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The Story Behind the Insanely Long Wait For a Game We Demoed in 2019

The Story Behind the Insanely Long Wait For a Game We Demoed in 2019
technology8/2/2025

When we played Silksong for the first time in 2019, we never expected it would be the start of a six-year wait for Team Cherry's excellent follow-up to Hollow Knight. Here's how Silksong became a meme and made us all clowns.

It’s become the new normal, unfortunately, to wait years for a follow-up to our favorite games. While the realities of modern game development mean studios are working harder than ever to meet ever-higher standards, that hasn’t stopped projects like ... [11605 chars]