Lastly receiving a agency launch date for Hole Knight: Silksong is one factor, however to listen to that it will be launching in lower than two weeks is one thing else solely. Sure, after years of hypothesis, Silksong has lastly been confirmed to launch on the Swap and Swap 2 on 4th September 2025.
Its mere presence is inflicting different builders and publishers to run scared, with video games like Demonschool, Aeterna Lucis, and CloverPit all shifting their launch dates to keep away from Crew Cherry’s upcoming behemoth. Demonschool itself had skilled quite a few delays throughout its improvement, so to see it pushed again but once more will little doubt come as a disappointment to potential gamers.
One developer, nevertheless, has pledged to face agency within the face of Silksong, and that is Sword & Axe. Its upcoming sequel, Darkish Deity 2, is because of launch on the very same day as Silksong, however in a latest publish on X, the developer states that whereas the Silksong information was “not as enjoyable for me as I had hoped”, there aren’t any plans to delay Darkish Deity 2.
That ‘Hole Knight: Silksong lastly has a launch date’ notification was not as enjoyable for me as I had hoped, provided that my very own indie recreation releases on Swap on that very same day 😢
That being stated, we’re not delaying DD2’s Swap launch and pre-orders are nonetheless open as we communicate! https://t.co/hsPdcFvtpg
— Darkish Deity 2 💎 Out Now! (@DarkDeityGame) August 25, 2025
And y’know what, truthful play. It is a dangerous transfer, however fan suggestions from the publish signifies that many have both already pre-ordered the sport or will merely buy it alongside Silksong on the 4th.
The primary Darkish Deity wound up being a reasonably strong homage to Fireplace Emblem, incomes a good 7/10 in our evaluation again in 2022. We stated that “the central loop of battling, chatting and levelling up is as compelling as you could possibly ever need it to be, with an attention-grabbing story instructed effectively and a meaty 20 hours or so of no-frills techniques”.
Will you be selecting up Darkish Deity 2 alongside Silksong, or will you be specializing in simply one among them? Or maybe neither? Tell us with a remark.
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