Fans hoping to learn more about Hollow Knight: Silksong at Gamescom 2024 are being told to prepare for disappointment. According to event producer Geoff Keighley, the highly anticipated title won’t make an appearance during this year’s Opening Night Live presentation.
“Just to get this out of the way, no Silksong on Tuesday at ONL,” he wrote. “Team Cherry Games is still cooking.”
First announced as a piece of DLC for Hollow Knight, a Kickstarter for the Hollow Knight: Silksong was funded in record time, with fans of the game eager to play as Hornet for the first time. However, after the scope of the project grew larger and larger, Team Cherry announced that Silksong would be a complete sequel.
The sequel will be available on Xbox Game Pass at launch–whenever that may be. While Silksong was first expected to be released in June 2023, a delay was announced the month prior.
According to Team Cherry, the sequel will feature over 150 different enemies, a new difficulty mode, and a new kingdom.
Released in 2017, the original Hollow Knight game has seen incredible success, selling nearly three million copies in its first two years. The indie Metroidvania was nominated for a dozen awards upon release, including Best Debut Indie Game at The Game Awards 2017. The game won Independant Game of the Year and Australian Developed Game of the Year at the Australian Game Awards in 2018.
While the actual release date has not been revealed, Hollow Knight: Silksong will be available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S at launch.
