Final week, after years and years of ready, we lastly bought a launch date for Hole Knight: Silksong. The extremely anticipated 2D motion platformer is out subsequent week, which is thrilling for followers, however it’s proving to be an issue for numerous indie studios that have been planning to launch their very own video games round that point. A bunch of video games are being delayed to keep away from Silksong.
On August 21, Staff Cherry introduced that its Hole Knight sequel, Silksong, will launch on PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X/S, Change, Change 2, and PC on September 4. That blew up the schedules for numerous indie devs and publishers who had staked out a launch date round that point and have been now immediately competing straight with what is going to possible be one of many largest video games of 2025. So, as you would possibly anticipate, loads of these devs and publishers have began asserting delays to get out of Silksong‘s approach. This has develop into referred to as getting “Silksong’d” or “Silksonged.”
Right here’s the complete listing of video games which have introduced delays and blamed it on Silksong. We’ll replace this listing if extra video games get moved again.
In fact, as extra video games are delayed to the week or so after Silksong, all of them begin working into one another, which is likely to be its personal downside. However I wager it’s extra manageable than having to tackle one of the crucial anticipated video games of 2025 straight. And hey, a few of these video games I had by no means heard of earlier than, and now I’m writing about them on Kotaku. So maybe there’s another excuse to announce a delay and soar on the “Silksong’d” bandwagon.
