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Hollow Knight: Silksong has been delayed because it’s “gotten quite big"The long-awaited sequel gets a bug-sized update
The long-awaited sequel gets a bug-sized update
Last summer’s Xbox Games Showcase stated that every featured game would release in thefollowing twelve months, which included the much-anticipated metroidvania sequelHollow Knight: Silksong. Developer Team Cherry have now shared that Silksong likely won’t hit that “1st half of 2023” mark as the bug-squashing adventure has “gotten quite big”.
Hollow Knight: Silksong - Xbox Game Pass Reveal Trailer - Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022Watch on YouTube
Hollow Knight: Silksong - Xbox Game Pass Reveal Trailer - Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022
This isn’t the first time Silksong’s “big” size has affected release plans. Team Cherry first announced theHollow Knightfollow-up in 2019, wherethey said the project began development as DLC, but soon became “too large and too unique,” and ballooned into a full-fledged sequel.
Hollow Knight: Silksong’s last appearance was at that aforementioned Xbox Games Showcase, and we’re getting another not-E3 show from Microsoft next month. Maybe the sequel will make a reappearance then. Or maybe I’m one of those overly hopeful Hollowheads that Imogen (RPS in peace)wrote about many moons ago. Either way, Team Cherry is a small team and I’m happy they have the leeway to keep making the game “big” or “large” or whatever they want.
Silksong follows former boss Hornet through a new kingdom, using new weapons, and flipping around with new acrobatic abilities. Apart from that, Team Cherry have revealedfour new charactersafter stringing the community through a series of fun riddles.
Hollow Knight: Silksong will launch on Game Pass when it’s ready, on PC and consoles. You can expect it onSteam,GOG, andThe Humble Store, too.
