Hollow Knight, Sept. 4 -- Silksong, developed by Team Cherry, was finally released today, September 4, amid widespread anticipation about the Metroidvania video game. After thousands of gamers rushed to download and purchase the game, several digital storefronts, including Steam, Switch eShop, PSN, and Xbox, crashed, according to Games Radar.

Following Hollow Knight: Silksong's release on Steam, users experienced several issues. With more than 36 million people online, Steam's status page said the digital storefront was running "very slow". At the same time, users lost access to the community and Web API. The picture was also identical for the Switch eShop. Many of the gamers voiced their frustration on X, formerly called Twitter.

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