After a recent leak, it appeared thatHollow Knight: Silksongfinally had a release date. The leak came from theNvidia GeForce Now database, which seemingly included the release date for many titles from an accurate source.
Since Team Cherry has not been very vocal aboutHollow Knight: Silksongin a while, the leak caughtfans’ interest quickly. After all, they have been waiting forSilksong’s release date for a long time and the Nvidia leak seems to finally be giving them the information they had been waiting for. Even so, there’s reason to believe it probably isn’t true.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong’s Leaked Release Date
One supposed date that grabbed the attention of many was forHollow Knight: Silksong, which was announced in February 2019, but there has been little more information aboutSilksonglately. With the lack of news aboutHollow Knight: Silksong,the Nvidia GeForce Now leakgave fans hope that Team Cherry’s upcoming game might finally be coming soon, as it stated thatSilksongwould become available in February 2022 - which seems like a reasonable timeframe to release the game.
Hollow Knightwas not the only anticipated game to appear on the list.Other titles including aFinal Fantasy 9 Remakewere also said to have release dates. Naturally, this information was quick to spread throughout the Internet as many hoped that the information found within Nvidia’s servers was true.
In the case ofHollow Knight: Silksong, fans were also encouraged to believeSilksong’s release date in the Nvidia leak was realbecause of fireb0rn. As a prolificHollow Knight, speedrunner online, fireb0rn is an important figure in the game’s community, and one whom many people are quick to look toward.
They released a video soon after the Nvidia leak came out explaining whythe supposed release date made sense forSilksong’s release. One of the arguments suggested that Team Cherry both releasedHollow Knightand announcedSilksongin February. Because of this, it would make sense that Team Cherry released the sequel in February as well.
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Why the Leaked Silksong Release Date is Probably False
Team Cherry has been silent for a long time now, and fans have rightfully started to become anxious about the lack of updates. This has even led some to believe thatHollow Knight: Silksongwas cancelled. Nevertheless, it seems likeSilksongcould release soon, as the developing process is likely already far along.
The reason why the Nvidia leak seems unlikely is that it would be a weird strategy for Team Cherry to not revealSilksong’s release date after being pressured by fans to give any form of update. It seems like a more logical step for Team Cherry to confirm the leaked date, or announce the new one if there were one. In any case, it seems more likely that Team Cherry is trying to ensure the game is perfect at the time of release, sinceexpectations are set very high forHollow Knight: Silksong.
Team Cherry will hopefully announce a dateto ease everyone’s worries, if the developer already has one. Perhaps this leak, be it true or false, puts pressure to reveal something sooner rather than later. Right now, it seems fans can only wait for Team Cherry to finally break its silence and release another blog post - or anything really - aboutSilksong.
Hollow Knight: Silksongis currently in development for PC and Switch.
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