Silksong player tracks down a secret version of its act 1 boss and immediately discovers why Team Cherry probably cut it

Silksong player tracks down a secret version of its act 1 boss and immediately discovers why Team Cherry probably cut it | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Action Hollow Knight: Silksong player discovers Hornet’s taunt does damage, proceeds to spend hours trying to beat every boss with it: ‘This is like watching Sisyphus push the boulder and win’ Action I played more than 20 metroidvanias this year other than Silksong, and these are the ones doing the most creative/experimental things with the genre Action 15 years on, Dark Souls 1’s best boss is nearly undefeated fighting Elden Ring’s bosses, and one of his KOs definitely doesn’t count Roguelike Cult of the Lamb’s devs reveal why they made the decision to not let Marchosias join your cult in Woolhaven: ‘I’m really, really glad that we did that’ The Witcher Witcher 3 mod restores a darker ending for the Hearts of Stone expansion that was cut during development RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s lead says they messed up a little by putting a ton of great endgame content next to a final boss you can easily outlevel: ‘We weren’t sure if our game was going to be that good’ FPS Here’s that noir thriller built in the original Half-Life engine you asked for Games In a beautifully ironic twist, a YouTuber attempting a pacifist run of Bully discovered a secret weapon hidden for almost 20 years: ‘I can see why they tried to lock it inside a building’ Survival & Crafting Hytale update adds a new weapon for summoning undead hordes, but keep your early access expectations in check MOBA Deadlock players are modding the weirdest characters into the game, including Linguini and Remy, Hatsune Miku, and LeBron James: ‘Skin walker Linguini cannot be unseen’ Resident Evil An entire intro where you play as Ashley was cut from the Resident Evil 4 remake MOBA Deadlock dev teases the community over its favorite hero that was briefly tested and removed: ‘We made delicious stock out of his bones and meats’ MOBA Valve isn’t putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands RPG Monster Hunter Stories 3 review: An excellent monster battler bogged down by a war story without stakes Life Sim An early version of Stardew Valley’s mines featured an ‘underground goblin village’ before ConcernedApe scrapped it PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!MarathonGDCBest PC gearQuizzes Games Action Hollow Knight: Silksong Silksong player tracks down a secret version of its act 1 boss and immediately discovers why Team Cherry probably cut it News By Tyler Colp published 20 March 2026 Hornet is too short for one of the new attacks to even hit her. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Fighting Silksong’s Cut Voided Last Judge – YouTube Watch On Silksong contains remnants of all sorts of cut content, unfinished fragments of a game that never was. One of the things left out was an alternate version of the Last Judge fight that would’ve appeared in the game’s secret third act. YouTube user Kilroy Was Here tracked down the snippets of leftover code for the fight, modded them in, and immediately realized why Team Cherry decided it should probably stay buried in the game’s files.Even though many players fought The Last Judge at the end of act 1, she’s technically an optional fight. There’s another way to get to act 2 that involves fighting a completely different boss, which leaves The Last Judge alive for whenever you decide to go back. However, you can’t leave her alive if you want to enter the game’s optional third act as she prevents you from completing one of the requirements to access it.This might not have always been true during Silksong’s development because an alternate version of The Last Judge exists. And that alternate version implies that a “voided” variant of her would’ve shown up during act 3—much like a handful of other optional bosses who get powered up if you skip them.Article continues below You may like Hollow Knight: Silksong player discovers Hornet’s taunt does damage, proceeds to spend hours trying to beat every boss with it: ‘This is like watching Sisyphus push the boulder and win’ I played more than 20 metroidvanias this year other than Silksong, and these are the ones doing the most creative/experimental things