Shovel Knight delayed for final polish

Shovel Knight's path towards a March 31 release date has been dealt a major blow, with all the trauma of a strike to the head from some sort of blunt gardening tool.

Ozzie Mejia

March 13, 2014 8:00 AM

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Shovel Knight's path towards a March 31 release date has been dealt a major blow, with all the trauma of a strike to the head from some sort of blunt gardening tool. Developer Yacht Club Games has announced that the retro-style platformer will miss its expected release date by a few weeks.

"This update is to let everyone know that Shovel Knight will be missing March 31 by a few weeks to make sure it's a world class experience, and can release on all platforms simultaneously," the developer stated on the Shovel Knight Kickstarter page. "This isn't a major delay, or a long one; it's simply a stretch of time to get everything polished and aligned. While major development is quickly drawing to a close, there are still some external factors, like submission preparation, which need a little bit more breathing room before the game goes live."

Yacht Club is putting the finishing touches on dialogue, scripted events, level design, and overall game balancing before Shovel Knight undergoes a final bout of testing across all platforms. A new release date has not been announced, with the developer citing some final conversations with Steam and Nintendo.

As soon as it's ready, the game will arrive on PC, Wii U, and 3DS.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?