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Yacht Club Games concluded their special online presentation with a slew of updates and announcements including a new Shovel Knight game.
While Shovel Knight fans are still waiting for King of Cards and Showdown, two new games/updates to Shovel Knight Treasure Trove, Yacht Club Games hopes to alleviate the wait with new gameplay trailers and information.
Check out all the updates and announcements from the Yacht Club Games Shovel Knight presentation.
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SHOVEL KNIGHT DIG
The biggest news coming from the presentation was the reveal of Shovel Knight Dig, a brand new adventure starring our favorite blue-armored shovel-wielding protagonist.
Yacht Club Games is developing Shovel Knight Dig alongside Nitrome and has already been in development for more than a year. The premise of Shovel Knight Dig revolves around the protagonist being disrupted by Drill Knight and his crew. They have blasted Shovel Knight's campsite and he goes underground to find them.
While the first Shovel Knight game had players shovel up and across, this title will have our hero shovel down deeper and deeper. Each level has been crafted independently and stitched together using proprietary generation techniques so everyone's playthrough is different. This also allows for maximum replayability.
Players will be able to unlock permanent items and upgrades as they adventure under the earth's surface. There will be new Knights, characters and enemies to discover.
No release date for Shovel Knight Dig was announced, but PAX West attendees can try out the latest demo.
SHOVEL KNIGHT: KING OF CARDS
A new trailer for Shovel Knight: King of Cards was released showing new stages and gameplay for what Yacht Club Games is calling "the biggest game we've ever made." It's also being pegged as a return and a sendoff to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Players will also be able to enjoy a new card game called Joustus while playing through King of Cards.
Check out the Shovel Knight: King of Cards trailer below and get ready for more platforming and card game action when King of Cards releases in 2019.
SHOVEL KNIGHT SHOWDOWN
Shovel Knight Showdown is a local multiplayer fighter that lets players take control of their favorite Shovel Knight characters in fighting-platformer action.
A new trailer and character reveal was announced during the special presentation as Mona from Plague of Shadows was added as a playable character. Shovel Knight Showdown will be available as a free update to those who own Treasure Trove, excluding the Nintendo 3DS version.
A release date was not revealed, but you can check out the latest Shovel Knight Showdown trailer below.
SHOVEL KNIGHT UPDATES
Besides King of Cards and Showdown being the final big update for Treasure Trove, fans will be able to enjoy some other features.
The first announcement is Plague Knight, Specter Knight and King Knight will all be available as amiibo. Scanning them into your Switch, 3DS or Wii U will unlock new costumes. The amiibo will also unlock new platforming challenges within each game's challenge mode.
And finally, each amiibo can unlock a fairy friend that will follow players on their adventure.
Yacht Club Games also announced that Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove will get a physical release on Xbox One. The studio is hopeful that all the content will already be on the disc when it releases, from Shovel of Hope to Showdown.
You can check all the updates to Treasure Trove on the official site.
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