Look, we all want a new Banjo game. Nuts and Bolts was a divisive title, to say the least, and a "spiritual successor" can't ever really fill that special place in our hearts that the iconic bear and bear duo hold. But with Playtonic stepping in to quash rumors about a new Banjo game once agai♌n, it's time for us to al🅷l accept it: the dream is dead.
Playtonic took to Twitter to l💙et people know not to get their hopes up.
There you have it. Playtonic isn't working on a new Banjo in any capacity. They also went on to clarify that they aren't working on a ru🍎mored remaster of the original games. As far as we know, the fledgling developer is a strictly "lizard and bat" studio for the ti🃏me being.
This isn't the first time rumors have swirled around them, of course. Earlier last year, fans hatched a vaguely conspiratorial theory that assured gamers Playtonic was definitely, probably, maybe working on a new Banjo game. .
Playtonic's in an unenviable position, really. Fans expect the studio to either make the thing that made their staff famous, or continue to grind out successors to these two-decade-old games. Otherwise, they're not happy. But Playtonic doesn't really owe anyone anything - Yooka-Laylee was a stellar little game, and I've heard tell that Impossible Lair was also a rousing success.
Honestly, it would be more interesting to see what this talented crew of veteran developers could come up with that wasn't a tribute to an out-of-vogue genrౠe. But that's just us!