Is it finally happening? Team Cherry just announced a livestream for the long-anticipated sequel Hollow Knight: Silksong. It takes place on April 21 at 10:30AM ET. The company says it will be making a “special announcement” about the game. We don’t exactly know what this announcement will be, but it’s starting to feel like a release date or at least a release window.
Rumors have been swirling that the title would finally be getting a release date during , with Geoff Keighley . This is all happening more than six years .
It’s possible that the special announcement won’t involve the release date at all, but will instead offer new game modes or a deeper dive into the story. It’s worth noting that reports have indicated that the game would finally , though we’ve been fooled by that kind of thing before.
For the uninitiated, Hollow Knight: Silksong is the followup to Hollow Knight, which was an indie Metroidvania that absolutely took the world by storm. It actually started as DLC for the original game before the developers realized the scope of their ambitions would take nearly seven years to see through.