so i just saw this discussion in the XGS thread and thought it was interesting. thanks to Garrett 2U and Klobrille for posting the info.
EXHIBIT A: it was announced yesterday that Ed Bryan, ex-Rare developer who was the character artist for the Banjo-Kazooie games (as well as other Rare games like DK64 and Viva Piñata) has joined Playtonic Games. he left Rare in 2011 and helped Playtonic on the designs for the first Yooka-Laylee game.
EXHIBIT B: Ed then tweeted:
EXHIBIT C: in response to someone asking what's up with the bag:
EXHIBIT D: Gavin Price, co-owner, studio and game director at Playtonic Games recently added this to his Linkedin profile:
EXHIBIT E: as Klobrille pointed out, they registered a new company recently (link):
with X019 coming up soon and taking place in London and Playtonic being a British studio, do you think we might be hearing some news soon?
EXHIBIT A: it was announced yesterday that Ed Bryan, ex-Rare developer who was the character artist for the Banjo-Kazooie games (as well as other Rare games like DK64 and Viva Piñata) has joined Playtonic Games. he left Rare in 2011 and helped Playtonic on the designs for the first Yooka-Laylee game.
EXHIBIT B: Ed then tweeted:
EXHIBIT C: in response to someone asking what's up with the bag:
EXHIBIT D: Gavin Price, co-owner, studio and game director at Playtonic Games recently added this to his Linkedin profile:
Playtonic Credits
Yooka-Laylee, Yooka-Laylee & The Impossible Lair, and in the foreseeable future that game #3, #4 and the #5 one too which is the one I always thought would be game #1.
EXHIBIT E: as Klobrille pointed out, they registered a new company recently (link):
Playtonic registered a new company, the PLAYTONIC GAMES DEVELOPMENT LIMITED, out of nowhere on Sept. 17th 2019
with X019 coming up soon and taking place in London and Playtonic being a British studio, do you think we might be hearing some news soon?
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