Playtonic Games was founded in late 2014 by Steve Hurst, Steve Mayles, Gavin Price, Jens Restemeier, Mark Stevenson, and Chris Sutherland, all of whom previously worked at Rare.[1][2] Of the founders, Price assumed the role of studio head.[2] They were joined by Grant Kirkhope and Steven Hurst. The first game the company worked on was codenamed "Project Ukulele", which was described as a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie.[2] The team launched a Kickstarter campaign for the project, and it managed to reach the stretch goal of US$1 million within 24 hours.[3] In part due to the campaign's success, the team's attention was often diverted to other aspects such as making merchandise items instead of focusing on game's development, and some choices related to game development were forced as well due to them being promised in the campaign.[4]
Project Ukulele was unveiled as the 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee, which was released in 2017 to mixed critical reviews.[5] Playtonic followed up on Yooka-Laylee with Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, their second game, a 2.5D spinoff. While bearing similarities with the Donkey Kong Country series, the team opted not to use the moniker "spiritual successor" to market the game, unlike with Yooka-Laylee.[6]Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair was released in 2019 to a more positive reception than Yooka-Laylee.
Playtonic Games announced the rebranding of their company name to "Playtonic" and the launch of a publishing division, Playtonic Friends, in February 2021, with three titles under development from partner studios Awe Interactive, Fabraz, and Okidokico.[7] On 26 March 2021, Playtonic Friends' revealed their first game, Demon Turf, developed by Fabraz.[8] On 29 April 2021, Playtonic Friends's announced their next game, BPM: Bullets Per Minute, would be released in 2021 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.[9] On 19 May 2021, Playtonic announced A Little Golf Journey, to be released on PCs and Nintendo Switch and developed by Okidokico.[10]
Tencent acquired a minority stake in Playtonic in November 2021.[11]
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^"Playtonic Friends Presents: BPM: Bullets per Minute". 29 April 2021.
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Not to be confused with Playtronic Playtonic Games is a British independent video game developer It was founded in 2014 and it consists in large part of former members of Rare Playtonic Games LimitedTypePrivateIndustryVideo gamesFounded2014 9 years ago 2014 FoundersSteve HurstSteve MaylesGavin PriceJens RestemeierMark StevensonChris SutherlandHeadquartersDerby EnglandKey peopleGavin Price studio head OwnerTencent minority stake DivisionsPlaytonic FriendsWebsiteplaytonicgames com Contents 1 History 2 Games developed 3 Games published as Playtonic Friends 4 References 5 External linksHistory editPlaytonic Games was founded in late 2014 by Steve Hurst Steve Mayles Gavin Price Jens Restemeier Mark Stevenson and Chris Sutherland all of whom previously worked at Rare 1 2 Of the founders Price assumed the role of studio head 2 They were joined by Grant Kirkhope and Steven Hurst The first game the company worked on was codenamed Project Ukulele which was described as a spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie 2 The team launched a Kickstarter campaign for the project and it managed to reach the stretch goal of US 1 million within 24 hours 3 In part due to the campaign s success the team s attention was often diverted to other aspects such as making merchandise items instead of focusing on game s development and some choices related to game development were forced as well due to them being promised in the campaign 4 Project Ukulele was unveiled as the 3D platformer Yooka Laylee which was released in 2017 to mixed critical reviews 5 Playtonic followed up on Yooka Laylee with Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair their second game a 2 5D spinoff While bearing similarities with the Donkey Kong Country series the team opted not to use the moniker spiritual successor to market the game unlike with Yooka Laylee 6 Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair was released in 2019 to a more positive reception than Yooka Laylee Playtonic Games announced the rebranding of their company name to Playtonic and the launch of a publishing division Playtonic Friends in February 2021 with three titles under development from partner studios Awe Interactive Fabraz and Okidokico 7 On 26 March 2021 Playtonic Friends revealed their first game Demon Turf developed by Fabraz 8 On 29 April 2021 Playtonic Friends s announced their next game BPM Bullets Per Minute would be released in 2021 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One 9 On 19 May 2021 Playtonic announced A Little Golf Journey to be released on PCs and Nintendo Switch and developed by Okidokico 10 Tencent acquired a minority stake in Playtonic in November 2021 11 Games developed editYear Game Platform s Publisher2017 Yooka Laylee Linux macOS Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Windows Xbox One Team172019 Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Windows Xbox OneGames published as Playtonic Friends editYear Game Platform s Developer2021 Demon Turf Nintendo Switch Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X S PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 FabrazBPM Bullets Per Minute PlayStation 4 Windows Xbox One Awe InteractiveA Little Golf Journey Nintendo Switch Windows Okidokico2022 Lil Gator Game Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X S MegawobbleBlossom Tales 2 The Minotaur Prince Nintendo Switch Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X S Castle PixelVictory Heat Rally Windows SkydevilplamDemon Turf Neon Splash Nintendo Switch Windows Fabraz2023 Elsie Windows Knight Shift GamesReferences edit Handrahan Matthew 11 February 2015 Rare veterans form Playtonic Games Gameindustry biz Archived from the original on 27 July 2019 Retrieved 27 July 2019 a b c Rare talent inside the studio building Banjo Kazooie s spiritual successor The Guardian 12 April 2015 Archived from the original on 1 May 2015 Retrieved 4 May 2015 Phillips Tom 1 May 2015 Playtonic launches 175k Yooka Laylee Kickstarter campaign Eurogamer Archived from the original on 27 July 2019 Retrieved 27 July 2019 Dealessandri Marie 14 July 2019 When We Made Yooka Laylee Archived from the original on 16 July 2019 Retrieved 27 July 2019 Garst Aron 17 July 2019 I guess things have moved on so much since then Playtonic recounts the setbacks they ran into when launching Yooka Laylee GamesRadar Archived from the original on 27 July 2019 Retrieved 27 July 2019 Dring Christopher 14 June 2019 Playtonic We are never using the term spiritual successor again Gameindustry biz Archived from the original on 16 June 2019 Retrieved 27 July 2019 Dring Christopher 12 February 2021 Yooka Laylee developer Playtonic launches publishing division GamesIndustry biz Retrieved 12 February 2021 Playtonic Friends Presents Demon Turf 26 March 2021 Playtonic Friends Presents BPM Bullets per Minute 29 April 2021 Playtonic Friends Presents A Little Golf Journey 19 May 2021 Phillips Tom 18 November 2021 Tencent buys stake in Yooka Laylee studio Playtonic Eurogamer Retrieved 18 November 2021 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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