No release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong. PR Director Matthew Griffin reports on the status of development

May 10, 2023: PR & Marketing Officer for Team Cherry’s new title “Hollow Knight: Silksong” (PC / Xbox Series X | S / Switch)Mr. Matthew GriffinHe reported the development status of the same work on his Twitter account.

According to this, its release was scheduled for the first half of 2023, but development is still ongoing. Matthew said,Now that the game has grown in scale, we want to take the time to make it as good as it can be.”He says.

Hey gang, just a quick update on Silksong.

We had planned to release in the first half of 2023, but development is still ongoing. We’re excited about how the game is shaping up, and it’s getting pretty big, so we want to take the time to make the game as good as it can be.

Expect…

– Matthew Griffin (@griffinmatta) May 10, 2023

It’s been a long time since the announcement, so let’s briefly review the flow so far. Hollow Knight: Silksong is a 2D exploration action game released in 2017.「Hollow Knight」tosequelIt is a title that corresponds to In the previous work, Hornet, who appeared as a non-playable character, becomes the main character, and the story is drawn with the aim of escaping from a strange kingdom.

The production was announced in February 2019. The high quality of the trailer released along with the announcement, as well as the fact that the characters who played the previous work to the end were particularly worried about the “after”, led many fans to have expectations High.

Then, although there were events like posting puzzle-solving material on the official Discord server and setting up for fans, there wasn’t much movement, but digital events「Xbox Game Show and Bethesda.」A new trailer has been released, revealing Xbox Game Pass support.

Currently, the released trailer is「Trailer Unveiled」And「Xbox Game Pass Game Reveal Trailer」There are probably so many fans who have seen these trailers so many times that there are only two of them.

Matthew said in a tweetWe will provide more detailed information as we get closer to the release date.He said, despite the increase in size, the development itself seems to be steadily progressing.

Cherry teamThe developer is managed by only 3 peopleAs such, it is easy to imagine that it would be difficult to get ahead with producing high volume work on schedule. Fans seemed to understand the situation, and warm voices were sent out on Twitter saying, “I want you to take your time and make something good.”

By the way, official Hollow Knight-related merchandise can be purchased from Fangamer even in Japan. If new information has been tweeted out and you have no choice but to eat the components of Hollow Knight, check out the “Official Merchandise” in the Japanese version of the official website. In person, a great deal of setup information and illustrations have been recordedTraveler’s Diary(Wanderer’s Journal) Recommended.