Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Be Playable At Gamescom 2025

i think the developers are laughing and pointing at the confused and enraged mob of silksong fans. theyve been through some STUFF to get here.
and now its casually playable at gamescom?
also i wouldnt be surprised if it showed up in a Direct this week

Monkeys paw: We get a Silksong demo but it is like the Sonic Forces demo that ends after 30 seconds

Definitely excited for this. If I wasn’t knee-deep in Bananza right now (and Death Stranding 2) I’d take another run through Hollow Knight.

So in other words, the game won't release until late August at the earliest.

What’s this? A new game?

@RupeeClock alongside more Metroid Prime 4 footage, and then NEITHER will get a release day specified again.😈

@OctolingKing13 Ironically the fanbase rabidly tying itself in knots at every possible opportunity is likely the reason that we've heard so little from the game so far. Why bother spending years writing up blog posts, making new trailers, doing interviews and so on when the sheer absence of the game is enough to keep it relevant?

@RupeeClock No, I think there will be no Silksong announcement before Gamescom. Geoff will show the trailer, with release the next day.

I wonder what percentage of the Hollow Knight profits they've burned through on the beach all these years.

@RupeeClock
Yes, no
Or if we do see it, it will be "2025" still as MS will announce release date to co-time with their handheld.

Gosh just release it

Aww, this somewhat scuppers the significance of it being playable in that Australian museum in September.
No longer expecting to see it this week.

Is 6 years a new record between demos?

@Max_the_German I agree because of the Deadpool segment at Summer Game Fest. Joke about skipping Silksong in favour of Deadpool VR at SGF then follow it up with Silksong appearance at Gamescom Opening Night Live.

Team Cherry at Gamescom: "Here's a 5 minute demo of Silksong for all of you impatient people. Just last month, we decided to double the size of the game again, so it's no longer coming out in 2025. Have fun waiting another five years for any more updates. Please understand." 🤣

Jokes aside, it does seem like the game will finally be releasing this year. If it doesn't, I don't even have a clue about when it will actually come out. Maybe the developers are patiently waiting for me to play the original first? I do intend on trying it at some point if I have a gap in my gaming schedule.

Woa, if I had any interest in Hollow Knight I'd be stoked. This is a pretty big moment for y'all.

I really don’t get the hype, it’s a good game but not a great game, Hades on the other hand… 😘

Please don’t let Microsoft have anything to do with this game and the company that made it ☹️

As someone not in the fandom I didn’t realize it’s been 6 years since a playable demo was available. That’s crazy!

Surrrre it will.

@RemyMartin haha, I feel precisely the opposite. Hades was ok to me. Hollow Knight was incredible.

@milonorth The whole thing has snowballed over the years. The reason there’s such a big gap is that it was originally going to be DLC, but at some point, they decided to pull that and turn it into a full game. Then the internet went bonkers.

Haven't the Skongers suffered enough? Just give the people a release date already!

Well sh*t I was going there anyway, now I can troll Skongers on Reddit and tell them about the secret 30-minute sax scene.

Everyone talks about Hollow Knight and how long we've been waiting for its sequel but it's been even longer a wait for Playdead's next game. Nine years have passed since Inside released and 7 years since they announced the next game they were working on. As far as I'm aware, they've only shown some concept art to date.

Hot damn, a demo!? At one location worldwide? Well slap my face and call me Shirley, this makes six years of radio silence occasionally punctuated by broken promises worth it! I can’t wait to be unable to play it!

@milonorth To my knowledge, the 2019 playable demo wasn’t really “available”, at least not widely.

@OorWullie Sure, but like, Limbo and Inside are just exceptionally good, artistic puzzle-platformers. Hollow Knight is arguably the best Metroidvania ever made.

Disappointed by the cavalier attitudes. You simply can't imagine the suffering people have been through waiting for this game. To have a game announced, and being made to wait for it, stricken with an inability to purchase the game until it releases, is one of the worst struggles to impose on a person. Justice for the Silkies.

@Chlocean thanks bro we appreciate it.

The Game Kitchen brought us Blasphemous, Blasphemous 2 and Ninja Gaiden Ragebound in less time than Silksong.

Temper your expectations people. We've been burned too many times when it comes to this game

You know metroidvanias can be too large and stuffed. I like them nice and tight.

Nintendo Direct Shadow drop let's goooooooo

I had a very novel method to avoid getting sucked into the Silksong hype and the disappointment that has come with it. I never played Hollow Knight. For a while, it just didn't seem that appealing to me, and there were some technical elements to it that have since been addressed. I've heard enough good things about it over the years that I decided to give it a shot and just bought it on sale via GOG a few weeks ago. I still have to play it, but I do look forward to it. Crazy how long Silksong has been in development, though it does remind me of some other situations. Hopefully it will satisfy those who are eager for it, whenever that may be.

@RemyMartin I agree that hollowknight is a good game with Hades and Dead Cells being better for me. I also unfortunately dont really care about Silksong anymore, as the theme for hollownest was just ok with the controls being a standout.
So bringing Hornet as the protagonist is cool and I'll get it eventually, my excitement just isnt there anymore. But Hades 2 switch release let's go!!

Thank goodness. I just hope it's complete and ready to shine.

I hope it's great. HK is an all-time great.

Haha, no it won't. Xbox is lying, as they have done in the past.

@robr “ The Game Kitchen brought us Blasphemous, Blasphemous 2 and Ninja Gaiden Ragebound in less time than Silksong.”

True, but they have around 5 times more employees, so they’re actually slower unless they whip out another 2 games before silksong releases.

@LastFootnote I agree with that, Hollow Knight is probably the best Metroidvania I've ever played. Inside was a special game for me, an all timer, but it's true HK is on a different level.