The highly anticipated video game Hollow Knight: Silksong caused widespread frustration among gamers on Thursday, September 5, as major online stores like Steam, Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox crashed due to overwhelming demand following its launch at 15:00 BST.

• Downdetector reported a peak of 3,750 user complaints regarding outages.
• Composer Christopher Larkin joked that the game "crashed the internet" amidst the chaos.
• Despite purchase difficulties, over 100,000 players were online within 30 minutes of launch, likely acquiring the game from alternative online stores.