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Steam News29 August 20187y ago

Shovel Knight Showdown

Good day, brave shovel fighters! We are very excited today to pull back the curtain and announce Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove’s final game!

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addedFeaturesBattle through Story Mode, a multistage journey customized for each character! Your chosen hero will face a rival, defeat scores of opponents, relax with a minigame or two, and hopefully see their tale completed after an all-new final encounter!
addedFeaturesExplore myriad stages inspired by famous characters and locales in Shovel Knight, as well as a plethora of all-new stages.
addedFeaturesYacht Club Game’s beautifully authentic style bridges the gap between yesterday and today. Design, art, and audio hearken back to the days of 8-bit, but with a frenetic new coat of paint!
addedFeaturesNew songs compliment an award-winning soundtrack composed by Jake “Virt” Kaufman.
changedFeaturesBalanced and intuitive gameplay is a warm welcome to newcomers, and an old embrace for experts.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment changes

addedBattle through Story Mode, a multistage journey customized for each character! Your chosen hero will face a rival, defeat scores of opponents, relax with a minigame or two, and hopefully see their tale completed after an all-new final encounter!
addedExplore myriad stages inspired by famous characters and locales in Shovel Knight, as well as a plethora of all-new stages.
addedYacht Club Game’s beautifully authentic style bridges the gap between yesterday and today. Design, art, and audio hearken back to the days of 8-bit, but with a frenetic new coat of paint!
addedNew songs compliment an award-winning soundtrack composed by Jake “Virt” Kaufman.
changedBalanced and intuitive gameplay is a warm welcome to newcomers, and an old embrace for experts.

Good day, brave shovel fighters! We are very excited today to pull back the curtain and announce Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove’s final game!

Duel with up to 4 players and scramble after gems as your favorite heroic or villainous knight in Shovel Knight Showdown. All the classic Shovel Knight characters you know and love are playable, many for the first time ever! Gather your pals for endless multiplayer clashes, or take control of your favorite character and dig into Story Mode. Familiar controls, items, and mechanics return, making this a platform fighting game that anyone can jump into and try. Shovel Knight Showdown features local only multiplayer, and arrives as a free update to all existing versions of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove! It will also be available as a standalone game!

Features

  • Play as all the key heroes and villains from Shovel Knight, many for the first time ever! Master over 16 playable characters including Shovel Knight, Shield Knight, Black Knight, The Enchantress, and all of the Knights of the Order of No Quarter!

  • Compete in one-on-one duels, frantic 4 player free-for-alls, and cooperative team battles against AI opponents or your friends in modes like Gem Clash, Showdown, and more!

  • Battle through Story Mode, a multistage journey customized for each character! Your chosen hero will face a rival, defeat scores of opponents, relax with a minigame or two, and hopefully see their tale completed after an all-new final encounter!

  • Explore myriad stages inspired by famous characters and locales in Shovel Knight, as well as a plethora of all-new stages.

  • Prepare and perfect your moves in a full-featured practice mode.

  • Yacht Club Game’s beautifully authentic style bridges the gap between yesterday and today. Design, art, and audio hearken back to the days of 8-bit, but with a frenetic new coat of paint!

  • New songs compliment an award-winning soundtrack composed by Jake “Virt” Kaufman.

  • Balanced and intuitive gameplay is a warm welcome to newcomers, and an old embrace for experts.

That’s just a taste! There’s much more to come. For even more details and screenshots, check out our website!

Source

Steam News / 29 August 2018

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