GAME Accidently Reveals Shovel Knight amiibo
Whoops. In an early tweet by GAME Brighton today, the long standing rumour of a Shovel Knight amiibo has finally been confirmed by the UK games retailer. This amiibo will unlock exclusive content in the Wii U and 3DS versions of Shovel Knight and is probably the 'megaton' announcement that…
Kickstarter and Nostalgia Overload
This week has seen the launch of yet another spiritual successor Kickstarter, with Koji Igarashi revealing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and having it funded fully within a matter of hours. This is on top of the continued success of Yooka-Laylee and the release of Broken Age Act 2, signalling…
Yacht Club Games Reveals Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows
In the first in the series of free content updates for Shovel Knight, Yacht Club Games have announced the Plague of Shadows expansion for the critically acclaimed platformer. In this brand new quest, you will play as Plague Knight as he quests to make the Serum Supernus. Unfortunately for him,…
VGU Interviews: Shovel Knight
Hot on the heels of its success, we got chance to talk to Sean Velasco and Nick Wozniak over at Yacht Club Games to talk Shovel Knight, fan art, troupples, how to start off as an indie developer and much more. SF: So how are you all reacting to the…
Shovel Knight Review
In an attempt to capture the essence of 8-bit platformers from the NES era, the team at Yacht Club Games has dug up many of the genre’s tropes and reworked them, trying to add design elements from the modern era to spice up this aging game style. However, is the…