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Just a few hours ago, Team Cherry’s marketing[br]director, Leth, posted an update about Hollow

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Knight Silksong on the reputable website known[br]as Twiter.com.

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In this post, Leth states that Team Cherry[br]had hoped to release Silksong in the first

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half of 2023, but are still currently developing[br]the game and want to put more time into it

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to make sure it can be the best game it can[br]be.

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So the June 12th release window we got is[br]no longer valid.

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And yes, this is real.

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I even checked the community notes so you[br]know it’s real.

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The Game Awards also tweeted out that Silksong[br]will not be releasing in June 2023 at all.

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Team Cherry might follow up this tweet with[br]a blogpost themselves, but that remains to

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be seen.

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The delay is certainly disappointing.

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There have been some rumblings that Xbox might[br]have pressured Team Cherry into committing

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for a release date, especially since Team[br]Cherry has said in the past that Silksong

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runs on “Cherry-Time”, which basically[br]meant whenever they felt like it.

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Now I think everybody watching this channel[br]can agree that Xbox is evil, maybe even more

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evil than, say, Disney or Footlocker, but[br]I don’t know if they really forced Team

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Cherry to agree to a release window they didn’t[br]actually want.

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That said, the fact that William and Ari themselves[br]never confirmed the June 12th release date

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caused some doubts among fans here in the[br]first half of 2023.

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So yeah, things have been kinda confusing[br]lately, leading to some disgruntled fans within

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the community.

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Which, I can’t really say I blame them.

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Now, if they’re being assholes about it[br]and harassing the developers, that’s completely

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unacceptable, but I do think Team Cherry could[br]have communicated with the fandom a little

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more clearly though all of this.

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But either way, I think we can all agree what's[br]ultimately important is the quality of the

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final product.

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And if Team Cherry thinks that they need this[br]extra time to make Silksong all the more special,

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I trust them.

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Remember the wise words of Bethesda Game Studios[br]director Todd Howard, who once said “"A

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delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed[br]game is forever bad.

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My name is Todd Howard."

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Thank you, Todd Howard.

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Shine on, you crazy bastard.