Hollow Knight: Silksong finally makes an appearance at Xbox Bethesda Showcase, will release by June 2023

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Hollow Knight: Silksong has been all but illusory in the last year and a half. As fans clamored for the sequel from Team Cherry, they were met with silence.

Every video game showcase event in the last one and a half years saw stream chats filled with fans yearning to see Silksong - if not an announcement of release date, at least an assurance that the final phase of development is coming along.

However, the time is now and the wait is over. A trailer of Hollow Knight: Silksong finally aired at the stage of Xbox Bethesda Games Showcase 2022.

Sarah Bond, Head of Xbox Creator Experience, later revealed that all games that were showcased will release in a year from now, which means Hollow Knight: Silksong will probably be out by June 2023.

Silksong was first announced in February 2019 as the sequel to Hollow Knight, an acclaimed indie Metroidvania set in a sentient bug kingdom. This time, the protagonist is Hornet, an enemy-turned-ally from the original game. Silksong has a new world to explore, new enemies to battle, and a new orchestral score.

Ever since Edge Magazine featured Silksong in December 2020, there has been no official communication about the game in the last year and a half.

After a long time of near-silence, Team Cherry has emerged from the depths of the bug-world to deliver a new Silksong trailer at the Xbox & Bethesda Showcase. They revealed that it is coming to Xbox and PC Game Pass at launch.

The new trailer showcases the game’s protagonist, Hornet, in action. The trailer ran a few meaningful words amidst the action-filled gameplay: Hunt, Survive, Vanquish. This has been the general gameplay loop of the original as well.

Exploration, too, played an instrumental role in the Hollow Knight experience. The various