibly appreciative to those of you who helped bring Yooka & Laylee into the world kicking and screaming rolling and sonar...ing? And we’re also aware of the fact that some people have since changed their given n |
| Yooka-Replaylee Art Q&A! | 2024-09-08 | Hello folks! I sat down with Ed, Nikita and Steve to talk all things art on Yooka-Replaylee! We talk about how they're improving the environments, characters and more for the remaster. There's some new sneak peeks at gameplay and some nice new screenshots in this one too! Check out the video below! The video and audio enjoyers amongst you will be pleased to hear that this will be the last of this series filmed in this location! For the next video in the series, we'll be taking proceedings to a much more fancy set-up, thank you for bearing with us on this as we sorted a better location! We'll have news about the next feature video soon! https: |
| Yooka-Replaylee | Discount For Original Owners | 2024-08-08 | Hey folks, As the Yooka-Replaylee dev team crack on with polishing up all those textures up to 4K and Kev moves all those pesky Quills around, I've been keeping a close eye on your comments and thoughts since we announced the remaster and I come with an update I think at least one person will be happy to hear! We are happy to confirm that there WILL be a discount on Yooka-Replaylee for owners of the original game! We'll go into detail closer to release but for now, start thinking about what you're gonna spend that extra money on! Maybe a celebratory launch kebab (a Steve favourite), some new socks, or perhaps a nice little treat for the pet i |
| Announcing Yooka-Replaylee! | 2024-06-06 | Calling all 3D platformer fans! A lizard and a bat... we are so back! Hello folks! We are VERY pleased to finally show you one of the many exciting things we've been working on! Introducing Yooka-Replaylee! One of the ways we wanted to celebrate our approaching 10th Birthday is by providing fans with the best way to play the game that started it all! "What a great new pun-derful title" we hear you say, but you want to know details. We've got you: There's a revised control and camera system, tweaks to abilities, remixed and new challenges, new collectibles, a fancy new coat of visual paint, of course, and more we'll be digging in to in the com |
| Yooka and Laylee are in Fall Guys! | 2023-07-20 | Our iconic plucky platforming buddy-duo, Yooka and Laylee, have dived into Fall Guys! You can purchase this costume bundle in the Fall Guys Store for a limited time (only 5 days!). You have a short window to grab the Yooka-Laylee bundle to collect those P̷a̷g̷i̷e̷s̷ crowns, so jump on it while you can! FAQs: How long will the costumes be available for? All good things come to an end, and these costumes are available for 5 days, ending on Monday 24th July 2023. How many Show Bucks does this buddy-duo bundle cost? This buddy-duo bundle is 1,200 Show Bucks. |
| Yooka-Laylee - 75% Off! | 2020-05-28 | Treat yourself to an adventure with budding duo Yooka & Laylee! Pick up Yooka-Laylee at 75% off as part of the Team17 Publisher Sale on Steam! Pick it up here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846870/YookaLaylee Don't want the journey to end there? Pick up Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair at a whopping 51% off! https://store.steampowered.com/app/846870/YookaLaylee_and_the_Impossible_Lair/ Check out what else is on offer in the Team17 Publisher Sale! |
| Yooka-Laylee - Bug Fix Update! | 2020-05-19 | Good morning lizards, bats and bees! Those of you with keen eyes and a passion for space will have noticed a small update to Yooka-Laylee today. Bug Fixes: Fixed a bug which made expanded worlds appear as unexpanded. If you ran into this, the fix will apply to your save game. If you spent Pagies on trying to expand and already expanded world, check your Pagie balance, you've been issued a Pagie refund! Fixed an issue which made the health meter vanish when picking up the first health extender. Until next time! |
| 64 bit Model Has Landed In Yooka-Laylee! | 2020-04-30 | We’re excited to reveal the Steam and Switch versions of Yooka-Laylee have been updated to include the Yooka 64 model from Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair to the Tonic as free DLC! PLUS the wait for the 64-Bit Tonic on PlayStation 4 & Xbox One is over! What are you waiting for?! Chat with Vendi to activate the 64-Bit Tonic and get ready to relive the good old days with the downgrade of your dreams! Looking for more adventures with buddy duo Yooka & Laylee? Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is out now and you can give it a go for FREE with the Steam Demo! https://store.steampowered.com/app/846870/YookaLaylee_and_the_Impossible_Lair/ |
| Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair - Out Today! | 2019-10-08 | Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair launches today on Steam! You better BEE ready to take on Capital B’s most dastardly challenge yet… Rescue Queen Phoebee’s Royal Beettalion Guard and prepare to take on Capital B’s Impossible Lair in this brand new platforming adventure hybrid! Yooka and Laylee must combine their abilities to take on a series of challenging and vibrant levels, some of which have alternate states too! There’s also a beautiful 3D overworld to explore with puzzles to solve! Mix up your gameplay with the return of ‘Tonics’! There are more than 60 game-modifying Tonics in Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair including infinite r |
| Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair - The reviews are in! | 2019-10-07 | Hello! The reviews are in and we're thrilled with how the game has gone down so far! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnRJTDYP5EQ&feature=youtu.be Thank you for all of the support you've shown Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair so far. We can't wait for you to play tomorrow! ːsteamhappyː Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair will be launching here on Steam on Tuesday 8th October. You can pre-order now to get an exclusive Tonics pack! https://store.steampowered.com/app/846870/YookaLaylee_and_the_Impossible_Lair/ Keep up to date with the latest Yooka-Laylee news: Sign-up to the Team17 newsletter Team17 on Twitter Team17 on Facebook Playtonic Ga |
| Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Stream - Live Now! | 2019-09-05 | Join us live now on the Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Steam Store page for a special Developer Stream! We'll be showing off a variety of Tonics and their fantastic combinations. You can even ask Playtonic Games your questions live on stream... See you there! |