When you backed Hollow Knight on Kickstarter in late 2014, developer Staff Cherry has confirmed that you’ll obtain a obtain code for Hollow Knight: Silksong. This promise additionally marks the first Kickstarter update in six years for the upcoming metroidvania recreation.
The one caveat is that keys for Hollow Knight: Silksong will solely be accessible on PC, Swap, and Swap 2. The sport will even launch September 4 on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Sequence X|S, and Recreation Move. “We’ll be reaching out within the (very) close to future to search out out your platforms of selection and the very best e-mail addresses to ship your copy/s. Keys will probably be supplied as both PC (Steam and DRM free) or Nintendo Swap (Nintendo Swap and Nintendo Swap 2),” Staff Cherry mentioned within the Kickstarter replace.
For these curious, the (*6*) was a publish proper after E3 2019 speaking a couple of demo for Hollow Knight: Silksong. Funnily sufficient, the Gamescom demo playable this week appears to be almost an identical to the expertise from E3 2019 (an occasion that not exists). GameSpot did get hands-on time with Hollow Knight: Silksong at Gamescom.
Kickstarter backers receiving Hollow Knight: Silksong codes was foreshadowed yesterday when Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier posted on social media that critiques in all probability would not be prepared earlier than the sport’s launch. That is reportedly as a result of Staff Cherry would discover it unfair for critics to play the sport sooner than authentic backers.
The anticipation for Hollow Knight: Silksong’s upcoming launch feels fairly tangible. As an illustration, Hollow Knight simply hit an all-time concurrent-players peak on Steam with over 22,000 individuals. In addition, no less than three indie video games are pushing again their launch dates now to keep away from popping out close to Hollow Knight: Silksong.