Geoff Keighley showed new Hollow Knight: Silksong gameplay during Gamescom Opening Night Live, but if you blinked, you might have missed it. The brief footage played without music while Keighley talked over it, serving mainly as a heads-up for what’s really coming.
An on-screen message announced a “special announcement” scheduled for Thursday, August 21 at 7:30 AM PT / 10:30 AM ET / 3:30 PM UK. This standalone reveal promises to deliver the substantial update fans have been waiting for since 2022.
The gameplay snippets featured Hornet navigating Pharloom with her signature needle and thread combat. However, viewers noticed the footage appeared oddly zoomed in, with parts of the UI seemingly cropped out of frame. The presentation felt deliberately minimal, functioning more as a pre-announcement than an actual reveal.
Team Cherry’s approach makes sense when you consider what’s planned for Thursday. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier has confirmed he’s publishing an interview with the developers that same day, exploring why Silksong‘s development has taken so long. The coordinated timing suggests Thursday will bring the first real information drop in ages.
For context, Silksong has become gaming’s most anticipated sequel through sheer waiting time alone. Originally announced in 2019 as an expansion-turned-full-game, the title was playable at events that year before largely going dark. A substantial trailer at the 2022 Xbox showcase promised the game would arrive within 12 months, but that window came and went without release.
The Australian indie studio Team Cherry has maintained near-radio silence since then, feeding into community speculation and memes about the game’s status. What started as Hollow Knight DLC has expanded into something reportedly larger than the original game, featuring Hornet’s faster, more acrobatic moveset in the new kingdom of Pharloom.
Thursday’s reveal appears positioned to reset expectations and provide concrete information. The game is currently slated for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox, with day-one Game Pass availability still on the table from that 2022 showcase. Whether Thursday brings the long-awaited release date remains the big question.
