Previously announced PlayStation 4 mentation disappears from lineup.
Shovel Knight Dig volition motorboat for Switch, PC via Steam, and Apple Arcade connected September 23 for $24.99, developers Yacht Club Games and Nitrome announced.
When asked astir the previously announced PlayStation 4 version, a Yacht Club Games typical told Gematsu, “Our existent level enactment up for Shovel Knight Dig‘s merchandise is Nintendo Switch, Apple Arcade, and Steam! If we ever grow our level roster, we’ll beryllium definite to marque a full batch of sound astir it!” (Update 7:20 p.m.: Yacht Club Games has since clarified to Gematsu that Shovel Knight Dig volition beryllium disposable for PlayStation and Xbox platforms “at a aboriginal date.”)
Here is an overview of the game, via Yacht Club Games:
About
When Drill Knight and his dastardly digging unit blast isolated Shovel Knight’s peaceful campsite and bargain his loot, helium grabs his trusty Shovel Blade and starts tunneling aft them!
Meet caller friends and foes, sojourn unusual lands, and outfit yourself successful your quest to support the full onshore from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and excavation your mode down an ever-changing chasm of enigma successful Shovel Knight Dig, an all-new Shovel Knight adventure!
Key Features
- An all-new presumption featuring a caller Shovel Knight story! When Drill Knight and his dastardly digging unit blast isolated Shovel Knight’s peaceful campsite and bargain his loot, helium grabs his trusty Shovel Blade and starts tunneling aft them!
- The archetypal Shovel Knight escapade successful glorious precocious colour pixel graphics and sound. Fluid animation, scaling, rotation, and parallax make the astir convincing Shovel Knight satellite yet!
- Every escapade is different! Shovel Knight Dig levels person been meticulously crafted, past stitched unneurotic utilizing proprietary procreation techniques for infinite replayability.
- Jump, slash, and excavation your mode successful an all-new absorption – down! Rely connected your trusty Shovel Drop, past excavation done immense swaths of ungraded with all-new Speed Shovel mechanics.
- Grow successful powerfulness and wealthiness arsenic you descend into the depths of the earth. Emerge with untold riches to outfit Shovel Knight further, unlocking imperishable items and upgrades to your Shoveling equipment.
- New Knights, caller characters, and caller enemies abound, but fearfulness not! Shovel Knight Dig features Shovel Knight‘s signature storytelling, humor, and possibly adjacent immoderate acquainted faces…
- Another pulse-pounding soundtrack successful a caller benignant by astonishing virtuoso Jake Kaufman!
- The archetypal collaboration betwixt Yacht Club Games and Nitrome, pixel masters!
Watch a caller trailer below.