Yooka-Laylee is hitting Switch on Dec. 14th, but you don't have to wait until then to make your purchase. If you want to play the game as soon as possible on launch night, you can go with the digital preload option. You'll be able to cough up your cash and start preloading the game on Dec. 7th, 2017.
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