From Zelda II to Dark Souls, David D'Angelo from Yacht Club Games walks us through seven obscure game mechanics that inspired Shovel Knight: Shovel Of Hope. King Knight slams and spins through the ...

Shovel Knight is inspired by the past in all the right ways — but it's far from stuck in it. Countless games have attempted to exploit our nostalgia for the 8 and 16-bit golden age, but none have ...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is a comprehensive Shovel Knight collection that does a good job of showing off what’s great about the Nintendo Switch, while the new Specter of Torment expansion ...

Yacht Club Games just unearthed tons of dirt on what's happening in the Shovel Knight universe. The developer announced one new title, Shovel Knight Dig, and released new information on Shovel Knight ...

Ryan is the Editor-in-Chief at DualShockers and has been a lover of games as long as he can remember. He holds a BA in English and Cinema and lives in New York City. The early days of video gaming, ...

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Yacht Club Games has gotten a lot out of mileage out of the simple premise of Shovel Knight. If your weapon of choice is a shovel, you basically have two options: dig or whack people with it. Shovel ...

Shovel Knight: Ultimate Design Works Hardcover launches May 26, and will feature nearly 100 pages of new content. Yacht Club says this isn't a "major" delay, but it doesn't want to announce a new date ...

The gaming industry is attached to an invisible pendulum. In recent years, that pendulum has noticeably swung towards an appreciation of the old school, with pixel art, grueling difficulty, and ...

Shovel Knight lovingly recreates the simple pleasures of 8-bit platformers and improves on them with modern ideas that make every level different and worth playing. PC Gamer's got your back Our ...