Hollow Knight: Silksong Got an Xbox Store Page on April Fools Day and Fans Don't Know How to Feel
It's hard to overstate how eagerly Hollow Knight fans have been awaiting its sequel, Silksong, five years after it was initially announced. And now, they got a little bit of hope, in the form of an Xbox Store page.
Today, with little fanfare, Hollow Knight: Silksong got an official listing on Microsoft's website. There's no release date, no trailer, no pre-orders, or anything of that sort outside of wishlisting, but it's something, right? Right?
Oh, and one more catch: it just so happens to be April Fools Day, which has some fans treating the mysterious listing with a healthy amount of skepticism.
"Today I will not be fooled by SilkSong release dates. I will not be fooled by SilkSong announcements of any kind," wrote Twitch Director of Community Marketing & Production Merry Kish on X/Twitter. "My head is clear and my heart is open you cannot destroy me I have prepared my soul for today you rat bastards."
Today I will not be fooled by SilkSong release dates. I will not be fooled by SilkSong announcements of any kind.
My head is clear and my heart is open you cannot destroy me I have prepared my soul for today you rat bastards.
To be clear, there's no indication that this is some kind of cruel April Fools Day joke by developer Team Cherry or Microsoft, but it also doesn't tell us a whole lot about where the highly anticipated sequel is. A game can be listed on the Xbox store for any number of reasons, including routine backend work, and some listings go up well in advance of release. Silksong has also had listings on several other stores for some time now, including PSN and the Nintendo eShop.
But with a game as anticipated as Silksong, any crumb of information will spur all kinds of speculation. Even Xbox Portfolio's Senior Content Planning Manager Nick Zuclich ever-so-innocently highlighted the listing on his own X/Twitter:
Hmmm
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