Summary
Another Nintendo Direct, another mountain of ‘WhereSilksong?’ comments, another day of fans losing belief that the game exists.
You know this song and dance by now. Everyone hyped themselves up thinking Hollow Knight: Silksong would finally get a release date and a new trailer, but it didn’t, and now they’re disappointed. The reasoning this time is thatit got a store page on April Fool’s Dayand a new ESRB rating, so it looked like developer Team Cherry was preparing for a re-reveal. Maybe it was, but that didn’t happen at Indie World.
Right at the end of the Indie World, there was a cheeky final announcement. Leaning forward in their seats, the day finally here, Hollow Knight fans perked up thinking this was it. Silksong! At last!
But the hotly-anticipated sequel shown off was SteamWorld Heist 2. Of course, SteamWorld fans were overjoyed, but after the Hollow Knight community set their own expectations (again), they quickly fell into another trap of disappointment. You can see what was no doubt a common reaction embedded above.
When Was Hollow Knight: Silksong First Announced?
Silksong was announced two years after the release of Hollow Knight. It’s been five years since then with infrequent and sporadic updates. Head of marketing and publishing Matthew Griffin recently confirmed that the game is"still in development,“but offered no further insights.
Two years ago, new gameplay was revealed amidst the announcement thatit would be coming to Xbox Game Pass at launch.
Even further back, in 2021, co-directors Ari Gibson and William Pellen took to Edge Magazine todiscuss some of the differences in Hornet’s playstyle, revealing that she’s faster, jumps higher, and can mantle ledges. We also found out that the game is set in Pharloom, where enemies are more aggressive, better at pursuing, and more skilled at counter-attacking.
It’s been a long five years, but the wait continues.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
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Hollow Knight: Silksong is the long-awaited sequel to the 2017 hit Metroidvania, develeoped by Team Cherry. In it, you play the titular hero, who must battle their way through a bug-infested kingdom.
