Shovel Knight is getting two new campaigns

Last September we got a free expansion that let us play as Plague Knight in a new campaign for Shovel Knight. If you enjoyed playing through the game with new abilities and a new mode (for free), then we have some good news for you.

Yacht Club Games has just announced that there are two more free campaigns on the way. The first one will play out from Specter Knight's perspective. Now, it wouldn't be fair if you could just fly through the world, so they've made a few tweaks. He's still big and wields a scythe, but he must now obey the laws of gravity. The announcement post includes GIFs and a description of Specter Knight's abilities.

The second one will let us play as King Knight. They can't give us any details about his abilities yet, but teased what we might be able to do with another short GIF.

These campaigns will not be releasing at the same time. They can't announce an exact release date yet, but revealed that Specter Knight will release first. Each campaign will also come with new challenges, feats and modes.

Right now they're working on Body Swap and Battle Mode (this single screen, multiple-controller multiplayer mode will not come to the handheld versions). One of these will launch with Specter Knight's campaign, the other with King Knight's.

We have to say that Yacht Club Games is doing a fantastic job in supporting their game after release with these chunky free updates. They haven't forgotten their promises either, as they finished the post by announcing that the physical Vita version will launch in early October.