Staff Cherry, the developer of Hollow Knight and Hollow Knight: Silksong, is teasing a “particular announcement” of some kind 48 hours any longer August 21 at 7:30 AM.
The countdown is on!
Be part of us in 48 hours for a particular announcement about Hollow Knight: Silksong!
Premiering right here: https://t.co/sPt1IzanDS pic.twitter.com/Mlz9f5BrS2
— Staff Cherry (@TeamCherryGames) August 19, 2025
What is the particular announcement? No thought. However this teaser comes simply hours earlier than Gamescom Opening Night time Dwell, a present for which host Geoff Keighley appeared to be teasing Silksong for simply yesterday. After we wrote that story up yesterday, it appeared probably we had been lastly getting a Silksong launch date at ONL. The indicators are all there. It has been confirmed that Silksong is popping out in 2025, and it is even playable on the present ground of Gamescom this week. It is also been leaked that the ROG Xbox Ally is launching October 16, and confirmed that Silksong can be on the system at any time when it does launch. All that put collectively makes it fairly probably that one of those shows goes to have an precise launch date in it someplace, and that launch date is probably going very, very quickly.
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See you quickly! https://t.co/Fw7Jroukxn
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) August 19, 2025
At the moment, my Geo is guess on a teaser of Silksong at Opening Night time Dwell, adopted by a full and extra prolonged reveal on the twenty first, with a launch date (and even, dare I hope, a shadow drop?) at one of many two shows. Regardless of the case, it appears clear that there is no clown make-up available this time round: Silksong is admittedly about to emerge from its cocoon in spite of everything these lengthy years.
Hollow Knight: Silksong was first revealed six years in the past, in 2019, after beforehand being teased as only a DLC for Hollow Knight. Since then, it is emerged and vanished a number of occasions, prompting an extended saga of fan hope and disappointment that now stands to lastly come to a contented conclusion.
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