Company:Yacht Club Games
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Short description: American video game company
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Key people | Sean Velasco |
Number of employees | 19 (February 2022) |
Yacht Club Games, LLC is an American independent video game development studio and publisher founded in 2011 by former WayForward Technologies director Sean Velasco.[1] The company announced their first title, Shovel Knight, on March 14, 2013, and released it on June 26, 2014, after a successful Kickstarter campaign.[2] In 2016, the company announced that it would start publishing games from other companies, and that their first published game would be Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack, a compilation containing Azure Striker Gunvolt and Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, which was released later that year.[3] Their second published title was Cyber Shadow, a game developed by Mechanical Head Studios, which was released in 2021.[4] In February 2022, the company announced their second original title, Mina the Hollower.[5]
Games developed
| Year | Title | Genre | Platform | Additional note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope | Platform | Amazon Fire TV, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS , Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One | Originally released simply as "Shovel Knight" but later renamed with subtitle "Shovel of Hope"[6] |
| 2015 | Shovel Knight | Expansion pack for Shovel Knight[7] | ||
| 2017 | Shovel Knight | Expansion pack for Shovel Knight[8] | ||
| 2019 | Shovel Knight | Expansion pack for Shovel Knight[9] | ||
| Shovel Knight Showdown | Fighting | Amazon Fire TV, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One | Expansion pack for Shovel Knight[10] | |
| 2021 | Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon | Dungeon crawler, puzzle, roguelite | macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | An entry in the Shovel Knight series.[11][12] Co-developed with Vine.[13] |
| 2022 | Shovel Knight Dig | Dungeon crawler, roguelite, platform | Apple Arcade, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch | An entry in the Shovel Knight series. Co-developed with Nitrome.[14] |
| TBA | Mina the Hollower | Action-adventure | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux | N/A |
Games published
| Year | Title | Developer | Genre | Platform(s) | Additional note(s) |
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| 2016 | Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack | Inti Creates | Action, platformer | Nintendo 3DS | Physical compilation of Azure Striker Gunvolt and Azure Striker Gunvolt 2[15] |
| 2021 | Cyber Shadow[16][17] | Mechanical Head Studios[lower-alpha 1] | Action, platformer[17] | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One[17][18] | N/A |
Notes
References
- ↑ "New studio Yacht Club Games sails away with a crew from WayForward". Warp Zoned. March 6, 2013. http://www.warpzoned.com/2013/03/new-studio-yacht-club-games-sails-away-with-a-crew-from-wayforward/.
- ↑ "Ex-WayForward Yacht Club Games kickstarts retro action game Shovel Knight". Joystiq. http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/15/ex-wayforward-yacht-club-games-kickstarts-retro-action-game-sho/.
- ↑ Moser, AJ (July 8, 2016). "Yacht Club Games Publishing Both Azure Striker Gunvolt Games in Physical Release This Fall". Game Informer. http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/07/08/yacht-club-games-publishing-both-azure-striker-gunvolt-games-this-fall.aspx?. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
- ↑ Nguyen, Lisa (17 March 2020). "Yacht Club Releases Trailer And Launch Window For Cyber Shadow". https://happygamer.com/yacht-club-releases-trailer-and-launch-window-for-cyber-shadow-59018/.
- ↑ Dinsdale, Ryan (1 February 2022). "Shovel Knight Developer Announces a Brand New Game, Mina the Hollower" (in en). https://www.ign.com/articles/mina-the-hollower-shovel-knight-developer-brand-new-game-yacht-club.
- ↑ "Switch-up!". January 11, 2017. https://yachtclubgames.com/2017/01/switch-up/.
- ↑ "Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows Press Kit". June 13, 2014. https://yachtclubgames.com/plague-of-shadows/.
- ↑ "Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment Press Kit". February 21, 2017. https://yachtclubgames.com/specter-of-torment-press-kit/.
- ↑ "Shovel Knight: King of Cards Press Kit". August 30, 2017. https://yachtclubgames.com/shovel-knight-king-of-cards-press-kit/.
- ↑ "Shovel Knight Showdown Press Kit". August 24, 2018. https://yachtclubgames.com/shovel-knight-showdown-press-kit/.
- ↑ Moon, Mariella (26 February 2020). "New Shovel Knight spinoff is a Tetris-like puzzle game". https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/26/shovel-knight-pocket-dungeon/.
- ↑ "Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon: Releases December 13th!". 23 November 2021. https://www.yachtclubgames.com/blog/shovel-knight-pocket-dungeon-releases-december-13.
- ↑ "Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon". https://www.yachtclubgames.com/press/shovel-knight-pocket-dungeon.
- ↑ "Shovel Knight: Dig". https://www.yachtclubgames.com/press/shovel-knight-dig.
- ↑ "Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack Press Kit". July 5, 2016. https://yachtclubgames.com/striker-pack-press-kit/.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Doolan, Liam (March 28, 2019). "Yacht Club Games Reveals Cyber Shadow, A Thrilling New 8-Bit Ninja Platformer". Nlife Media. http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/03/yacht_club_games_reveals_cyber_shadow_a_thrilling_new_8-bit_ninja_platformer.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Winslow, Jeremy (March 27, 2019). "Shovel Knight Dev Reveals Its Next Project". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/shovel-knight-dev-reveals-its-next-project/1100-6465877/.
- ↑ Wales, Matt (January 13, 2021). "Meet the one-man studio behind Cyber Shadow". https://blog.playstation.com/2021/01/12/meet-the-one-man-studio-behind-cyber-shadow/.
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