The study, whose core is made up of former Rare employees, says they want to move forward as a developer.
A small ball gets bigger and bigger as gossip and bad tongues spread their rumors. Playtonic, the studio behind the two Yooka-Laylee video games, has received numerous mentions on Twitter these days. Mentions that refer to the possibility that Banjo-Kazooie returns to stores under his baton. However, the study has not taken long to get past the rumors and has published a statement on its official Twitter account.
"We wanted to refer to the speculations that are flooding our mentions," they begin. "We hate being the bearers of news that you don't want to hear, but we think it's better to keep up and say: we're not working on any Banjo-Kazooie game and we're still an independent studio." Although Playtonic acknowledges that they would "love" to put their hands back in the saga, they have remembered that it is not up to them, but to Microsoft.
A statement from us! pic.twitter.com/nZHqI5GaYe
– Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) November 6, 2019
They don't want to take steps back
Even so, they maintain that their intention is to “continue progressing as a studio” and use all the experience they have gained over these years to create “new characters and adventures” that players enjoy “We apologize if this is not what you wanted hear, although at first it seemed funny that Ed Bryan's backpack was used as evidence. ” And is that the bag of the former developer of Rare, recently signed by Playtonic, had the Microsoft logo, hence the speculation.
Playtonic is a company that emerged as a result of the progress of several members of Rare. In fact, the core of the company is made up of some of the former members of the British study. His first video game, Yooka-Laylee, which was funded through a Kickstarter campaign, was a clear tribute to the three-dimensional Banjo-Kazooie-type platforms. Its sequel, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, changes perspective and offers a different platform view.
