ADELAIDE, South Australia — With the finish line for Hollow Knight: Silksong on the horizon, Team Cherry has brought on famed fantasy writer and lore connoisseur, George R.R. Martin, to write additional backstory for the game. Team Cherry Co-Director, Ari Gibson confirmed the new hire on a Twitch live stream earlier this week.
“When it comes to lore, nobody beats George,” Gibson said, holding up his sticky note-covered copy of A Dance with Dragons with its spine worn down to the pages. “I got the idea to bring George on after watching Sinners at my local AMC. I don’t know what happened. It was almost like an intrusive thought overtook me. There I was watching the best movie I’ve seen in theaters in quite some time and all I could think about was George R.R. Martin and his impeccable ability to draw you into a setting.”
The livestream drew concerns from many fans who worried about further delays to the already late game. Gibson addressed the concerns, promising no further delays on the homestretch of Silksong’s development cycle.
“The game is done, has been for some time,” Gibson said, before ordering his stream mod to ban all chatters who were spamming ‘delay incoming’ in the chat. “We’ve been putting off writing all the backstory and lore for quite some time. We think working with George will give us speedy results and get the game to all you patient and understanding gamers.”
Following the live stream, George R. R. Martin detailed the new collaboration on his blog, while also airing some of his concerns.
“Working with Team Cherry was a no-brainer. I love Hollow Knight and I didn’t have anything on my docket, so I jumped at the chance to work on Silksong,” Martin wrote, before going on a tangent to ridicule HBO. “But back to Silksong, there’s a lot of work to be done, and I’m sure I’ll butt heads with the team here and there, but I promise I am going to work my duff off to get this game out on time. You have nothing to worry about. I deliver on my promises.”
At press time, Team Cherry had announced that Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release had been delayed to some time in the late-2020s.
