Yacht Club Games
Privately held company | |
Industry | Video game industry |
Founded | 2011 |
Headquarters | Valencia, California |
Key people | Sean Velasco |
Products | Video games |
Number of employees | 5 (July 2014)[1] |
Website | YachtClubGames.com |
Yacht Club Games is an American independent video game development studio founded in 2011 by former WayForward Technologies director Sean Velasco.[2] The company announced their first title, Shovel Knight, on March 14, 2013, and released it on June 26, 2014, after a successful Kickstarter campaign.[3] 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.[4]
List of games developed
Year | Title | Publisher | Genre | Platform | Additional note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Shovel Knight | Yacht Club Games | 2D Side-scrolling platform | Nintendo 3DS, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One | |
2015 | Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows | Yacht Club Games | 2D Side-scrolling platform | Nintendo 3DS, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One | Free expansion pack for Shovel Knight[5] |
2017 | Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment | Yacht Club Games | 2D Side-scrolling platform | Nintendo 3DS, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One | Free expansion pack for Shovel Knight |
List of games published
Year | Title | Developer | Genre | Platform | Additional note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack | Inti Creates | 2D Side-scrolling action-platform | Nintendo 3DS | Physical compilation of Azure Striker Gunvolt and Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 |
References
- ↑ Holt, Chris (July 2, 2014). "Inside Shovel Knight: A Look at a First-Time Developer's Big Week". USgamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ↑ "New studio Yacht Club Games sails away with a crew from WayForward". Warp Zoned. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
- ↑ "Ex-WayForward Yacht Club Games kickstarts retro action game 'Shovel Knight'". Joystiq. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
- ↑ Moser, AJ (July 8, 2016). "Yacht Club Games Publishing Both Azure Striker Gunvolt Games in Physical Release This Fall". Game Informer. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
- ↑ http://yachtclubgames.com/plague-of-shadows/
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