Playtonic Games have engaged a publisher for their record-breaking crowdfunded 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee.

Indie publisher Team17 (of Worms and Alien Breed) will publish the game and assist with localisation, QA testing, and other post-production work.

That leaves Playtonic, a studio made up of former Rare developers, free to do the creative work on Yooka-Laylee, designed as a spiritual successor to classic platformers like Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country.

Playtonic's Kickstarter smashed records earlier this year when it became fully funded in under forty minutes, ultimately raising nearly twelve times its initial goal.

Yooka-Laylee is aiming for a simultaneous October 2016 release on PC and new-gen consoles (even the Wii U).