'Hollow Knight: Silksong' Shatters Expectations

'Hollow Knight: Silksong' shatters expectations

'Hollow Knight: Silksong' – the long-awaited sequel to Team Cherry's acclaimed Metroidvania title – has made a major impact on its release day, with more than 500,000 players recorded on Steam within just hours of launch on Thursday. When the game went live at 10am in the US, it quickly became one of the most played new releases of the year, while the rush of players attempting to purchase it temporarily overwhelmed multiple storefronts. Despite…

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Whoops! Hollow Knight: Silksong crashes online game retailers - The AU Review

Over the night of Thursday, September 4th (or over the early hours of Friday, 5th for most Aussies), massive online game retailer Steam went down. So did the Nintendo eShop. And the PlayStation Store. And it all had something to do with the release of a little Australian-made game called Hollow Knight: Silksong. You might...

Why Hollow Knight: Silksong Crashed Steam – The Inside Story

Why Hollow Knight: Silksong Crashed Steam – The Inside Story On launch day, something unprecedented happened in the gaming world. Hollow Knight: Silksong, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2017 indie masterpiece, not only broke Steam's concurrent player records but actually caused the platform to crash under the weight of player demand. The incident sent shockwaves through the gaming community and raised important questions about infrastructu…