Hollow Knight: Silksong releases on September 4, with the global unlock tied to midnight on September 5 in Australia and staggered availability across other time zones during September 4. Team Cherry announced the date via a trailer and prompted some indie games to shift their launch dates to avoid direct competition. Silksong stars Hornet and will launch on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, Switch 2, and PC. The previously promised Wii U version was dropped due to the console's obsolescence. The game offers no preorders or preloads and will have a release handled without typical preorder campaigns or large showcases.
Since Hollow Knight came out in 2015, fans of the grim Metroidvania have been eagerly awaiting its followup, . And now, more than six years after it was announced that Silksong would be a standalone game instead of DLC, it's finally here. Given how highly anticipated has been, developer Team Cherry has had no need of fancy showcases or preorder campaigns to drum up interest, so its release will be handled a little differently from what you might be used to.
That's caused a wave of other indie games to move their release dates to avoid competing with the much-hyped sequel, including Demonschool and Little Witch in the Woods. While games often unlock at midnight local time, that won't be the case this time. Instead, it's actually pinned to midnight on September 5 in Australia, where Team Cherry is located. That means that for most other players, it will unlock over the course of the day on the 4th.
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