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Austin Wood

Silksong devs say there was no dev hell, only dev heaven: they've been quiet to avoid "bugging people," once thought it would be out in "a year or two," and "could have kept going" but also want to see this thing finished

Hollow Knight: Silksong Hornet revel art.

The Hollow Knight: Silksong release date is real at last – and pretty darn close at September 4 – but even developer Team Cherry sounds a little surprised that it took so long.

Speaking with Bloomberg, studio co-founders Ari Gibson and William Pellen stress that the sequel's protracted development, which spring-boarded off initial plans for a simpler DLC for Hollow Knight and turned into a seven-year saga, has been nothing but enjoyable.

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