Shovel Knight Hits Retail Stores Later This Year

Written by Brandon Hofer on July 01, 2015

News: Yacht Club Games has revealed that they will be bringing Shovel Knight to a store near you complete with all of the content from the digital version.

Shovel Knight is coming to retail according to Yacht Club Games. It will be hitting store shelves on October 13 in North America and on October 16 in Europe with a suggested price of $19.99. The physical version will be available on Xbox One, PS4, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS and PC (Europe only for PC). Pre-orders should now be available at your local store those who are interested.

If you decide to pick up the physical version you will be getting quite a bit of content. You will get everything that has been released up until now as well as content planned for the future. This includes the original campaign as well as the first content update, Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows. There will also be a fully featured Challenge mode where there will be over 50 challenge levels for you to go through. Other updates that are planned for the future will include:

Specter Knight’s Campaign - A full campaign starring the shadowy scythe spinner!

King Knight’s Campaign - A crazy campaign with the gilded goob himself!

Battle Mode - Duel with up to 4 players as your favorite heroic or villainous knight! (Wii U/PS4/XB1/PC exclusive)

Body Swap Mode - Did you ever wish Shovel Knight was a lady, or Shield Knight was a dude? Well, now you’ll be able to change them all around, along with the rest of the cast.

Yacht Club Games also wanted to point out that there will be a “lavish instruction booklet” provided with every retail copy of the game. Will you be picking up the physical version of Shovel Knight? Tell us what you think below.