The games industry is built on absurd, slavering, and often unfulfilled hype. That's how it's always been and, god willing, it's how it will always be. From E3 (RIP) to Gamescom to Summer Game Fest, we all love working ourselves into a tizz trying to guess just what announcement this year's slate of weirdly dressed execs and nervous devs will drop for us on the showfloor.
Ordinarily, that's something the events welcome. It only generates buzz and an audience if the subreddits and forum posts have convinced themselves that this year they're announcing Half-Life 3 for sure, bro. But apparently there is an upper limit, and Hollow Knight fans have found it. They're so (understandably) desperate for info about Silksong, the sequel to the original beloved metroidvania originally announced in 2019, that Geoff Keighley's Opening Night Live has come out ahead of the event to manage their expectations and avoid their wrath: Silksong will not be at the event, so please do not fill his inbox with betrayed wails of angst.
