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Playtonic’s new 3D platformer is called “Yooka-Laylee”. As it turns out, those are also the names of the game’s lead characters. Yooka is the chameleon while Laylee is the bat.

So how’d Playtonic come up with those names anyway? In a new website interview, artist Greg Mayles explained:

It was planned like this from the start. Yes, that’s right. It wasn’t just a happy coincidence that ‘Ukulele’ splits so well into two character names, honest.

Actually, someone on the team picked up a Hawaiian dictionary and apparently ‘’uku’ means ‘a small brained person’ and ‘lele’ means ‘to fly’ or, excitingly, ‘to get off of a vehicle’. That’s definitely not a coincidence either.

Yooka-Laylee came to Kickstarter last week, and quickly surpassed its $270,000 funding goal. Over $2.1 million has been raised thus far.

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Adventures of Pip won’t be launching this month as originally expected. In a new Kickstarter update, developer TicToc Games confirmed that the game has been delayed to June.

We are sad to announce that Adventures of Pip’s release date for both Steam and the WiiU (NA) has been pushed back to June 2015. We’re finalizing the build and locking in a new release date before making any future announcements. We will continue to update you guys on any news regarding any release date announcements across all platforms.

We apologize for the date change so late in the game, but never fear, Pip will be coming to your favorite platform soon!

Adventures of Pip was last scheduled for May 14. We should be hearing about a new release date fairly soon.

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Disney Interactive just released the first trailer for Disney Infinity 3.0. We’ve posted it below.

Ronimo Games has kicked off its new “Daily Duel” video series for Swords & Soldiers II. In today’s video, two Berserkers compete against three Axethrowers. Check it out below.

Nexis Games issued another four screenshots from UCraft today. View them below.

EnjoyUp Games added a new Funk of Titans trailer to its YouTube account a couple of days ago, confirming that the game is in the works for Wii U. The publisher has since sent out an official information with more details.

Funk of Titans is a platformer developed by A Crowd Of Monsters, though EnjoyUp has been handling the Wii U port. In the game, players take on the role of Perseus and are tasked with defeating Music Titans. Funk of Titans contains over 40 levels across the worlds of Pop, Rap, and Rock. It’s also possible to experiment with different weapons/helmets, and collect golden records throughout your journey.

Funk of Titans launches on the North American Wii U eShop on May 14 for $8.99. The European version is planned for early June.

Source: EnjoyUp Games PR

More footage from High Strageness has come in ahead of its release on the Wii U eShop this Wednesday. View it below.

BeautiFun Games is including an original mode in the Wii U version of Nihilumbra. Players will be able to try out new co-op mode, which appears to be exclusive to the eShop release.

While in co-op, one player will control Born while a second will control the brush/colors. Both will need to work together to escape from the Void. BeautiFun believes the mode “will add a whole new layer of fun to the game” and “seemed a clever way of exploiting the Wii U technology to enhance the Nihilumbra experience”.

We heard earlier today that Nihilumbra is due out on May 14 in North America. This date has now been confirmed for Europe as well. As is the case in North America, those who buy the game through May 28 can save 20 percent. It will normally be priced at $9.99 / €8.99.

Source: BeautiFun Games PR

With Nihilumbra coming out on the North American Wii U eShop next week, why not get a look at the game in video form? You can do so through the video below!

We’ve been waiting on the Wii U version for Nihilumbra for over a year, but it won’t be much longer before it arrives. The North American eShop is listing the title for release on May 14. Beautifun Games will be selling Nihilumbra for an introductory price of $7.99 until May 28.

Source: Wii U eShop


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