Summer Game Fest Dashes My Hopes for Hollow Knight: Silksong

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Alright folks, here we are again after the Summer Game Fest 2025. Seriously, why do we even bother? You’d think after all these years, we’d have some word on Team Cherry’s Hollow Knight: Silksong. But nope. Zip. Zilch. Nada.

I mean, why do we keep getting our hopes up? It’s been over six years since the first announcement. Six! You’d think disappointment would be a familiar friend by now. But no, Geoff Keighley had to rub it in, taking a playful—or not so playful—jab at us hopefuls in the middle of the show.

Geoff was introducing some big excited spiel for Marvel Games’ Deadpool VR (I’m up for Neil Patrick Harris as Deadpool, although I don’t have a VR headset). Anyway, he’s there reading a “letter” from Wade Wilson. Basically, it said something like, “Hey, skip Silksong and focus on my VR gig.” Ouch, right? No chill, Wade. None at all.

Here’s the kicker though: hardly anything has been shown of Silksong since it was announced. Seriously, we’ve had maybe two trailers in six years. The game was even delayed indefinitely back in 2023. Then, out of nowhere, we’re teased with a 2025 release window from a blink-and-you-miss-it clip during Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct in April. Team Cherry is the king of breadcrumbs, I’m telling you.

Let’s be real, Hollow Knight was a masterpiece. One of the best Metroidvanias out there, hands down. So yeah, expectations are sky-high. All this silence only makes the fans hungrier, desperate even. Anyone else feeling like it’s Elden Ring all over again?

And just to add insult to injury, Silksong’s Steam page got a few sneaky updates. Had people thinking there’d be some big reveal during Summer Game Fest. But nope. Here we are, still waiting.

But wait—one glimmer of hope lingers, like waiting for that one sunny day in winter: the 2025 Xbox Games Showcase. Scheduled for June 8, 10:00am PT / 1:00 pm ET. Yep, I’m clinging to that one tiny thread of hope.

Xbox’s summer gig usually gives us a sneak peek into what’s cooking for PC and Xbox. Silksong’s set to hit Game Pass from day one, so maybe, just maybe, they’ll drop the magic release date as one of their big reveals. Maybe?

Aaron Greenberg from Xbox even told folks to keep their expectations in check (probably wise, honestly). But come on, Microsoft! Throw us a bone here—Hollow Knight: Silksong release date would be the mic drop moment we all need.

And if our hopes get dashed again? Fun. I’m used to the rollercoaster of heartbreak—hello, Bloodborne fans, you know what I mean.

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There you have it. Here’s hoping it hits zero on those AI detection tools.