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Kickstarter hit Yooka-Laylee is to be published by Worms developer Team17, Playtonic has revealed, with a full retail release being considered for next year.
The publisher will help the developer localise, certify and QA the 3D platformer, MCV reports, and assist with the game’s marketing.
“Team17 has significant experience in making the most of releasing a game,” Playtonic studio head Gavin Price told MCV. “Personally I feel it would be a great shame if after our great Kickstarter success, we delivered on our promise of a great game and then it underperformed sales-wise because we didn’t have the knowledge, or made a mistake in the way we released or marketed the game.
“Thanks to our Kickstarter backers, we’re on a really positive trajectory and Team17 is acting like a booster for us on top of that by handling non-game dev tasks.”
Team17’s MD Debbie Bestwick added that the partnership would help move the company’s reputation as a publisher “to another level”.
“There is a large demand for a physical game,” she said. “Playtonic took the decision not to include this in the Kickstarter for the very reason that it could impact on development and at the time of their Kickstarter it would have been a big risk. Team17 has lots of experience in physical and will share ideas and opportunities with Playtonic – so absolutely we will be looking into it.”
Yooka-Laylee secured almost £2.1m in funding on Kickstarter when its campaign closed last month, with a 2016 release planned on console and PC.
Source: mcvuk.com
