Shovel Knight, the 8-bit indie game being developed by a team of ex-WayForward Technologies staff, has been fully funded thanks to contributions via Kickstarter. With 12 days to go, Shovel Knight ...

If you've answered "yes", then we've a feeling you're going to love Bat Boy, an 8-bit action-platformer from X PLUS Games that takes everything great from Shovel Knight and Mega Man and lumps it ...

Every inch inspired by the traditional 8-bit platformer, Shovel Knight does fall back on established design tropes. Disappearing blocks and bottomless pits abound, for example. But the game is ...

Fortunately, Shovel Knight isn’t another game using the crutch of an 8-bit aesthetic to attract the children of the Nintendo Entertainment System era. Rather, it’s a game that consciously and ...

Shovel Knight is a download-only 8-bit platformer. Alone, these qualifiers hardly separate it from many games in the indie game stratosphere, good or bad. Yet Yacht Club Games' creation has held ...

2D platformer, Shovel Knight, has become that title for me ... The story also feels a bit predictable, but these are minor complaints and don't really detract all that much from the game's ...