Summary
Hollow Knight: Silksongwon’t appear atGamescom 2024, an event representative has confirmed. While Team Cherry fans will hardly be happy with this omission,SilksongskippingGamescomis far from surprising, as the game has been MIA for a while now.
First announced in February 2019,Silksongwas originally envisioned asHollow KnightDLCbefore the rapidly increasing scope of the project prompted Team Cherry to turn it into a standalone game. Since then, the developer announced that the much-anticipated metroidvania will be a day-one Xbox Game Pass release and confirmed its plans to bring it to the latest two generations of PlayStation consoles. And while it was previously targeting a release in the first half of 2023, the company indefinitely delayedSilksongin May of that year.
Hollow Knight: Silksong Skipping Gamescom 2024
Ever since then, fans have been speculating about the possibility ofSilksongappearing at pretty much every major event that came and went in the meantime. Looking to get ahead of such chatter this time around, long-time Gamescom presenter Geoff Keighley has recently taken to Twitter to state that theHollow Knightsequel will be skipping this year’s edition of the show because Team Cherry “is still cooking.” The move marks the second occasion on whichKeighley tempered Gamescom expectationsover the past 12 months, having also done so ahead of the 2023 edition of the convention.
As for Team Cherry’s highly anticipated title,Hollow Knight: Silksonghas already disappointed fansseveral times this year, one for each of the early summer game showcases that took place in June 2024. The lack of updates about the project’s status has long been memed in the online community, which has been waiting forSilksongfor over half a decade as of this writing.
Even though theHollow Knightsequel is skipping the Cologne-based event, plenty of other games won’t be.Gamescom 2024 is even expected to set a new recordfor the number of exhibitors, as over 1,400 developers and publishers from 64 countries will be presenting at the show, a 15% year-on-year increase. The convention has also reserved an unprecedented number of country pavilions, 48, which will be dedicated to 37 countries.
Gamescom will be preceded by its traditional Opening Night Live (ONL) announcement show hosted by Keighley, which is scheduled to take place on August 20, starting at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 8pm CET. The convention itself will run from August 21 to 25.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
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Play as Hornet, princess-protector of Hallownest, and adventure through a whole new kingdom ruled by silk and song! Captured and brought to this unfamiliar world, Hornet must battle foes and solve mysteries as she ascends on a deadly pilgrimage to the kingdom’s peak.Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the award winning action-adventure. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover ancient secrets tied to your nature and your past.
