You learn the headline accurately — Hole Knight: Silksong was officially revealed to the world five years ago today, on 14th February 2019.
The sequel to Hole Knight, Silksong follows your rival-turned-friend Hornet, who’s captured and brought to the dominion of Pharloom, the place she should escape and attain the highest of the dominion to discover a “shining citadel”. Hornet’s journey was initially deliberate as DLC for the acclaimed indie hand-drawn Metroidvania, however developer Group Cherry ultimately expanded it right into a full-blown sequel.
Over the previous few years, information on Silksong has been fairly sporadic, with 2019 being essentially the most jam-packed, together with character reveals, particulars on new areas, and even a Nintendo Treehouse: Dwell at E3 2019.
Followers have been clamouring for updates, preserving themselves busy in amusing methods — similar to drawing the Knight each single day. However the largest replace got here in 2022 when Xbox featured Silksong in its E3 presentation — a presentation the place each sport talked about could be popping out in “the subsequent 12 months”.
That clearly did not occur, and we’ve not had a brand new launch date for the sport for the reason that Might 2023 replace. In truth, we have not heard a peep from Group Cherry on Silksong since. Followers did spot asset updates within the backend of Steam final September, however that is actually it.
We did not assume we would be sitting right here 5 years down the road à la Metroid Prime 4 (which was “rebooted” 5 years in the past) nonetheless ready for it, however right here we’re. And actually, Group Cherry, take on a regular basis you want.
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