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[James Scott]

From the new EDGE magazine thread

Yes there is an interview with Playtonic, there's 6 full time staff now and they hope to grow to 15 staff. First game is a spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie and they have funding but would like to work with a publisher if it is mutual. "There's a history of working with Nintendo so we'd naturally love to see our game on a Nintendo platform. If people tell us to make Wii U our target console platform then we've got the flexibility to do that."

And site http://www.playtonicgames.com/index.html
The game is coming to Steam early access and other consoles
Twitter account went live https://twitter.com/PlaytonicGames

Website has been updated with the team
http://i4.minus.com/ibo13U8RjLWLQu.png

Don't worry, it's a 3D platformer
Music to be composed by Grant kirkhope, David Wise, and Burke.
Runs on Unity and they plan on having a Kickstarter in May later this year

http://www.imagebam.com/image/567151397217556

First screens

Character teased

The presentation they had

Playtonic's EGX Rezzed developer session: 'Rebirth of The 3D Platformer' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ulJeGQ0Krk

 

[TI82]

Cool. Hopefully its on PS4 and I will buy it upon release!

 

[Cade]

Please don't suck

 

[Zalman]

Niiiice.

 

[Byronic Hero]

Awesome. I've been waiting for this. I'm really glad to see that the Mingy Jongo project is still alive.

 

[DJIzana]

Oh my god... they want to work with Nintendo too, no less? YES, PLEASE!

 

[Tenki]

Who is working on it?

 

[kitschykitty]

bummer the news didn't end up being an official sequel but whatever this is great news anyways, I'll keep an eye on it, Banjo-Kazooie is easily one of my favourite games of all time.

 

[Jarmel]

So who is at Playtonic?

 

[Tripon]

Former Rare devs?

 

[Brazil]

Who is working on it?

Right in the OP.

 

[maxcriden]

Can't wait! That's so rad. Really wanna see some pics.

 

[Shojx]

Well damn.

I crave more info.

As long as it's a 3D platformer with personality and catchy tunes, I'm sold.

 

[Bel_Air_Jeff]

The dream is coming true

 

[Byronic Hero]

Who is working on it?

A few ex-Rare guys as well as Grant Kirkhope.

 

[Geg]

Rare's finally back baby

 

[Coffee Dog]

I'm worried these guys might be overestimating how many people care about open world exploration platformers like banjo. There's a reason the genre is dormant.

I want the best. I'm hoping for the best. Just worried.

 

[brandonh83]

So... does that mean no more B-K if someone is moving on with a spiritual successor?

 

[RPG_Fanatic]

Sounds interesting. I'm curious to see what it will look like.

 

[Tripon]

I'm worried these guys might be overestimating how many people care about open world exploration platformers like banjo. There's a reason the genre is dormant.

I want the best. I'm hoping for the best. Just worried.

Well, there is a console where games like that are still played.....

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

What the heck?

 

[foxuzamaki]

oh awesome!

 

[Banjotanooki]

LET'S GO!

 

[Raide]

So apart from some random ex-RARE people, has this studio done anything yet or is it super new hoping to ride on the old RARE hype?

 

[outunderthestars]

The Edge thread mentions that is in the works for Steam as well. Might want to I clude that in the OP

 

[Byronic Hero]

So... does that mean no more B-K if someone is moving on with a spiritual successor?

No. Rare has nothing to do with this project. So they could very well make a new B-K game in the future.

 

[Coffee Dog]

So... does that mean no more B-K if someone is moving on with a spiritual successor?

no, it just means that the eventual sequel is going to be Banjo in name only. That's where we were at already anyway, this news is actually a sliver of hope.

 

[Leflus]

Please be good.

 

[Natiko]

Must still be early if they don't even have target platforms.

 

[Penguin]

Is there anything about the game?

What it looks like? General window?

 

[evanmisha]

LET'S GO!

I'll take 10

 

[Coffee Dog]

Well, there is a console where games like that are still played.....

Nintendo hasn't released an open world/objective based platformer in over a decade.

Mario and Donkey Kong have both embraced linearity, and imo it was for the benefit of both series.

 

[Lunar15]

I'm worried these guys might be overestimating how many people care about open world exploration platformers like banjo. There's a reason the genre is dormant.

I want the best. I'm hoping for the best. Just worried.

Basically this. I'm not sure the genre holds up that well.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Give me that sweet 3D collectathon goodness

 

[EatinOlives]

I'm worried these guys might be overestimating how many people care about open world exploration platformers like banjo. There's a reason the genre is dormant.

I want the best. I'm hoping for the best. Just worried.

Why would they be "overestimating"? It's not like they said they expect to sell 6 million. I'm sure they're very aware it'll be a niche title.

 

[Phamit]

So are there any of the lead devs of the Banjo games on this?

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Kirkhope > David Wise.

Come at me

 

[Flappy]

Nothing turns me off more than the words "Spiritual successor".

 

[Easy_D]

The Edge thread mentions that is in the works for Steam as well. Might want to I clude that in the OP

Yeeeeessssss! All of my money!

 

[entremet]

Nice. 3D playtformers are a dying breed.

 

[Koobion]

They already have funding, which is great, but I would crowdfund the fuck out of this if I could. Seems like it may be even too early for that though?

 

[jwk94]

Wouldn't a spritual successor be A Hat In Time?

 

[Cramoss]

Give me that sweet 3D collectathon goodness

You're goddamn right

 

[Geg]

Kirkhope > David Wise.

Come at me

I would have agreed with this up until Tropical Freeze, now I don't know what to believe

 

[CastorTroy]

Righting the many, many wrongs of Nuts & Bolts hopefully.

 

[Amalthea]

Oh god yes, I was lately thinking about how much I miss B-K.

 

[Justice_Bolt]

I think they should go multiplatforms.. if they want to make money.

 

[James Scott]

This game was teased for awhile. Some ex RARE guys started thinking about making a game like this while teasing it on this twitter account https://twitter.com/MingyJongo
It went on for awhile and was seemingly dead. The account came back out of no where and started saying seemingly random things like ctrl+alt+delete (rebooting the project) and then Grant Kirkhope teased a reveal on this month's edge that would appeal to BK fans.
From what I remember, the twitter account expressed interest in using the Unity engine, but that might of changed since they stated that.

 

[Finaj]

So... does that mean no more B-K if someone is moving on with a spiritual successor?

Gregg Mayles, creator of Banjo, still works at Rare and they could very well still work on a Banjo 3. In fact, it has been rumored to appear at E3 this year.

 

[Tenki]

Right in the OP.

Let me rephrase it: Who is at Playtonic?