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Hollow Knight's creators didn't want to be constrained by the 'metroidvania' label, but they accidentally set a standard that every game since—even Silksong—has to reckon with

Like Stardew Valley, Hollow Knight is the rare successor to totally eclipse its inspirations.

PC Gamer

Hollow Knight: Silksong is the 'artquake' shifting indie game launches

Why Team Cherry's indie feels bigger than its budget.

Creative Bloq

Almost 1,700 days—or 4.6 years—of daily Silksong news later, its brave watchman is finally ready to 'play Silksong in peace, however I want' and rest

"It's still kind of overwhelming, but I think now I've kinda got it down, the stuff that I need to do."

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How to design a great Metroidvania map

The creators of Hollow Knight describe how they built a complex, interconnected world, from sketches to final game.

PC Gamer

Silksong Kickstarter Backers should check their inbox right now

All about to unfold.

Destructoid

"Dropping the GTA of indie games with 2 weeks notice makes everyone freak out": Devs wanted to "fight Silksong," but it's added another body to its kill count with delay of Persona-inspired tactics RPG

Demonschool is delayed until November

GamesRadar

One of the reasons Hollow Knight: Silksongs developers got to have so much fun making it despite taking 6 years is that it's a 2D game

They yearn for the PS1 sidescroller

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The impending Silksong release date drives droves of fans back to the OG Hollow Knight, which has doubled its Steam player peak 8 years after launch

2017's Hollow Knight reaches a new peak

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Everyone's heading back to Hollow Knight for one last go before Silksong comes out—the game's all-time Steam peak is rising as I write this headline

Ah, shaa, here we go again.

PC Gamer

Now that Hollow Knight: Silksong has a release date, Team Cherry teases more to come post-launch – 'The most interesting thing now is what can we add to it next'

Team Cherry has confirmed it has plans to add new content to Hollow Knight: Silksong post-launch.

TechRadar

The six biggest announcements of Gamescom 2025 so far – from the Asus ROG Xbox Ally release date to a new Lego Batman game

The six biggest announcements so far at Gamescom 2025.

TechRadar

1,679 days in, the strongest Silksong fan celebrates the release date after years of daily update videos with a fittingly dramatic speech: "Count that number and think about it"

They're now counting down the 13 days to Hollow Knight: Silksong's release

GamesRadar

'Hollow Knight: Silksong's' 7-Year Wait Is Finally Over: Here's What Took So Long

After seven years of silence and speculation, "Hollow Knight: Silksong" is set to launch next month, with millions of fans already waiting to play.

Player One

"We hope you enjoy Peak for the next two weeks": Co-op comedy devs acknowledge the incoming Hollow Knight Silksong-shaped black hole in style

Peak recognizes peak

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During development, Hollow Knight devs kept costs low with leftover lunches at their tiny office, and then the game sold 15 million copies: “My dad would sometimes pop up and give me $20"

12 million of those copies were sold after Silksong was announced

GamesRadar

The Hollow Knight: Silksong arc needs to be studied and remembered: a small team of happy devs were just "having fun" making their game, not burning out, while the internet imploded

Opinion | Sometimes the most boring explanation is the best one

Destructoid

Hollow Knight Silksong took 7 years to create because it’s just too fun, devs say: ‘A vehicle for our creativity’

The devs had so much fun and ideas that implementing all of them would've taken 15 years.

Inverse

'Hollow Knight: Silksong' Just Proved Its Biggest Skeptics Totally Wrong

'Silksong' is finally heading to consoles and PC eight years after the release of 'Hollow Knight,' ending the intense period of speculation surrounding the sequel.

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Here are the three biggest things we learned from the Hollow Knight: Silksong release date trailer

Hollow Knight: Silksong's release date gameplay trailer has been released. Here are the top three things we learned.

PC Gamer

Why did Team Cherry's devs stay so quiet about Hollow Knight: Silksong? 'All we could really say is, we're still working on it', so they stopped doing that

"At the time we thought we'd go quiet for a year or two, then the game would come out."

GamesRadar

Hollow Knight: Silksong devs never read YouTube or Reddit comments, but they're aware a community of increasingly desperate Silkposters is out there: "Feels like we’re going to ruin their fun by releasing the game"

"They’ve obviously formed their own strange or very exciting communities around it"

GamesRadar

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

"We've been having fun"

Destructoid

Hollow Knight Silksong release countdown: Exact date and time, features, and more

It's REEEAAALLL.

Windows Central

Hollow Knight: Silksong finally has a release date — I can't believe the long-awaited game is coming in September

During a special presentation on Thursday, Team Cherry confirmed that Hollow Knight: Silksong finally has a release date of Sept. 4, 2025.

PC Gamer

Silksong finally has a release date, officially, from Team Cherry and everything—putting an end to over half a decade of Silksanity

I skong'd it my way.

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