"Hollow Knight: Silksong" released – Disruptions on gaming platforms
Six years after the first announcement, part two of the extremely popular indie game "Hollow Knight" has been released with "Silksong". The interest is immense.
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Eight years after Hollow Knight, the long-awaited sequel Silksong was released on Thursday. The release was immediately accompanied by problems on some platforms on which the game could be downloaded. This is shown by US figures from Downdetector, where such issues can be reported. However, it is unclear whether the problems on Steam, the Nintendo store and the Playstation and Xbox networks are related to this. The game costs 20 euros and can also be purchased from GOG and the Humble Store, among others. Here you can buy "Hollow Knight: Silksong" without copy protection (Digital Rights Management, DRM).
Long awaited and eagerly awaited
Team Cherry, the development studio responsible for Hollow Knight, originally announced the second part of the immensely popular game back in 2019, which means it has now been over six years in the making. Since its release in 2017, the first installment has been one of the most popular spin-offs from the 2D Metroidvania genre. "Hollow Knight" has now collected almost 400,000 reviews on Steam – 97 percent of which are positive.
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"Hollow Knight: Silksong" was surprisingly available to play at Gamescom a few days ago, an unexpected highlight at the games fair in Cologne. By then, however, it was already clear that its release was imminent. In mid-August, an analysis on Steam revealed that the game is by far the most eagerly awaited title on the platform. The US games magazine Kotaku has meanwhile reported that more than half a dozen game studios postponed their own dates after the release date of "Hollow Knight: Silksong" was announced to avoid direct competition.
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