Yooka-Layleefans have been anxiously awaiting news from developerPlaytonic Gamesthis past week.Playtonicteased that it had a great new project to reveal, which it has now done. That project is Playtonic Friends, a publishing label for indie games. The studio and publisher will be referred to as Playtonic and Playtonic Friends going forward. Three exciting partners have already been announced. For those worried about what this might mean for Playtonic’s games, the developer already confirmed it will remain dedicated to game development, too.
As mentioned, Playtonic Friends already has three partners that it will be working with to publish upcoming games. Those partners are Awe Interactive,developer ofBPM: Bullets Per Minute, Fabraz, developer ofSlime-san, and Okidokico, developer ofOk Golf. Obviously, all of those games are already available. That means that Playtonic is either helping these studios work on their next games, or that they could be bringingBPM,Slime-san, andOk Golfto new platforms.
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For the time being, Playtonic Friends isn’t looking to rapidly expand itsnew publishing venture. Playtonic Friends will remain “choosy,” in that it’ll only partner with studios that fit with what Playtonic is able to do well. Playtonic also says that it has split off the financials of Playtonic Friends away from the studio. As such, the future expansion and growth of Playtonic Friends very likely depends on the success of these first three publishing partnerships.
Those curious regarding what Playtonic’s own game plans are will be excited to hear that some news was shared on that front, too. Playtonic says it isn’t ready to announce its next game yet, but that 2021 will be a very big year. Fans of theYooka-Layleedeveloperwill just have to be patient for more news.Playtonicclearly has some very exciting plans.
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