Yacht Club Games - the creator of Shovel Knight - has revealed it will be airing its third official broadcast on G4's XPlay show next week (via G4 on Twitch).
According to Yacht Club's blog post - the developer and publisher will be focusing on a selection of games that have brand new content currently in development. In addition to this, there'll also be an "exciting mega announcement" (also described as a "groundbreaking announcement") that will apparently be a "historic" event.
"Our very own Sean Velasco, Alec Faulkner, Nick Wozniak, Sandy Gordon, and Celia Schilling will pull back the development curtain to share a boatload of new updates, never-before-seen gameplay sneak peeks, DLC, and a groundbreaking announcement!"
“We can’t wait to unleash everything we’ve been cooking up since our last showcase in February 2020. It's been difficult to keep all this cool stuff a secret!” said Sean Velasco, Game Designer. “We hope you tune in and get excited too, because this is just the beginning!”
The broadcast is expected to last for around 60 minutes and will air on 1st February - will you be tuning in? Tell us down below.
[source yachtclubgames.com]
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I like to think that this mega announcement is some Nintendo collaboration like the Crypt Of The Necromancer devs did.
But a 16-bit styled Shovel Knight 2 would also be pretty cool too.
Hooray! It's going to be NFTs!
"We just got bought by M$!"
Please be the long hinted at Shovel Knight 64! 😎
A new 2D Kid Icarus done by Yacht Club would be brilliant.
I never would I imagined Nintendo would hire them to localize Earthboud 3. Truly a historic day in gamkng
Purchased by Metaface
Shovel Knight 64.
The sas in these first six comments alone! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
“Groundbreaking”… like a shovel, one might say?
I definitely reckon we’re getting Shovel Knight 2.
Boat load of Shovelware
"Historic"? Does this mean they've finally discovered a dinosaur that used to play video games?!
@ryu_san Probably Shovel Knight-ware
Who?
*Character limit breaker!
I hope they're going to announce an update to Pocket Dungeon that allows you to save the game midway through a run.
A gatcha style Shovel Knight on mobile!
I’m going with Shovel Knight Netflix series.
@Kochambra *Tencent lmao
I'm always a little dubious when an announcement is built up so much... but fingers crossed it's something big and not just a drive to get people to watch the stream!
Hoping for a physical of Cyber Shadow
If it's "Shovel Knight 3D" I hope to god it's a corridor platformer and not a collectathon.
Bought by Microsoft, nice!
@Bunkerneath That would actually be fantastic
I doubt it will be Shovel Knight 2
Definitely will be Spade Knight - like Shovel Knight except he has different colour armour and his shovel is called a spade.
Usually when they say they have groundbreaking stuff, it tends to be groundbreakingly disappointing. Gaming companies in general I mean, not these guys specifically. Not going to hold my breath for anything.
@ryu_san maybe its like his brother, rake Knight, a bit like mug man
Acquired by Soulja Boy
Dreamcast 2 confirmed.
Bought by Nintendo or working on a 2D Zelda game.
I am willing to bet my house that the announcement is neither historic nor groundbreaking.
Pay to win and NFT
A 3D Shovel Knight would make me very happy.
Hopefully it's an announcement for the physical of Cyber Shadow.
The last time an announcement was described as groundbreaking was from Sega when they introduced their own cloud service for arcade games (i think it was).
So yeah...either bought by Microsoft, NFTs, Cloud Gaming or their own Games Store. Please be none of those and instead just be new games from them 😅. As others have said "groundbreaking" does literally reference shovels, so hey who knows!
@StefanN
Honestly a Microsoft buyout sound about right to me. (Not that I want this to happen)
The announcement of any new game wouldnt be a historic moment either to Yacht Club Games or the wider gaming community.
A buyout sound more of historic moment (to Yacht Club Games at least)
Unless they are planning to release a Yacht Club Console or something?
Maybe turning Shovel knight into a cartoon (cross media step......kinda historic)
@Mattock1987 Tbh, I'd watch that.
Metroid Shovel - the sequel to Metroid Dread
How about a Zelda II remake?
@Burntbreadman A console or a cartoon are definitely things to consider as well.
Banjo threeie?
I'm sure I'll dig it whatever it is!
Unless it's NFTs, then I'll shove a shovel up the company's back... yard!
A 3D Shovel Knight game? Shovel Knight 2 (if Dig isn't the true sequel)? Maybe another collaboration with Arby's!?
I just want to say, I am super pumped that there is an XPlay again. Been enjoying the relaunch of G4 thusfar.
It would be unwise to hype this up so much if it's not Shovel Knight 2 of 64 of whatever
@Erigen dear god anything but that
Cyber shadow 2 xxx
Ughhh! Why G4? Their losing subscribers in the thousands everyday. Hope Cyber Shadow gets a physical release!
@Bunkerneath Just finished Cyber Shadow, such a good game! Would definitely like to see a physical collector’s edition—I’d be all over that!
The untested prequel to Shovel Knight - Shovelware Knight.
@Erigen came here looking for this comment 😂 was not disappointed!
Shovel Knight: The Movie, Starring: The Rock!
Did they ever finish everything there was for Shovel Knight?
@E-Man
Lol, I was thinking the same thing. I couldn't imagine a more disastrous attempt at a relaunch. More people will hear the announcement on popular youtuber channels and websites like this than will on that stream, especially considering the time it will be broadcast.
@Magician Absolutely. They more or less perfected what Zelda II set out to do, so that would make my day.
These “Big announcements” are usually quite disappointing.
Man, I get they have to big up their presentation but this now needs to be a big deal for it to have any impact. Even something like Shovel Knight 2 is just maybe going to feel obvious and as a result maybe disappointing. It really is best for fans to comment megaton, than to claim it as such. Oh well. Still looking forward to it
Shovel Knight Dig!?
I suppose I'll have my eyes peeled..
Groundbreaking? Because you use a shovel to break ground? It's funny!
A certain friend of mines would flip crap if he sees a new Shovel Knight game (not a spin-off) get announced. He's grinded and replayed the games so much since the 3DS and did it again on the Switch.
So...They're remastering Shovel Knight and will support the remaster with 5 years of additional updates and content.
Got it.
@AstraeaV I believe they did with the release of King of Cards back in late 2019 (at least when it comes to the game itself).
My guess is it will be Mega Shovel (or Rock Shovel if you're in Japan), a Mega Man/Shovel Knight crossover.
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