Hollow Knight: Silksong Gets Casual Mention in Xbox Indies Post, Sends Community Into a Fervor

Hollow Knight fans person been waiting rather a portion for quality astir its sequel, Hollow Knight: Silksong. The hold has been truthful unbearable that adjacent a casual mention, similar the 1 Xbox dropped successful a caller ID@Xbox post, tin ignite the fires of those holding retired for a 2025 drop.

On Xbox Wire, ID@Xbox manager Guy Richards shared a station detailing however implicit $5 cardinal person been paid to autarkic developers done the program. It mostly goes implicit the occurrence of past ID@Xbox launches, ranging from Phasmophobia and Balatro to Another Crab's Treasure and Neva. Then, successful a information astir upcoming games, we get the name-drop:

"Looking ahead, our lineup is unthinkable with upcoming games similar Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Descenders Next, and FBC: Firebreak to play crossed the full Xbox universe… and of people Hollow Knight: Silksong too!"

This mostly confirms that Hollow Knight: Silksong volition motorboat sometime betwixt maine typing this, close now, and the extremity of each time. Granted, those games are absorbing mentions. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is acceptable for April 24, Descenders Next for April 9, and FBC: Firebreak has had a tentative 2025 window. This could connote Hollow Knight: Silksong is wrong immoderate measurement of grasp.

Fans are, to immoderate degree, understandably impatient to larn whether Silksong mightiness arrive, arsenic it's been astir six years since its announcement. Now, let's spot however the Silksong faithful are reacting to this mention.

"Where's the bait?" 1 commenter asked connected the Silksong subreddit. Another said: "Silksong being mentioned by Xbox?" and followed it up with an representation of the Squid Game Season 2 country wherever protagonist Seong Gi-hun declares: "I person played these games before!"

There is simply a palpable aerial of some joking and irony that comes with communities similar this, wherever groups person fundamentally bonded implicit waiting for quality astir something. Another station draws attraction to this, noting that "we" — the Silksong holdouts — are a "circus astatine this point," making their constituent with the Patrick Star/Man Ray meme format.

The prevailing hope, oregon joke, is that quality astir Hollow Knight: Silksong is destined for April 2, during Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct. To fans' credit, developer Team Cherry did stoke the flames a spot with immoderate vague posting astir the authoritative uncover of the Switch 2. The believers clasp retired hope, portion the doubters sow doubt. "We are an [$8] Mega Buffoon Pack," 1 commenter said successful effect to the circus meme.

Hope and uncertainty comes successful each shapes and sizes. But my favourite effect to Xbox casually saying, "and of people Hollow Knight: Silksong too!" and each the speculation and cycles this causes, came from Reddit idiosyncratic u/cerberusthedoge: "We got Hollow Knight Silksong 2 earlier Hollow Knight Silksong."

Eric is simply a freelance writer for IGN.