Silksong’ Is Coming Out, Sort Of

During today’s big Xbox Showcase, the Xbox maker revealed a bunch of exciting upcoming video game releases: Double Fine’s new adventure title, Keeper; new DLC for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle; Ninja Gaiden 4, a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 demo you can play right now; a Persona 4 remake; the Black Ops 7 reveal trailer; a new Xbox handheld console and much more.

It was during the Xbox handheld console segment that fans of Hollow Knight got a piece of welcome news. The long-awaited, highly-anticipated follow-up to the game, Silksong, is finally coming out. While we don’t have an exact release date yet, we do know that it’s launching alongside the ROG Xbox Ally handheld system this year during the 2025 holiday season. Xbox president Sarah Bond said the game will be available to play “at launch and in Game Pass when the Ally releases later this year.”

You can see the game on the new Xbox handheld in the trailer below:

Silksong was announced way, way, way back in February, 2019. Team Cherry has been teasing players ever since. Hollow Knight is one of the best Metroidvanias ever made, and the wait for its sequel has been grueling – though perhaps less grueling than Grand Theft Auto VI, The Winds Of Winter or the mythical beast known only as Half-Life 3.

Silksong features a new playable protagonist, Hornet, and will feature an entirely new kingdom to explore. Hornet, the princess of Hallownest, will be more agile and quick than The Knight, and will face speedier enemies.

All told, lots of good news from Xbox today. Certainly there seems to be more in the pipeline for team Green than for PlayStation at the moment.