The season of summer time showcases has been and gone, and whereas there have been many improbable new sport bulletins and updates, Hole Knight: Silksong has been lacking in motion with not even a remark from developer Crew Cherry in round two years. However there’s nothing to fret about, at the least in response to a playtester, as the sport is “not in dev hell” (thanks, GamesRadar!).
Graig, who has beforehand been known as “lead playtester” on Silksong, emerged on Discord to share an replace with followers on Silksong. In a brief message on Discord, he states: “Hello guys I actually know they aren’t in dev hell”.
It is value noting that Graig is not a part of the event staff, so whether or not his feedback are correct stays to be seen. However this response is one of the best we will get for now.
Graig has additionally sympathised with many who’re getting pissed off with Crew Cherry’s lack of feedback, saying that (by way of GamesRadar) “communication must be higher”. However the official Silksong subreddit has been fairly determined for information for a very long time, and lots of anticipated it to point out up after not displaying at each single occasion since Xbox’s 2022 Summer time Showcase.
Responses to his Discord put up have not precisely been heat, nevertheless, with many dismissing his declare due to earlier jokes and enjoyable he is had with the group. Primarily, whereas Graig has beforehand been related to Crew Cherry, there isn’t any telling simply how correct this assertion is. For now, we should always simply cross our fingers and hope he is proper.
In case you’ve got been residing underneath a rock, the Silksong is the highly-anticipated sequel to Hole Knight, the 2017 hand-drawn Metroidvania that turned a crucial darling. The sport first launched on PC earlier than coming to Change in 2018. Silksong was introduced in 2019 — initially as DLC for the primary sport, however ultimately as a full-fledged sequel. Updates on the sport have been intermittent, to say the least.
This yr, nevertheless, new listings and rankings have been noticed for the sport in numerous nations. So the hype and desperation have reached a little bit of a fever pitch.
