Highly-anticipated Metroidvania gameHollow Knight: Silksonghas been incredibly elusive, but fans are hoping news on the game will come as part of the Nintendo Indie World event scheduled for Wednesday, April 19. Indie World showcases, for the uninitiated, are special Nintendo Direct-style events that focus on indie games on the way for the Switch as opposed to Nintendo’s own first-party titles.Nintendo will be hosting the next Indie World showcase on Wednesday, April 19 at 9:00am PT. Nintendo has promised that fans can tune in for about 20 minutes of reveals, announcements, and updates on indie games that are on the way for the Nintendo Switch, but stopped short of confirming any specific games for the event. Even so, that hasn’t stoppedHollow Knightfans from flooding the tweet with their hopes thatHollow Knight: Silksongwill be featured at the show.RELATED:It’s Been So Long Since Hollow Knight: Silksong Was Announced That Its Website Has ExpiredMany of the replies to the announcement are tongue-in-cheek, acknowledging that it may not be a great idea to get excited about the possibility thatHollow Knight: Silksongwill be featured at the Nintendo Indie World event on April 19. Many responses includeHollow Knightcharactersin clown outfits, suggesting that anyone who thinks the long-awaited sequel will be at the event is a clown for getting their hopes up. The jury is still out on whetherHollow Knight: Silksongwill be at the Indie World event or not, but fans won’t know unless they tune in on April 19 at 9:00am PT.
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Many Indie World events have come and gone withno sign ofHollow Knight: Silksong, and so it’s possible that will happen again. However, there is some hope thatHollow Knight: Silksongcould indeed make an appearance at the show. In fact, if the game was going to be at any Indie World event, one would think it would be this one. After all, the reveal thatHollow Knight: Silksongwill be a day one Xbox Game Pass game came with a promise about its release date.
WhenHollow Knight: Silksongwas confirmed to be an Xbox Game Pass game, it helped narrow down its release date.Hollow Knight: Silksong’s Xbox announcementwas part of a group of games that were all promised to release by July 31, 2025. AssumingHollow Knight: Silksongisn’t being delayed, that means its release date needs to be within the next two months. It wouldn’t be out of the question, then, forHollow Knight: Silksongto be at the Indie World event and use the opportunity to finally announce its release date.
Hollow Knight: Silksongis in development for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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