{"id":382476,"date":"2025-08-29T12:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/382476\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T12:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:57:10","slug":"hollow-knight-silksongs-release-date-causes-delays-for-more-games-than-you-might-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/382476\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release date causes delays for more games than you might think"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you heard of a game called Hollow Knight Silksong<\/a>? Silly question – the chances are you heard little else during Gamescom<\/a> week. This near fabled sequel finally got a release date after several long years of development, and large parts of our gaming world erupted in response. The Gamescom queues to play Silksong<\/a> were enormous. History had happened. The 4th September – mark it in your diary.<\/p>\n

But it wasn’t good news for everyone. Announcing the date so late in the game’s development – a mere two weeks from release – meant a slew of games which already had early September release dates were suddenly in a difficult position. What should they do – hold ground and go against Silksong? Or move?<\/p>\n

The choice was easier for some. Silksong, for all its legendary status, is an indie game made by a small team, so it will appeal particularly to players of indie games, especially tricky side-scrolling Metroidvanias. Blockbuster-styled games like moody action adventure Hell is Us should prove more resistant to Silksong-related audience leech, ditto shooters and other games without obvious crossover appeal. It’s to indie games we should look to see the Silksong effect – and it didn’t take long to be felt.<\/p>\n

Swiftly, role-playing game Demonschool<\/a> and literal walking simulator Baby Steps lunged out of the way, delaying their releases by a couple of weeks. Then Dorfromantik<\/a> developer Toukana pushed the release of its new game Star Birds back a bit. With each new day came another alteration, so instead of listing each Silksong-related delay game by game, I thought I’d round them up. I thought I’d take a closer look at the 2025 release schedule<\/a> and investigate what has and hasn’t moved, and there was a lot more movement than I expected.<\/p>\n

The movers:<\/p>\n