{"id":85344,"date":"2025-08-21T16:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T16:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/85344\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T16:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T16:23:09","slug":"silksong-finally-gets-a-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/85344\/","title":{"rendered":"Silksong’ Finally Gets a Release Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIf you\u2019ve spent any substantial sum of time on Reddit<\/a> or social media gaming<\/a> circles over the last few years, you\u2019ve almost certainly seen the ire over Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/a>. First announced back in 2019, Team Cherry\u2019s follow-up to their breakout 2017 Metroidvania<\/a> Hollow Knight<\/a> <\/a>has been dangled over players\u2019 heads without a definitive release date for six years. The desperate exasperation of fans has become a meme of its own<\/a>, with every awards show, expo, and digital direct raising people\u2019s hopes only to end in disappointment.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut now, the agony is over. During this week\u2019s Gamescom 2025, Team Cherry finally confirmed when players can return to the lush world of Hollow Nest: Sept. 4, 2025.<\/p>\n

\n\tReleasing on pretty much all consoles as well as PC, Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/a> is a direct sequel to the original 2D action game, which is considered one of the best video games ever made<\/a>, full stop. It exploded in popularity following its 2018 launch on Nintendo Switch<\/a>, introducing many younger players to the world of indies.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSilksong puts players in the role of Hornet, the former princess of the Hollownest, who previously served as a supporting character in the first game. The mysterious figure appeared around the in-game world to occasionally toy with the original protagonist, the titular Knight, and ultimately served as a mentor on the journey. Like its predecessor, Silksong is a 2D action and exploration game that\u2019s heavily dependent on blind discovery, obtaining new items and skills, and backtracking back through previous areas. Its gloomy underworld is very much a vibe, brought to life through lush illustrations that imbue each of the insect-like denizens with cutesy personality without ever feeling overtly twee.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s unclear what new abilities or mechanical updates the game has in store to differentiate itself from the previous entry, but frankly it could be a near-identical game, and fans would still be over the moon. What is known is that the game takes place in a new region called Pharloom, which is said to be much larger than the map of the first one. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tDeveloped by Team Cherry, an extremely small Australian studio that\u2019s comprised of just three core team members. Given Hollow Knight\u2019s highly detailed art design and sprawling, intricate explorable world, it makes sense that the game would have a long road through development, but the seemingly never-ending wait has given Silksong a somewhat mythical reputation \u2014 complete with sky high expectations.<\/p>\n

\n\tFans can find out whether or not Silksong was worth the wait when it arrives on Sept. 4 for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Linux, macOS, and Windows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve spent any substantial sum of time on Reddit or social media gaming circles over the last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,1853,64005,64006,105,3975],"class_list":["post-85344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-gaming","tag-hollow-knight","tag-hollow-knight-silksong","tag-technology","tag-video-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}