Congrats, patient bug lovers: Hollow Knight: Silksong will be out later this year, Microsoft confirmed Sunday at its Xbox Games Showcase. Microsofts Sarah Bond announced that release window alongside the reveal of Xbox Ally, a portable gaming device coming as part of a collaboration with Asus.
Bond said that Hollow Knight: Silksong will be released and playable for the launch of the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, two handhelds that will launch sometime in holiday 2025. Silksong was prominently featured in a reveal trailer for the Ally handhelds.
Hollow Knight: Silksong is also scheduled to be released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. It will be available on Microsofts Game Pass subscription from day one.
Hollow Knight: Silksong was announced in February 2019, with a playable demo at that years E3. It remained under wraps until a new gameplay trailer debuted at Microsofts Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase in June 2022. At the time, developers announced that the game would be complete within the following 12 months. But in May 2023, Matthew Griffin of Team Cherry said the game had been delayed indefinitely. In the intervening years, Silksongs protracted development and the agonizing wait for the game have become a meme.
Originally conceived as a downloadable add-on for 2017s critically acclaimed Metroidvania Hollow Knight, the developers ultimately reimagined Silksong as a full-on sequel. Silksong stars Hornet, the princess of Hallownest and one of the Hollow Knights speedy adversaries in the original game.
According to Team Cherrys announcement blog in 2019, the game will take place in “a whole new kingdom haunted by silk and song,” which is populated by more than 150 new enemy types. Hornet will also have a different moveset; she is more angular and acrobatic, with nimble, dance-like moves.