Hollow Knight Silksong has been the Grand Theft Auto 6 of indie games, in terms of people waiting to see when it would drop and scheduling their own game releases around it. The wait is almost over, as it will release Sept. 3. Of course, the other side of that is folks moving their game release to avoid the feeding frenzy.
Publisher Ysbryd Games, known for World of Horror, has announced it will move its school-life tactics RPG, Demonschool, to a Nov. 19 release date. It was originally slated to come out Sept. 3, but well, I'll them explain it:
"We have to remind ourselves that gaining visibility for Demonschool is our main goal. Thus, the Ysbryd team strongly believes we would not be doing our game any favors by wading into waters we can clearly see are blood red, the publisher said in a release. "If the September period is going to be Silksong's moment, then we need to be elsewhere on the calendar to give Demonschool its own moment to be seen and talked about meaningfully. We don’t take this decision lightly. Demonschool’s release has been delayed before, and we want to be clear: there are no more delays after this point.
We’ve already distributed Steam keys to press as part of a healthy review program, and had every intention to proudly release on Sept 3. We hope fans who anticipated the game will forgive us for one final delay."
Hey, I can't help but pull for them after reading all that. Demonschool is an RPG inspired by Persona, Shin Megami Tensei, and Italian horror cinema. When it drops on Nov. 19, it will be available on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, and Xbox Series X/S for $24.99.