The Australian independent game team Team Cherry’s sequel to the Metroidvania masterpiece “Hollow Knight” (Hollow Knight: Silksong) recently appeared on the Xbox store page and announced the launch of Game Pass on the first day, plus a rumor from netizens on April Fools’ Day. This game will be released early next year, which has aroused heated discussion among the player community.
“Hollow Knight”, which premiered in 2017, tells the story of a young knight’s adventure into Hallownest, an underground insect kingdom that has been abandoned for a long time due to a plague. The 2D platform’s difficult battles, charming art settings, and multiple plot endings have won overwhelming praise, 2019 In 2016, the development team released the sequel “Song of Silk”, which was originally a DLC plan for the previous game and turned into a mature sequel.
The protagonist of “Hollow Knight: Silk Song” is “Bumblebee”, the princess and guardian of Hallownest. It uses needle and thread combat to replace the slashing and spell attacks of the previous game. It is expected to be launched on PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X/S and other platforms, but so far only PlayStation, Steam, GOG pages and preview soundtracks have been released. Team Cherry has rarely released any development progress in the past five years and has never mentioned a release date.
Yesterday, on April Fool’s Day, it was circulated on the Internet that “Hollow Knight: Silk Song” will be released on January 24, 2025. Xbox will open an exclusive game page on April 2. The coincidental operation has excited fans who have been waiting for it. Official introduction to players In this game, you will “explore, fight, and survive while traveling back to a time when silk and song ruled the earth.”
Hollow Knight: Silksong has a Microsoft Store page now! o/
— Matthew Griffin (@griffinmatta) April 1, 2024
The rumored release date has not been officially confirmed, but the store page is not an April Fools’ Day plan. Xbox product marketing manager Tao Sila tweeted to emphasize that this is not a joke, “The wish list page for “Hollow Knight: Silk Song” is indeed on Xbox. “Xbox senior content planning manager Nick Zuclich also mentioned this page.
No this isn’t an April Fools Joke. The #HollowKnightSilksong Wishlist page really is up on Xbox
— They Are People (@taosila) April 1, 2024
Xbox Store Page Reveals Hollow Knight: Silk SongGrading in progressshowing several scenes of the game that are different from those on the Steam platform. Bumblebee wears a white mask and a red cloak, running through foggy streets and dark swamps, fighting on elevated platforms, or standing on a covered corpse. The stinger explodes with a blazing white light.
Considering that “Hollow Knight: Silk Song” is available on so many platforms, every major press conference will bring out various rumors. In addition, Team Cherry only has three developers. This highly anticipated sequel also has No one can say how long it will take for it to be released, so I hope the development team will break the silence in the near future.
