Silksong Crashes Steam, Xbox and Playstation as Soon as It Releases
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Hollow Knight: Silksong crashes multiple platforms on release, with users jokingly attributing the issue to a DDOS caused by enthusiastic fans.
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What a claim to be able to make as the dev. "Our game was so highly anticipated that our fans inadvertently DDOS'd all of the major services just trying to buy it." Congrats to all involved.