Shovel Knight Making a Guest Appearance in Yooka-Laylee
Yooka-Laylee was playable to the public for the first time at the Electronic Games Expo and to celebrate, developers Playtonic games dropped a new character parade trailer that contained a nice surprise at the end. Popular indie game icon and Yacht Club Games designed character Shovel Knight will make his first appearance in the 3D realm as an non playable character in Yooka-Laylee when it launche...
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows Release Date Announced
Yacht Club Games has announced that a free update for Shovel Knight, called Plague of Shadows, will be released on September 17th for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, 3DS, and PC. Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows allows players to play as Plague Knight, a villainous master of alchemy with his own unique quest. Plague Knight is trying to concoct the Serum Supernus but to ...
Shovel Knight Amiibo & Mega Yarn Yoshi Price Detailed
Yacht Club games have apparently been working with Nintendo for over a year to bring out an Amiibo for their most popular character, Shovel Knight! This will mark the first Amiibo to not be first created by Nintendo. Not only does this new Amiibo look great, but it also unlocks some cool features in Shovel Knight and is planned to be supported in future Yacht Club titles for Nintendo consoles. The...
Udon Entertainment SDCC 2015 Announcement Recap
Udon Entertainment made several announcements at their recent panel at San Diego Comic Con 2015. The following list presents a full recap of all of the announcements they made at the event. Manga announcements: Kill la Kill Volume 1 by Kazuki Nakashima – Coming in August 2015 Stein’s;Gate Volume 1 by Nitroplus – Also coming in August 2015 Sugar Sugar Rune by Moyoco Anno – B...
Xbox Newsbeat: April 27, 2015
Ahh it’s good to be back! Welcome to this week’s installment of Xbox Newbeat folks. Firstly, I’d like to give a huge shoutout to Jamie for holding down the fort while I was away, he did a bang up job and made sure this engine kept turning. So now that I’m back, lets hit the ground running and get straight into some killer Microsoft news! Spartan Locke Showcases Deadly Skill...
Shovel Knight to be released on PS4, PS3, and PS Vita
To think that a title like Shovel Knight, which has been given an extensive amount of praise, including some of our own as you can read in our review here, required a Kickstarter to be released. Despite the game’s humble beginnings, Yacht Club Games’ Shovel Knight has turned out to be very successful. So successful in fact that it is making the jump from the Wii U, 3DS, and PC to all of the curren...
New Nintendo Direct Reveals Majora’s Mask 3D, Trailers and More
Nintendo Directs are like a mini Nintendo Christmas each time one randomly pops up and this time it was no different with some awesome news being announced and heaps of trailers for new titles across both the 3DS and Wii U. We’ll be covering all the news throughout the day but the major highlights included a Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D announcement with collectors edition for Eur...
Shovel Knight Review
Shovel Knight Developer: Yacht Club Games Publisher: Yacht Club Games Platform: Nintendo Wii U, 3DS (Reviewed), PC Release Date: June 26, 2014 Price: $14.99 BUY NOW! Overview Remember when you had to blow the dust out of your cartridges? That wonderful 8-bit music? Even if you were born after the NES-era, developers have been trying to emulate the charms and quality that the late 80’s/early ...
Shovel Knight receiving music from Mega Man Composer
Another win for a game that has yet to see a release. Shovel Knight, which is being developed by some former developers of WayForward (now deemed Yacht Club Games), is still going through it’s Kickstarter phase – but already has a bit of promise just off the news of who will be adding to it’s soundtrack. Manami Matsumae, who composed melodies for the original Mega Man is going to...