Playtonic Games is a game studio formed largely from veterans of the famous game development company Rare, Ltd.
History
Playtonic Games first revealed their company on February 10th, 2015.[1]
On April 30th, 2015, Playtonic Games revealed their first game: Yooka-Laylee.[2]
Games
- Yooka-Laylee (2017)
List of staff
Developers
- Chris Sutherland (Project Director, Software Engineer)
- Gavin Price (Managing Director, Creative Lead)
- Steve Mayles (Character Art Director)
- Jens Restemeier (Technical Director, Software Engineer)
- Steven Hurst (Environment Art director)
- Mark Stevenson (Technical Art Director)
- Andy Robinson (Writer, Web Editor, Voice Actor)
- Dean Wilson (Creative Art Director)
- Kevin Bayliss (Graphic Artist)
- Becky Lavender (Programmer)
- Dave Rose (Artist)
- Ross Bullimore (Designer)
- Catarina Barros (Engineer)
- Dan Murdoch (Audio Designer)
- Damien Sparkes (Environment Artist)
- Gary Talbot (Animator)
- Hamish Lockwood (Designer)
- Simon Gerges (Senior Software Engineer)
- Lee Jackson (QA Tester)
- Andy Wilson (Producer)
- Gary Richards (Design Team)
Non-Staff Helping Yooka-Laylee
- Grant Kirkhope (Composer)
- David Wise (Composer)
- Steve Burke (Composer)
- Phil Tossell (Software Engineer)
- Wil Overton (Illustrator)
- Ed Bryan (Character Designer)
Guest Voice Actors
- Jonathan Aryan Jafari (AKA JonTron) (Voice Actor for Unknown)
- Tony Verlis Gatto (AKA Verlisify) (Voice Actor for Unknown)
- Blake Swift (AKA ShadyVoxYT) (Voice Actor for Pagies)
- Alison Scott (AKA Crystal Blazier) (Voice Actor for Unknown)
Retired
- Karn Bianco (Ex-Programmer)
Gallery
Employees
Chris Sutherland: Project Director & Software Engineer
Gavin Price: Managing Director & Creative Lead
Steve Mayles: Character Art Director
Jens Restemeier: Technical Director & Software Engineer
Steven Hurst: Environment Art Director
Mark Stevenson: Technical Art Director
Andy Robinson: Writer & Comms Director
Dean Wilson: Creative Art Director
Kevin Bayliss: Character Artist
Becky Lavender: Incredible Engineer
Dave Rose: Artist
Ross Bullimore: Designer
Catarina Barros: Engineer
Dan Murdoch: Audio Designer
Damien Sparkes: Environment Artist
Gary Talbot: Animator
Hamish Lockwood: Designer
Simon Gerges: Senior Software Engineer
Lee Jackson: QA Tester
Grant Kirkhope: Composer
David Wise: Composer
Steve Burke: Composer
Phil Tossell: Software Engineer
Retired
Karn Bianco: Ex-Incredible Engineer
Trivia
- In 2012 before Playtonic Games was formed, Ex-Rare members tried to get back together once already. However, everyone was working on other projects, and ultimately failed in the end.[3]
- Playtonic is a play on the words Platonic, meaning "intimate and affectionate but not sexual," and Play, referring to the fact they are video game producers.