Shovel Knight mightiness beryllium bouncing into 3D. Developer Yacht Club Games conscionable announced a caller mainline crippled successful nan deed bid that started arsenic a retro-inspired 2D platformer, and nan workplace says this caller crippled will “launch Shovel Knight into an wholly caller magnitude of gaming,” according to a blog post.
If that wasn’t capable of a hint astir nan move to 3D, nan Yacht Club Games’ Friday livestream celebrating nan 10th day of Shovel Knight featured an moreover much pointed hint: a 3D type of nan Yacht Club Games logo.
The workplace is staying mum astir galore specifics — there’s nary merchandise model — but did tease that “the crippled will bring electrifying action, richer mechanics, and each nan timeless charm you expect from a Shovel Knight title.”
While you hold for that caller game, Yacht Club Games will person a batch of caller things you tin play. The workplace besides announced Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX, nan “definitive edition” of nan original Shovel Knight title that adds things for illustration online multiplayer, stereoscopic 3D, a rewind power, in-game cheats, and nan expertise to play arsenic 20 different Shovel Knight characters. Yacht Club Games says nan crippled is “coming soon.” Shovel Knight Dig and Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon are besides getting free DLC this summer.
The developer besides shared new footage of Mina nan Hollower, its upcoming crippled that looks to beryllium heavy inspired by nan Game Boy classical The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. Mina besides has a vague “coming soon” motorboat date, and I look guardant to a much circumstantial merchandise model — nan crippled looks fantastic.