Dear reader, this is not a drill: Silksong’s release year has officially been confirmed. While it’s not the big, blow-out trailer fans were necessarily hoping for—almost a blink-and-you’ll-miss it moment stuffed into the end of Nintendo’s April 2 direct, Hollow Knight: Silksong is provably, actually coming out this year. Probably.
An entire few seconds of footage accompanied the announcement, which is enough to feed communities like the Silksong Reddit for another six years—though we hopefully won’t be waiting that long. Said footage shows protagonist Hornet: 1) Jumping on some grass platforms, 2) Sliding down some dandelion slopes, and 3) Hitting some bosses with her needle. Absolute cinema.
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While it’s always possible Team Cherry’ll delay the game again, this is utterly huge, being the first proper scrap of news fans have gotten since the 2022 Bethesda showcase. When a starving man is hungry, crumbs are a feast. I’ll be updating this article soon with reactions, but for now: It’s happening. It’s almost over. We’re nearly there.
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