Shovel Knight

Infendo’s 2017 GOTY Awards

On this week’s show, we gave our Game of the Year awards out to 14 different categories. In case you missed the fun, but can’t wait for the produced show (or the Early Birdo Special to our patrons), you can find all of our selections here! What do you think, do you agree with our choices? Did we miss a truly amazing game you want to get recognition? Let us know in the comments below! &...

Shantae and Shovel Knight Coming to Blaster Master Zero as DLC

In the Indie game scene, seemingly everyone is friends. Dust: An Elysian Tail saw many favorites from the indie scene make a cameo appearances, such as Meat Boy and Bandage Girl from Super Meat Boy, and The Kid from Bastion. It comes as no surprise then that Inti Creates, developer behind Blaster Master Zero, is partnering with Wayforward and Yacht Club Games to bring Shantae and Shovel Knight to ...

Infendo Review – Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

  What is it? Treasure Trove is the 3.0 update to the critically acclaimed game Shovel Knight, and was originally released in 2014 by Yacht Club Games. The game was Kickstarted and exceeded every stretch goal it had. Thanks to those stretch goals, not only did it come to a crazy amount of platforms (3DS, Wii U, PS3/PS4/Vita, Xbox One, Windows/Mac/Linux/Steam, and even Fire Stick!), it also is...

Shovel Knight gets Amiibo support!

Come on Nintendo, you’re killing me here! If you didn’t have an Amiibo addiction before, Nintendo and Yacht Club have given you/me yet another reason to plop down $12.99. Introducing the Shovel Knight Amiibo! Details are sparse on the gameplay unlocks this Amiibo will bring to the Wii U and 3DS versions of the game, however, the press release found below mentions cooperative play and e...

Review: Shovel Knight, A Brilliant Homage To The 8-Bit Era

  What do Mega Man, Super Mario Bros. 3, Duck Tales and The Adventures of Link all have in common? Unique stories. Imaginative characters. Brilliant level designs. Fantastic music. They are some of the greatest platformers of all time, and helped define the 8-bit era. And now, they have all played a role in inspiring this years smash indie hit, Shovel Knight. What started out as a Kickstarter...

Tip: The Shovel Knight OST is awesome; download it now

Jake Kaufman, music composer for games like Shovel Knight and Mighty Switch Force!, is getting to be quite well-known, and for good reason. Shovel Knight was recently released on the eShop for both Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and in addition to being very well received, the game has an amazing chiptune soundtrack that you can download right over here on Jake’s Bandcamp page. I haven’t play...