Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release date has been delayed

Hollow Knight: SilksongThe long-awaited sequel of the 2017 hit indie Hollow Knight, will not make it out in the first half of 2023 (hardly surprising at this point, since we’re already well into May). Matthew Griffin of developer Team Cherry announced the news on Twitter, saying simply that “development is still continuing,” and declining to give an expected release window for the game.

It is not true. SilksongIt has not been given an official date of release. But it made an appearance in trailer form during Microsoft’s June 2022 showcase, which purported to only feature games due out in the following 12 months. (SilksongThis isn’t the only one to have died from this showcase. Starfield, Forza Motorsport(And several other games that have been postponed into 2023 or beyond.

“We had planned to release in the 1st half of 2023, but development is still continuing,” Griffin wrote. “We’re excited by how the game is shaping up, and it’s gotten quite big, so we want to take the time to make the game as good as we can. Expect more details from us once we get closer to release.”

Griffin’s message effectively rules out any appearance by Silksong in the Xbox and Summer Game Fest showcases filling the hole left by this year’s canceled E3. Team Cherry’s refusal to commit to a release date for SilksongIt’s probably just being prudent, even though the language of the tweet doesn’t suggest that it will be available soon. It seems likely that the game will be released in 2024 or late 2023.

Silksong was first announced in 2019, but Team Cherry’s subsequent years-long silence about its development, with the exception of that 2022 trailer, has turned desperate fans’ futile hopes for news from any and every platform-holder showcase into a kind of meme. Originaly conceived as an extension for the original Hollow Knight featuring that game’s antagonist/ally Hornet as the main character, Silksong has grown into a full-fledged sequel — and, it appears, quite an ambitious one.

It will appear whenever it is needed. Hollow Knight SilksongThe game will be available on Nintendo Switch as well as PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Windows PC. Xbox One and Xbox Series X are also included. Game Pass subscribers will be able to access the game from its first release.