Shovel Knight Archives

Better than nothing I suppose. I've talked to death about Yacht Club Games fantastic retro inspired 2D platformer Shovel Knight.  The plucky Kickstarter success story was a lesson in how to make a fantastic game, but also in how to do a crowd funded campaign right (take some notes Comcept) With a terrific mix of mechanics[...]

By Jared Cornelius   As someone interested in the content that Bleeding Cool covers I'm sure that many of you have the collector's personality.  You enjoy owning a physical thing.  Something that you can hold, something that you can keep pristine, and something to help use to build a proud and personal collection.  I say this because I feel[...]

Some dude named Juergen is getting emails wondering what the hell is going on with the podcast he hasn't done since 2013… Check out the mp3 of the show here or check out the YouTube version! If that doesn't work for you, you can check us out on iTunes and subscribe to us and get the final[...]

Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows has been high up on my must play list for a long while Yacht Club Game's Shovel Knight was one of my favorite titles from last year, so seeing what the developer does with its first DLC for the game will be exciting. And finally we have a date It is[...]

I've been hearing rumors of a Shovel Knight amiibo for a while now, and the mere idea has had me buzzing I'm a big fan of Shovel Knight, and if you haven't played the game yet, you really, really should. That's why I'm very happy a Shovel Knight Amiibo has now been announced officially[...]

Shovel Knight really was one of the very best games of last year I recently went back to play through it again, and loved it just as much I highly recommend playing it if you missed it. That is why I am very excited about the Plague of Shadows DLC that is incoming The DLC flips[...]

By Jared Cornelius Welcome back to Sweet Release!  Bleeding Cool's weekly peek at the newest games hitting store shelves, or in this week's case digital platforms.  That's right dear reader, it's one of those release calendars where digital media is king as we have zero physical releases to talk about.  However, I think that it won't be a problem as[...]

Shovel Knight really was one of last years true gems The title reflected the unbridled joy of old 90s platformers like Ducktails and Castle of Illusion If you haven't had a chance to play the game yet, you should make some time. If you have an Xbox One, you'll be able to rectify that next week,[...]

Some featured news includes the GDC announcements with ID@Xbox game announcements (including Shovel Knight!), performance boosts thanks to DirectX 12, and Steam boxes and streaming machines. Obviously, we get our talk on about Diablo III, tackle an email from Zak Lyons regarding our Four For February, which kind of fell apart on us, and I give[...]

For now though, it's only in Shovel Knight During Microsoft's GDC press conference yesterday, the Battletoad's turned up at the end of a ID@Xbox montage as console specific characters for Shovel Knight Their role is currently unclear as they could be playable or bosses, but they're likely to have to same role as Kratos in[...]

It's a great top-down RPG and if you liked Bastion at all, you should give it s whirl. Shovel Knight If you, like me, spent a long time playing difficult platformers on the SNES in the 90s, you will get a pretty good kick out of Shovel Knight If you didn't, well you'll still probably get a[...]

Well, his wife did, but either way, welcome to the world, Hope George Nowik! We do eventually talk about the PlayStation Experience and how much Pappy regretted going as well as some of the news that occurred during the past week including Game Awards winners, Shovel Knight going to PlayStation consoles, and Street Fighter V becoming[...]

By Jared Cornelius Have you ever played a modern game that takes you back to your childhood?  A game that in every way makes you remember why you fell in love with video games in the first place? 2D platformer, Shovel Knight, has become that title for me.  Shovel Knight started life as a successful Kickstarter from Yacht Club Games, a group of ex-Wayforward Technologies employees.  Wayforward has[...]

By Jared Cornelius   Welcome back to Live(ish) From The Games Shop.  I was content to keep complaining about the lack of releases again, because unsurprisingly this is another barren week.  However, a bright shining star was released on Friday, escaping last week's column.  So I'm going to gush about that, then give you a couple of quality download titles[...]

What we've finally learned is that the game "Metal Gear Solid V" will be split into two parts: Ground Zeroes, and The Phantom Pain.  Ground Zeroes, releasing this month, has been described by Kojima as the opening credits before the movie (presumably Phantom Pain) begins. Unfortunately, this comparison seems to have held up in terms of[...]