Yacht Club Games, the developers of Shovel Knight, had a historic showing at PAX East this year. Six years ago, Shovel Knight made its playable debut there. Now its coming to a close there are well, with Shovel Knight: King of Cards and Shovel Knight: Showdown, its final updates. Both modes were drawing crowds for all four days of the show, making for a climactic finale to the game’s long-running relationship with show.
Perhaps even more notable was the appearance of Cyber Shadow, a newly announced game created by Aarne “MekaSkull” Hunziker, with Yacht Club serving as publisher. The game, which has been in development for over five years, made up half of Yacht Club’s total booth size, sending a strong message about how much the studio believes in their new partner.
As it turns out, this relationship didn’t happen overnight. In fact, it almost didn’t happen at all.
Source: Destructoid Cyber Shadow initially shied away from publishing with Yacht Club