The annual Opening Night Dwell present is ready to function a protracted listing of video games, however one notably high-profile upcoming sequel is not going to be there: Hollow Knight: Silksong.
Anticipation for Silksong is so nice that those that host livestreams packed filled with sport bulletins, reveals, and new trailers are having to handle expectations by saying Staff Cherry’s sport is not going to seem.
In recent times, exhibits like ONL have seen their chat overrun by requests for Hollow Knight: Silksong, maybe to the detriment of video games that do find yourself showing. So it is smart that Geoff Keighley, who runs ONL in addition to the annual Sport Awards present, would wish to tweet to substantiate the Hollow Knight: Silksong no-show. “Simply to get this out of the best way, no Silksong on Tuesday at ONL,” Keighley stated. “Staff Cherry Video games continues to be cooking.”
Simply to get this out of the best way, no Silksong on Tuesday at ONL. @TeamCherryGames continues to be cooking. pic.twitter.com/FlQHlc26zo
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) August 17, 2024
Hollow Knight followers had been already left with an all-too acquainted feeling of dismay after 2024’s E3-esque online game summer time showcases got here and went with no phrase on Silksong. Followers have admitted to concern for the sport, which hasn’t acquired any official updates in over a yr when developer Staff Cherry delayed it out of early 2023.
Silksong was introduced on February 14, 2019 as a Hollow Knight enlargement turned full sequel centered on Hornet from the unique sport. “Virtually from the very begin, Hornet’s journey was meant to happen in a brand new land, however as we dove in, it shortly turned too giant and too distinctive to remain a DLC, as initially deliberate,” Staff Cherry stated at the time. “We do know that makes the wait a little bit longer, however we expect the ultimate, recent world you’ll get to discover is value it.”
The developer then went quiet for 2 years, solely rising in 2021 to announce it would not have something to say about Silksong at E3 that yr. One other yr handed and Silksong lastly reared its head, as the Xbox & Bethesda Video games Showcase of 2022 revealed the sport can be coming to Microsoft’s console and Sport Go on day one. Additional hope was impressed as Xbox had stated every thing proven at the occasion can be launched inside a yr. That, clearly, didn’t occur.
The final time Staff Cherry issued an replace on Silksong was in February this yr, when the studio’s PR and advertising and marketing chief Matthew ‘Leth’ Griffin posted a short remark to say it was nonetheless “laborious at work on the sport.”
No Hollow Knight: Silksong for Opening Night Dwell, then. However what WILL be at the present? Keighley confirmed ONL appearances on Tuesday embrace:
- Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
- Little Nightmares 3
- DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
- Batman: Arkham Shadow
- Dune Awakening
- Marvel Rivals
- Squid Sport: Unleashed
- New Sport from Tarsier Studios
- Sid Meier’s CIVILIZATION 7
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
- Misplaced Information: Bloom & Rage
In accordance with Keighley, ONL will run for 2 hours, and “there can even be many new sport bulletins, surprises and particular visitors.” ONL kicks off at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 8pm CEST on Tuesday, August 20.
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