The launch of Hole Knight: Silksong seems to have confirmed an excessive amount of for almost all of digital storefronts, because the Xbox Retailer, Steam, and Nintendo eShop all suffered main outages on September 4, proper on the time of the extremely anticipated sequel’s launch. Whereas some followers at the moment are leaping into Hollow Knight: Silksong on their respective platforms, many suffered an enormous setback when making an attempt to obtain the title, as nearly all of gaming’s greatest storefronts went offline.
With Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed till subsequent yr, Hole Knight: Silksong was destined to be one of many greatest releases of 2025. The indie sport’s launch has been so anticipated that just about a dozen completely different video games have delayed their release dates because of Hollow Knight: Silksong. Many of those titles come from small indie builders who knew they’d don’t have any probability competing with the largest indie sport of all of them, however it additionally pushed again Child Steps, one other extremely anticipated indie title that can be revealed by Devolver Digital. The hilarious-looking sport was initially going to launch for PlayStation 5 and PC through Steam on September 8, however will now be obtainable on September 23 to keep away from competing with Silksong.
Hole Knight: Silksong Causes Main Storefront Outages
The announcement of Hollow Knight: Silksong‘s release date was solely made two weeks in the past, however as followers have been ready eight years to get their palms on the sequel, hype for the sport was already at an all-time excessive. A lot in order that its launch has managed to take out the Xbox Retailer, Steam, and Nintendo eShop, in response to Insider Gaming. After years of ready, Silksong was launched digitally at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET / 3 PM BST in the present day, September 4. As there will not be a bodily launch till 2026, the one strategy to at present play Silksong is by downloading it digitally, which possible explains why nearly all of main storefronts suffered such an enormous outage upon its launch.
Fortunately, it seems to be like these storefronts are as soon as once more operational, however it would not be shocking to see additional points because the day progresses. In lower than an hour, Silksong has already peaked at greater than 103,000 concurrent gamers on Steam, in response to SteamDB. To place that into perspective, the primary Hollow Knight broke its own concurrent playercount record a number of occasions within the build-up to Silksong‘s launch. On September 3, simply sooner or later earlier than the sequel’s launch, Hole Knight hit practically 73,000 concurrent gamers on the platform.
Followers who’re but to tug the set off one considered one of this yr’s greatest releases can be happy to know that the title is not simply $19.99 USD (an absolute discount given the ever growing value of video video games), it is also now available on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. For many who are already subscribed to the best tier of Microsoft’s service, Hole Knight: Silksong is out there to obtain and play proper now at no further price.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Launched
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September 4, 2025
- Developer(s)
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Group Cherry
- Writer(s)
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Group Cherry
- Engine
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Unity
- Franchise
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Hole Knight
- Variety of Gamers
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Single-player
