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Yacht Club confirms Mina the Hollower was the shot in the arm it needed stay alive—'for now'
Back in the '10s, Yacht Club cultivated a reputation as the studio that kept on giving—Shovel Knight Treasure Trove morphed into one of the best deals in the platformer genre, with one free update after another (including full story…
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Yacht Club built a reputation in the 2010s by continuously adding free updates to Shovel Knight Treasure Trove, turning it into a top‑value platformer bundle. The studio’s next project, Mina the Hollower, experienced prolonged delays, leaving the company in urgent need of a commercial success. Co‑founder Cris Velasco told Bloomberg that the game is “make‑or‑break,” noting that selling 200,000 copies would be “really, really great,” while 100,000 copies would be “not so good.”
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