The season of summer season showcases has been and gone, and whereas there have been many incredible new recreation bulletins and updates, Hole Knight: Silksong has been lacking in motion with not even a remark from developer Workforce Cherry in round two years. However there’s nothing to fret about, not less than 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 don’t seem to be in dev hell”.
It is price 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 the very best we will get for now.
Graig has additionally sympathised with many who’re getting annoyed with Workforce Cherry’s lack of feedback, saying that (through GamesRadar) “communication ought to be higher”. However the official Silksong subreddit has been fairly determined for information for a very long time, and lots of anticipated it to indicate up after not displaying at each single occasion since Xbox’s 2022 Summer time Showcase.
Responses to his Discord publish have not precisely been heat, nevertheless, with many dismissing his declare due to earlier jokes and enjoyable he is had with the neighborhood. Basically, whereas Graig has beforehand been related to Workforce Cherry, there is not any telling simply how correct this assertion is. For now, we must always simply cross our fingers and hope he is proper.
In case you’ve got been dwelling below a rock, the Silksong is the highly-anticipated sequel to Hole Knight, the 2017 hand-drawn Metroidvania that grew to become 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 recreation, however finally as a full-fledged sequel. Updates on the sport have been intermittent, to say the least.
This 12 months, nevertheless, new listings and rankings have been noticed for the sport in varied international locations. So the hype and desperation have reached a little bit of a fever pitch.