Good news, Yooka-Laylee fans! A brand new gameplay trailer has been released for Yooka-Replaylee, which is coming this year. The trailer was released in celebration of a co-publishing deal between Playtonic and PM Studios. Shown off at The Mix x Kinda Funny Spring Game Showcase, the new footage shows off what the remastered platformer has in store. Releasing on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Nintendo Switch, it also announced a confirmed 2025 launch.
Discover a vibrant world featuring equal parts retro-inspired charm and downright fiendish platforming challenges. The new trailer offers a sneak peek at Yooka-Replaylee’s fully built-from-the-ground-up biomes—five unique worlds each with their own challenges and collectibles. Meet an all-new character, Coinelius, and see the game’s 4K optimizations in action with buttery smooth previews of levels that await.
The key features coming to the remaster include:
- MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN EVER – With an art and animations overhaul and enhanced performance and resolution, the favourite buddy duo has never looked or moved better.
- NEW AND IMPROVED CHALLENGES – Improvements to existing in-game challenges and many entirely new challenges to discover and undertake!
- NEW COLLECTIBLE CURRENCY – Capital B’s inept minions have dropped their hard-earned coins all over the place. Collect the official currency of the Hivory Towers to spend on video games’ most beloved sentient vending machine.
- NAVIGATING THE WORLD – Now you can get lost in the game, not in the world! A brand-new world map and challenges tracker helps you know where you are and what needs to be done. Hooray!
- VENDI HAS PLENTY TO OFFER – Tonics are back with all new flavours! With the option to equip multiple game-changing enhancements, you can truly customize your playstyle. And as if that wasn’t enough, Vendi has new lines of merchandise for the modern fashionable adventurer.
- REVISED CONTROLS & CAMERA – A new tweaked move set allows you to combine moves more fluidly while the new camera controls makes framing the action a breeze.
- A DREAMY ORCHESTRAL SOUNDTRACK – The original score from famed video game composers Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie) and David Wise (Donkey Kong Country) returns but as a beautifully arranged orchestral score. Now seriously, clean out those ears.
“Yooka-Laylee was always our love letter to the golden age of platformers, and Yooka-Replaylee is a love letter to that love letter. PM Studios innately understands this,” said Gavin Price, Playtonic CEO. “They’re a perfect partner for Playtonic Friends as we enter this next stage of our journey with the game.”
“As a fan of collectathons like Yooka-Laylee and Banjo-Kazooie before that, it’s a delight to partner with Playtonic in bringing Yooka-Replayee to platformer fans around the globe,” said Michael Yum, PM Studios CEO. “With our powers combined, Yooka and Laylee will be bigger than ever.”
You can watch the fantastic new trailer below:
