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Weeks after Silksong's launch I can't stop thinking about this streamer's masterful troll campaign against its fans: 'They made a whole game about getting to your car but you don't have car keys, and you're excited for that?'

Northernlion's good-natured ribbing of his audience has had a frequent Hollow Knight refrain since Silksong's launch.

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Team Cherry explains the Silksong development process that was so fun devs just couldn't stop: "If you're trying to build a Mario level, you might take an empty space and think, oh, should there be a few platforms here?"

A look into the Hollow Knight sequel's production

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This metroidvania based on an old Atari 2600 classic had the audacity to release on the same day as Silksong, but it's a nice break from Hornet's hell

Adventure of Samsara is a solid 7/10 metroidvania for days when you need one of those.

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Silksong's first area was only added after Team Cherry realized it needed a softer intro: "We're trying to be kind of respectful to the player. We're not trying to baby them"

But not too soft

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Exhausted by Silksong? This breezier twin-stick spin on old school Metroid might just be the genre's second best this year

Zexion is still hard, but ample checkpoints and boss retries alleviate the usual frustrations.

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Silksong players hate the Savage Beastfly so much that they've formed a community of haters called, and I quote, "F*** Savage Beastfly"

It's a bad day to be the Savage Beastfly

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Team Cherry didn't mean to send players to Silksong jail: YouTube content ID claims are "likely either a technical error or someone doing something illegal," composer says

The studio has previously granted free license for content creators for its games

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The next Silksong update helps the bosses but does little to allay our own, interminable suffering

And I'm happy about that.

PC Gamer

Team Cherry was "callous" to drop the "GTA 6 of indie" Hollow Knight: Silksong on gaming like a bug-shaped bomb, says Hell is Us director: "When you know you're that big, I think a shadow drop is like, 'Wow'"

That's a scary bug

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Silksong has sold more than 3.2 million copies on Steam in less than 2 weeks, industry analyst firm estimates

A shaw-inspiring success.

PC Gamer

Silksong players are leaving condolences for the family of a late Hollow Knight fan who created a boss for the game before dying of cancer in 2020

Seemingly no one's mad that the fan-made boss is wiping the floor with them.

PC Gamer

Hollow Knight: Silksong is a masterful, daring follow-up that’s destined to be misunderstood for years to come

Hollow Knight: Silksong is a bold follow up to a beloved cult indie hit. Here's our full review, including a breakdown of accessibility settings.

TechRadar

Hollow Knight Silksong: how 3 people in Australia made the world’s hottest game

This month, the Australian-made video game Silksong became one of the most played titles worldwide.

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It only took a week for the ultimate Silksong sicko to beat every boss in the game without getting hit

Got gud.

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I was ready to be a crab about Silksong in the face of its memetic hype, but the game is simply too good

Hyped for a reason.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong review

A 2D action game that'll make you work to see what all the hype was about.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong review – A sharp sequel that skillfully threads the hype needle

Far from Hollow, this exceptional sequel builds on solid foundations to deliver a masterful Metroidvania.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 congratulates Team Cherry on launching Hollow Knight: Silksong, which coincidentally might include a nod to the French JRPG and GOTY rival

You get a GOTY, and you get a GOTY, and you…

Destructoid

It’s been a week since Silksong launched. How far have you gotten, Destructoid?

Did you beat it, or are you stuck anywhere?

PC Gamer

You can make Silksong's terrible Bilewater boss 100 times easier by simply surrendering yourself to the maggot bath

If you can't beat Groal the Great, join him in the muck.

Inverse

‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ May Have Overshadowed 2025’s Best Game Expansion

The first three hours of 'Indiana Jones And The Great Circle's' expansion, 'The Order Of Giants,' is more of what we loved from one of 2024's best adventure games.

GamesRadar

Daily Silksong News is dead, long live Daily Silksong DLC News: "This individual is quite familiar, don't you think?"

The suffering never ends

Inverse

'Hollow Knight: Silksong' Guide: How To Beat The Moorwing Boss (Or Skip It Entirely)

One of 'Silksong's earliest bosses is a winged terror, but there are quite a few ways to make this fight easier.

PC Gamer

9 metroidvanias to play if you've realized Hollow Knight: Silksong just isn't for you

If fleas, beetles and needles aren't your thing, there's a world of possibilities out there.

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