Mina the Hollower made it to the biggest show of the season, with its release day being unveiled during Geoff Keighley's Summer Games Fest presentation. Finally, players can get their hands on the…
June 6, 2025 | 06:05 EDT
Mina the Hollower is one of my most anticipated games, and it's been that way for several years now. Ever since its successful Kickstarter campaign, I've been waiting, and I will continue to do so…
September 13, 2024 | 05:22 EDT
Mina the Hollower is a 2D action-adventure platformer where you are Mina, a Hollower who is trying to rescue a cursed island in a 8-bit visual style that should forcefully remind you of the Gameboy…
December 28, 2022 | 04:47 EST
Steel thy shovel fair adventurers! You've decided to check out Yacht Club Games' latest spin-off of the acclaimed retro platformer, Shovel Knight Dig. But this is a notable departure from other…
September 23, 2022 | 12:47 EDT
Shovel Knight has starred in old-school platformers, puzzlers, and made guest appearances in plenty of others including multiple platform fighters. No genre is too far or foreign for Shovel Knight,…
September 22, 2022 | 09:00 EDT
Shovel Knight Dig is the product of a very special combination of developers. On one end is Yacht Club Games, responsible for creating the IP that is Shovel Knight, a bona fide indie hero. On the…
September 4, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
Yacht Club Games has shared sales information for its latest titles Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon and Cyber Shadow. Despite relatively slow initial sales, Yacht Club says it's looking to add "huge…
March 4, 2022 | 10:44 EST
I was too young to experience the NES era of gaming -- a time that Yacht Club Games' Shovel Knight sought to emulate. I could still appreciate the developer's dedication to creating an authentic, old…
February 11, 2022 | 12:19 EST
From the studio that brought us the Shovel Knight series comes a new game without shovels but arguably just as much digging. Yacht Club Games made a name for themselves in 2014 with the release of…
February 2, 2022 | 01:33 EST
Is there anything Shovel Knight can't do? He's starting to become the indie genre's Mario, so recognizable and appearing in so many different games: platform fighters, Metroidvanias, runners, and…
December 12, 2021 | 09:00 EST
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon is now out and in players hands. Early on you'll find that there's an important balance between how many gems you bring back to the camp, and how much you'll spend on…
December 12, 2021 | 09:05 EST
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon sees our favorite Knight's trying to make their way through a number of different stages in order to escape. Along the way they'll face a number of different boss…
December 12, 2021 | 09:05 EST
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon is now available to all. It's not just Shovel Knight himself that has made this franchise what it is, but also all of the other Knights that you come across or were able…
December 12, 2021 | 09:05 EST
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon is now out. This Rogueline/Puzzle game hybrid has Knights moving through falling block style combat to try to escape from the titular Pocket Dungeon. Just beating the…
December 12, 2021 | 09:05 EST
A new game from Yacht Club Games and Vine is out now. Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon is the first of the two new Shovel Knight spin-off games to be released. While the game shares plenty of characters…
December 12, 2021 | 09:05 EST
The Shovel Knight franchise returns with a new release just in time for the holidays! The official Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon release date is Monday, December 13. The latest entry in the Shovel…
November 23, 2021 | 06:35 EST
Get ready for a retro action-platformer from indie developer Aarne Hunziker with Cyber Shadow. Play as Shadow, a cybernetic ninja who must navigate the ruins of Mekacity. The world has been taken…
January 30, 2021 | 03:53 EST
When it comes to retro action-platformers like Cyber Shadow, there's a lot going against them. Not only are there plenty of pixelated competition on the market, there are many different expectations…
January 25, 2021 | 09:00 EST
Embody the Ace of Spade and make your foes shovel off. Shovel Knight is the legendary indie title that did quite the opposite of sitting on its laurels. Embodying a charming and lovingly crafted 8-…
May 4, 2020 | 08:40 EDT
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon is a unique mix of a falling blocks puzzle game with the Shovel Knight style, players will find a full campaign to explore and the same mechanics they recognize from the…
March 3, 2020 | 07:25 EST
There are some people out there who are tired of Shovel Knight. While I can agree that the character's ubiquity could be overwhelming to the casual observer, I find it delightful that he keeps…
March 9, 2020 | 10:00 EDT
Shovel Knight: King of Cards Video Review Shovel Knight: King of Cards is the third expansion to the original Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope story. Like previous add-on campaigns, it turns a boss…
December 22, 2019 | 10:30 EST
Shovel Knight Dig takes us back to a world of shovelry, where platformers were simpler and chiptunes were in style. Take control of Shovel Knight once more in this new adventure, courtesy of the…
September 27, 2019 | 06:37 EDT
Cyber Shadow is the first game being published by Shovel Knight maker Yacht Club Games. It's being developed entirely by one person, with some advice offered by Yacht Club Games, which makes the game…
September 9, 2019 | 01:30 EDT
Shovel Knight Dig is a lot of things in one and to avoid mixing up some word salad, let's just say it's super fun. You know the one thing Shovel Knight didn't do a ton of in Shovel Knight? Dig. There…
September 9, 2019 | 01:00 EDT
Shovel Knight creators Yacht Club Games have announced their second publishing venture. It's an 8-bit retro-styled platformer called Cyber Shadow and it's in development for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and…
March 28, 2019 | 09:00 EDT
This morning David D'Angelo, a developer at Yacht Club Games, announced via a Gamasutra blog post that their game Shovel Knight has just passed 1 million in digital sales. The physical release of …
April 14, 2016 | 09:47 EDT
The long awaited physical release of Shovel Knight is not going 100% as planned, as developers Yacht Club Games announced that their retail copies will be going for a higher price than originally…
October 8, 2015 | 11:43 EDT
The Plague Knight DLC, Plague of Shadows, for Shovel Knight was announced a while ago, and now it is finally here. It prominently features one of the bosses from Shovel Knight, Plague…
September 18, 2015 | 03:18 EDT
The Shovel Knight amiibo is real. After a longstanding rumor of a Shovel Knight amiibo began circulating last week, which came to a head through a deleted post on twitter by…
August 30, 2015 | 12:58 EDT
Following the success of Yacht Club Games' NES style action platformer Shovel Knight, a free update dubbed 'Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows' has surfaced on the developers' website with…
August 26, 2015 | 12:05 EDT
Trying to cash in on nostalgia is a trick that gamers are intimately familiar with at this point. Games throwing in pixel graphics and an 8-bit soundtrack with no regard to actual quality is a common…
April 11, 2015 | 09:18 EDT
Hot off its win of Best Indie of the Year at The Game Awards last night, Yacht Club Games has announced today at the Playstation Experience that Shovel Knight will be coming to the Playstation 3,…
December 7, 2014 | 12:01 EST
Shovel Knight developer Yacht Club Games has announced via their website that their indie title has sold over 180,000 copies of their Action-Platforming game. Their blog has an extremely in depth…
August 6, 2014 | 08:32 EDT
In 2014, the concept of making a game that would feel at home on an NES or SNES is by no means new or original, but Yacht Club Games, the team behind Shovel Knight, scribed another love letter that…
June 26, 2014 | 10:00 EDT