Hole Knight: Silksong, the lengthy, lengthy awaited sequel to the beloved 2017 indie hit Hole Knight, won’t make it out within the first half of 2023 (hardly shocking at this level, since we’re already nicely into Could). Matthew Griffin from developer Crew Cherry made the announcement on Twitter, saying merely that “improvement remains to be persevering with,” and declining to present an anticipated launch window for the sport.
The truth is, Silksong has by no means had an official launch date. But it surely made an look in trailer type throughout Microsoft’s June 2022 showcase, which presupposed to solely function video games due out within the following 12 months. (Silksong is hardly the one casualty from that showcase, which additionally featured Starfield, Forza Motorsport, and several other different video games which have been delayed into late 2023 and past.)
“We had deliberate to launch within the 1st half of 2023, however improvement remains to be persevering with,” Griffin wrote. “We’re excited by how the sport is shaping up, and it’s gotten fairly huge, so we need to take the time to make the sport nearly as good as we are able to. Count on extra particulars from us as soon as we get nearer to launch.”
Hey gang, only a fast replace about Silksong.
We had deliberate to launch within the 1st half of 2023, however improvement remains to be persevering with. We’re excited by how the sport is shaping up, and it is gotten fairly huge, so we need to take the time to make the sport nearly as good as we are able to.
Count on…
— Matthew Griffin (@griffinmatta) May 10, 2023
Griffin’s message successfully guidelines out any look by Silksong within the Xbox and Summer time Recreation Fest showcases filling the opening left by this yr’s canceled E3. Crew Cherry’s refusal to decide to a launch date for Silksong might be only a wise precaution, though the wording of the tweet doesn’t recommend the sport will likely be out quickly. A late 2023 launch or slip into 2024 appear doubtless.
Silksong was first introduced in 2019, however Crew Cherry’s subsequent years-long silence about its improvement, aside from that 2022 trailer, has turned determined followers’ futile hopes for information from any and each platform-holder showcase right into a sort of meme. Initially conceived as an enlargement for the unique Hole Knight that includes that sport’s antagonist/ally Hornet as the primary character, Silksong has grown right into a full-fledged sequel — and, it seems, fairly an formidable one.
Every time it does seem, Hole Knight: Silksong will likely be launched on Nintendo Change, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X. It will likely be obtainable on Recreation Move from day one.
