The Yooka-Laylee embargo has dropped and it’s running the gamut. This spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie is getting scores ranging up and down the whole scale, and we’ve got a round up of some of ...

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair lacks most of the original game’s charm, and its final gauntlet is more tedious than taxing. I’ll never finish Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair—and no, not ...

As such, the the two-dimensional escapades Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair feel much closer to something like Donkey Kong Country (many of the key creative staff behind that game worked on this) ...

These days, entertainment is heavily colored by nostalgia. Whether it's literature, music, film, or gaming, almost every creative endeavor is influenced and inspired by fond memories from the past. It ...

Logan Moore is the Managing Editor around these parts and enjoys the video game Super Mario Odyssey. I’ll say this up front: if you’ve been clamoring for a mascot platformer for years then you’ll be ...

Yooka-Laylee is proof that sometimes our fondest memories should stay in the past. The Kickstarter success story promised a new version of classic Rare-developed titles from the Nintendo 64 era, ...

Speedrunners have taken to Yooka-Laylee, so it’s only fitting that the game’s first big update makes things easier for them. Developer Playtonic Games detailed some of the new features and ...

Yooka-Laylee's second outing is a surprising switch of perspective. The bat and lizard are back, and they've undergone a shocking transformation. Where the first Yooka Laylee looked to resurrect 3D ...

It's the brainchild of a team of ex-Rare developers, all with expertise in games like this having worked on titles including Kameo, Banjo-Kazooie, Battletoads, Donkey Kong Country and more, along with ...

Of all the genres to come back with a vengeance in 2017, the smart money wasn't exactly on the 3D platformer. While Nintendo never really stopped flying the flag for high budget jump-em-ups, when it ...

YOOKA-LAYLEE GAME REVIEW Upon starting, an opening cinematic begins that sums up our heroes’ motivation: Capital B stole their book, the book’s magical pages – known as Pagies – flew out of it, and ...

A few years ago, the 3D platformer was in a bad place. Mario was still around, but the genre had little support elsewhere. Colorful games like Crash Bandicoot, Pyschonauts and Jak and Daxter had ...