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GTA 6 Will Be Available On As A Physical Release On Day One, Take-Two Confirms

GTA 6 Will Be Available On As A Physical Release On Day One, Take-Two Confirms https://ift.tt/M5eNOgH Grand Theft Auto VI is coming this year after a long wait, and as it gets closer, rumors have begun to pop up about its launch. One rumor that has gained considerable traction is that the game would launch as a digital-only title , with a physical release coming at some point after release. The logic behind the rumor was that a physical release of the game could lead to early leaks ahead of the game's launch, and that publisher Take-Two might be willing to go to great lengths to avoid this. As it turns out, though, this is not the plan. Talking to Variety following an earnings call, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has confirmed that the publisher does not intend to delay the game's physical release. When asked directly about the rumor that the game will not be available physically on launch day to avoid potential leaks, Zelnick gave a straightforward response: ...

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Why Does Shovel Knight Make So Many Cameos? "We Think It's Funny" https://ift.tt/GONSpb1

Shovel Knight, the character, made his debut in 2014 in a video game appropriately called Shovel Knight. The game was praised upon release and is remembered as a well-executed platformer inspired by NES classics. Since then, the game has received multiple DLC additions and Shovel Knight has appeared in spin-offs like Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon and most recently, the roguelike platformer, Shovel Knight Dig. More impressive, however, is Shovel Knight's penchant for appearing in games that don't have his name in the title. Shovel Knight has either appeared as himself, or been referenced, in at least 33 non-Shovel Knight games. He even received his own Amiibo and a line of kid's meal toys with Arby's.

Ahead of the release of Shovel Knight Dig, we spoke with Yacht Club's Celia Schilling, who handles licensing and marketing for Shovel Knight, and asked a simple question: Why is Shovel Knight in so many things that aren't Shovel Knight? "Oh, I don't know. There's a lot of them," Schilling says. "We think it's funny. It's just that we've always imagined Shovel Knight as like an all-encompassing universe. To see Shovel Knight in different things, or like Arby's kids meal toys--it just makes sense for our brand. And it's hilarious."

Shovel Knight Dig is much more than a cameo for the knight with a unique weapon. Dig is a roguelike that gives Shovel Knight a host of new abilities and upgrades, but unlike games like Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon (a puzzle game), Dig feels like it could almost be a sequel. It's not called Shovel Knight 2, though, for a very specific reason. "It can't be a sequel because it's a prequel," Schilling says. "It follows Shovel Knight's point of view in his story, so it's technically a prequel to Shovel of Hope. It takes you back to the good old days of him and Shield Knight just adventuring and beating up baddies and collecting treasure."

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