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Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£35.99Subscribe now Essential Hardware Abiotic Factor Dune: Awakening PC Gaming Show Recommended reading Silksong got a release date for an Australian museum exhibit before anything else, and I wish I was kidding Hollow Knight: Silksong—Everything we know Of course, Team Cherry didn't deign to tell anyone that Hollow Knight: Silksong is arriving before Christmas in a weekend of showcases—but via a random Discord message SteamDB changes might finally herald the end of a long wait for Silksong (again), though with SGF on the horizon, I think Team Cherry has the potential to do the funniest thing of all time You could cut the tension with a needle—7 SteamDB changes in the past week have Silksong hopefuls wondering if the final hour is upon us Silksong subreddit hallucinates an analog horror called Snosk, ritually sacrifices a mod to be their very own Hollow Knight, continues to have a normal one, nothing to see here Summer Game Fest no-shows: 9 big games that were absent from 2025's showcases Hollow Knight: Silksong Some lucky souls will get hands-on with Silksong within weeks, with the Hollow Knight sequel confirmed to be playable at Gamescom 2025 Shaun Prescott 29 July 2025 The fandom is taking it well. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Team Cherry) Mortals will have their first chance to play Hollow Knight Silksong in less than a month from now. The sequel will appear at Microsoft's Gamescom booth on August 20 and 21, and will be playable on both PC and the forthcoming ROG Xbox Ally, which will also make its hands-on debut at the convention. Gamescom, of course, is a convention held in Cologne, Germany. Before Microsoft's announcement, the only confirmed opportunity to go hands-on with Silksong was at an Australian museum in September, where it will appear as part of the Game Worlds exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne. That's two hands-on events happening very closely together, and it points to a possibility that many an online Silksong monomaniac may struggle to believe: that Silksong will finally release "before Holiday" this year. That's a tad vague, but we know at least that Team Cherry considers this to mean "before Christmas". The more optimistic among us might even hope that Silksong could release sometime between the Gamescom and ACMI showings. Related Articles Silksong got a release date for an Australian museum exhibit before anything else, and I wish I was kidding Hollow Knight: Silksong—Everything we know Of course, Team Cherry didn't deign to tell anyone that Hollow Knight: Silksong is arriving before Christmas in a weekend of showcases—but via a random Discord message There are certainly people putting forth that theory in the Silksong Subreddit, not to mention the Discord, both of which are taking this news with an exemplary dearth of chill. This community has been put through a lot though, and is evidently at the end of its tether. Take this recent headline from Harvey: "Silksong subreddit hallucinates an analog horror called Snosk, ritually sacrifices a mod to be their very own Hollow Knight, continues to have a normal one, nothing to see here". Oh, and Microsoft—clearly relishing another opportunity to say Silksong, all the better to distract from the fact that it has laid off 9,000 people in 2025 alone—will also have some other stuff at its Xbox booth, including Ninja Gaiden 4, Borderlands 4, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, and more. Best handheld PC 2025All our current recommendations 👉Check out our full guide👈 1. Best overall: Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS ed. 2. Best budget: Steam Deck 3. Best Windows: MSI Claw 8 AI+ 4. Best big screen: Lenovo Legion Go 5. Best compact: Ayaneo Flip DS The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. 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Silksong got a release date for an Australian museum exhibit before anything else, and I wish I was kidding Hollow Knight: Silksong—Everything we know Of course, Team Cherry didn't deign to tell anyone that Hollow Knight: Silksong is arriving before Christmas in a weekend of showcases—but via a random Discord message SteamDB changes might finally herald the end of a long wait for Silksong (again), though with SGF on the horizon, I think Team Cherry has the potential to do the funniest thing of all time You could cut the tension with a needle—7 SteamDB changes in the past week have Silksong hopefuls wondering if the final hour is upon us Silksong subreddit hallucinates an analog horror called Snosk, ritually sacrifices a mod to be their very own Hollow Knight, continues to have a normal one, nothing to see here Latest in Action A 'slavish clone': Sony is suing Tencent over a game that looks startlingly similar to Horizon Zero Dawn Steam's latest mini-hit is Mage Arena, a voice-powered spellcasting game that costs $3 Kung fu action game Phantom Blade Zero's has my new favorite take on hard mode balance: Beating it 'in a very beautiful manner' is the true challenge Assassin's Creed Shadows has its summer roadmap and, with all due respect, how did it take this long to get a fast-forward time option? 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