Writing on video games since 2017, Sam joined the GR ranks in summer 2022. Primarily penning reviews/previews, it's been his pleasure to work with the site. A partiular highlight was when he got to ...

Shovel Knight Dig, developed in collaboration between Yacht Club and Nitrome, takes the main ideas of Shovel Knight's 2D platformer gameplay - the bouncing, the shoveling, the Mega Man-esque boss ...

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 has become an indie phenomenon since its original release in 2014. Since then, players have received numerous free expansions for the title with more still to come with King of Cards and ...

The original Shovel Knight saga from Yacht Club Games wrapped up in 2019 with Shovel Knight: King of Cards, the game's final expansion. Two spin-offs have been planned, with Shovel Knight Dig and ...

I n 2014, Yacht Club Games found significant commercial success and cultivated a lot of community goodwill with Shovel Knight. An early Kickstarter adopter, the 2D platformer received support above ...

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Advancements in technology have made video games better as a whole (duh), but not just in terms of polygon counts and fancy controllers: They have also allowed serious game-making (and game-releasing) ...

Shovel Knight is heading to the Nintendo Switch, developer Yacht Club Games announced. But when it launches on the platform later this year, the retro-style platformer will arrive with a new name, as ...

Ever since Double Fine proved that Kickstarter could be used for funding games with its title Broken Age, there has been a rash of game ideas hit the crowd funding service. Some have turned out to be ...

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 ...

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, ...