Yacht Club Games

Yacht Club Games, LLC
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, LLC 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: Shovel of Hope Yacht Club Games 2D Side-scrolling platform Nintendo 3DS, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Originally released simply as "Shovel Knight" but later renamed with subtitle "Shovel of Hope"[5]
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 Expansion pack for Shovel Knight[6]
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, Nintendo Switch 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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "New studio Yacht Club Games sails away with a crew from WayForward". Warp Zoned. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ex-WayForward Yacht Club Games kickstarts retro action game 'Shovel Knight'". Joystiq. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ https://yachtclubgames.com/2017/01/switch-up/
  6. ↑ http://yachtclubgames.com/plague-of-shadows/
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