Hollow Knight Silksong "Is Real" Team Cherry States, After Chocolate Cake Has Fans In An Uproar

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Following a cryptic message that fans mistakenly perceived as a teaser for the long-awaited , a source close to developer Team Cherry has, at least, confirmed that the game is still in development and progressing towards an eventual release. Originally announced in 2019, as a sequel to the breakout hit, demos and trailers for the game at that year's E3 gave fans the impression that it would release relatively soon — over five years later.

However, is still nowhere to be seen, and Team Cherry's near radio silence is starting to spark backlash.

In response to a fan on X, 's Marketing and PR director,Matthew Griffin, also known as «Leth», has said that "", confirming that the game is, at the very least, not canceled. Leading up to Griffin's confirmation, he had privately reached out to popular speedrunner @fireb0rn on X to confirm that the cryptic chocolate cake «teaser» on developer William Pellen's X account was not part of any sort of ARG or release date tease, and Griffin has since made follow-up statements on the official Discord server.

While it might not be of much comfort to fans who've been waiting for for over five years, Griffin's statement does at least confirm that the game is still a work in progress, even though it doesn't provide much information on 's current state. Effectively, is now in the same position that it's been in for several years already, that being that the game will be released at some undefined point in the future, and Team Cherry is being especially tight-lipped about when that might be.

After long periods of waiting with no news, Silksong speculation gets wilder each year, with 2025 already starting with a new release rumor.

It should be noted that no direct statements have been made by Pellen, the developer whose X account activity was originally mistaken for a teaser, but Griffin's replies to various fans on the Discord server have clarified that, at the very least, he was not aware of the Switch 2 announcement ahead of time, and