Have you heard of a game called Hollow Knight Silksong? Silly question – the chances are you heard little else during Gamescom week. This near fabled sequel finally got a release date after several long years of development, and large parts of our gaming world erupted in response. The Gamescom queues to play Silksong were enormous. History had happened. The …
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Man plans, god laughs — only in this case, god is a tiny bug with a really sharp sword. Hollow Knight: Silksong comes out Sept. 4, marking the conclusion of a years-long hype cycle. It comes with just two weeks of advance notice. Already, no less than five games have shifted their planned release dates out of next week, some …
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Image: Team Cherry In case you’ve been living in the deepest, darkest cave imaginable, Hollow Knight: Silksong is finally launching next week, on 4th September 2025. Fans have been waiting years to get their hands on the sequel to the critically-acclaimed Hollow Knight, and suddenly, we have just over a week to go. Team Cherry has sold almost 15 million …
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Demonschool, the forthcoming RPG Eurogamer described as “Persona meets Buffy”, has been delayed once again due to the surprise release of Hollow Knight Silksong. The game was originally intended for a release last year, but was delayed until 3rd September this year. Now it’s moved back to 19th November thanks to “brutal” market conditions. The decision appears …
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The promising old-school Persona-like Demonschool has been delayed by more than two months, and it’s all because of Hollow Knight: Silksong. Team Cherry announced the long-awaited sequel will release on 4th September 2025, and Demonschool was set to launch the day before. To avoid the release, Demonschool now comes out on 19th November. In a press release, Ysbryd Games said …
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So, what did other outlets have to say? Here’s the rundown: GamesRadar+: “Silksong is building smartly on exceptionally solid foundations, and it’s doing so with a greater focus on aggression, decisive action, and proactive decision making.” PCGamesN: “Hollow Knight: Silksong feels exactly like we hoped it would. Beautiful yet brutal. Charming yet challenging. It doesn’t seem like a massive departure …
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I woke up far too early this morning, to stand in a queue for far too long, all to play fan-vexing (and newly release-dated) soulsvania Hollow Knight: Silksong on the Gamescom show floor. No pre-release review codes? Pah – I couldn’t even get a demo appointment at the most demo appointment-centric games event of the year. How’s that for rejection. …
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If you backed Hollow Knight on Kickstarter in late 2014, developer Team Cherry has confirmed that you will receive a download code for Hollow Knight: Silksong. This promise also marks the first Kickstarter update in six years for the upcoming metroidvania game. The only caveat is that keys for Hollow Knight: Silksong will only be available on PC, Switch, and …
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30-minutes until the live reveal of the latest Hollow Knight: Silksong trailer, the Hollow Knight: Silksong Daily News Discord server is packed. Almost a hundred people are sitting in a single voice channel, chatting away, cracking jokes. In less than an hour, they’ll blow out my earphones. Prior to the release date trailer, the regular gags are thrown out perhaps …
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Team Cherry has finally reemerged with a release date for the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong. It’s coming out on September 4, 2025. First announced in 2019, the release date for the long awaited sequel was finally shared more than six years after Silksong was announced. Originally confirmed for just Nintendo Switch and PC, but eventually Xbox (and Game Pass) and …
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