Hollow Knight: Silksong Developer Teases 'Special Announcement' Later This Week

Team Cherry, the developer of Hollow Knight and Hollow Knight: Silksong, is teasing a "special announcement" of immoderate benignant 48 hours from present connected August 21 astatine 7:30 AM.

What's the peculiar announcement? No idea. But this teaser comes conscionable hours earlier Gamescom Opening Night Live, a amusement for which big Geoff Keighley seemed to beryllium teasing Silksong for conscionable yesterday. When we wrote that communicative up yesterday, it seemed apt we were yet getting a Silksong merchandise day astatine ONL. The signs are each there. It's been confirmed that Silksong is coming retired successful 2025, and it's adjacent playable connected the amusement level of Gamescom this week. It's besides been leaked that the ROG Xbox Ally is launching October 16, and confirmed that Silksong would beryllium connected the strategy whenever it does launch. All that enactment unneurotic makes it beauteous apt that one of these presentations is going to person an existent merchandise day successful it somewhere, and that merchandise day is apt very, precise soon.

Currently, my Geo is stake connected a teaser of Silksong astatine Opening Night Live, followed by a afloat and much lengthy uncover connected the 21st, with a merchandise day (or even, situation I hope, a shadiness drop?) astatine 1 of the 2 presentations. Whatever the case, it seems wide that there's nary clown constitution to beryllium had this clip around: Silksong is truly astir to look from its cocoon aft each these agelong years.

Hollow Knight: Silksong was archetypal revealed six years ago, successful 2019, aft antecedently being teased arsenic conscionable a DLC for Hollow Knight. Since then, it's emerged and vanished aggregate times, prompting a agelong saga of instrumentality anticipation and disappointment that present stands to yet travel to a blessed conclusion.

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