Silksong resembles the original Hollow Knight in many ways, though right from the start, you can hear one key difference: Hornet. Hollow Knight’s protagonist was silent, but just as Hornet was voiced in that game, as the protagonist of Silksong, she has a voice, too, and actor Makoto Koji brings a lot of personality to the role. “She’s confident, she’s …
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Hollow Knight: Silksong‘s hitherto beta-only update 1.0.28650 is now a fully public release that any dang fool can download without switching to a Steam playtest branch. I’m still noodling my way through the lower levels of Team Cherry’s new metroidvania, blissfully unbothered by any pressure to review it or write Silksong walkthroughs. As such, I asked our reviewer James to …
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Image: Nintendo Life We all waited a whopping seven years to get our hands on Hollow Knight: Silksong, and what has been the talking point in the weeks following its release? The difficulty. With tricky bosses, perilous platforming and some meaty runbacks, many have found Silksong to be a touch too tricky at launch — even after a swift update …
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Team Cherry has detailed what’s planned for Hollow Knight: Silksong‘s second patch, but don’t expect any balance changes as with the first. “Where the first patch dealt mainly with critical issues,” the studio said in the patch notes, “this next one focuses on a few still remaining, while also cleaning up some bugs around specific tools”. This …
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Hell is Us’ creative director, Jonathan Jacques-Belletête, has described Team Cherry’s surprise reveal of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release date just two weeks before its launch as “a little callous.” As reported by This Week in Videogames, Jacques-Belletête appeared in the most recent episode of Skill Up’s Friends Per Second podcast, where he discussed his and Rogue Factor’s experience releasing soulslike …
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Hell is Us creative director Jonathan Jacques-Belletête called the surprise release of Hollow Knight: Silksong “a little callous”, believing it had an impact on his game’s sales. Rogue Factor’s adventure game was already locked in for its release ahead of Team Cherry’s announcement, but the two games eventually released on the same day. “When you know you’re …
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Hollow Knight: Silksong launched last week and immediately saw its highest engagement on PC via Steam. According to Circana’s US Player Engagement Tracker, over 7% of active Steam users played Silksong on launch day, ranking it as the third-most-played game overall, just behind Helldivers II and Counter-Strike 2. It should be noted that it was on Steam that the original …
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Team Cherry has revealed details of Hollow Knight: Silksong‘s first patch, which will make the early game a little easier. That will be welcome news to those playing the game, as it’s proven to be extremely challenging. And not just for its trick bench. In particular, a couple of early bosses will have “slight difficulty reduction”, on …
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Hollow Knight: Silksong launched today, and immediately afterward the major video game storefronts were struggling to stay online. Shortly after Silksong’s 10 AM ET release time, Steam, the Nintendo eShop, Xbox, and PlayStation stores all displayed error messages or failed to load entirely. The hype for Silksong has also been a boon to the original Hollow Knight. In the days …
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Image: Team Cherry Update [Mon 1st Sep 2025, 8:50am]: Following a couple of leaks regarding Hollow Knight: Silksong‘s price, Team Cherry has now provided official confirmation via its social media channel. As detailed by the developer, Silksong will cost $19.99 / €19.99 / ¥2300, frankly putting the game at a much lower cost than we had anticipated. Seriously, they really …
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