Hollow Knight: Silksong will finally be playable in September, but only at a museum in Australia. The sequel, which was originally intended to be a DLC, was originally announced in 2019 with a release date of 2023. Once the release window came around, the game was delayed and developer Team Cherry went quiet about its state, leaving many fans wondering whether the game would ever see the light of day.
IGN has revealed that the highly anticipated sequel to Hollow Knight will be on display as a playable exhibit at the Game Worlds exhibit at a Melbourne museum in September 2025. Melbourne's national museum of media, ACMI, will be showing off the game from the Adelaide, South Australia-based studio starting September 18. The exhibit will delve deeper into the making of Silksong and games like it, and include additional displays showing the art and design that went into the title's development.
Silksong is currently the most wishlisted game on Steam, making it a great partner for the museum to show off as a culmination of many years of video games. The Game Worlds exhibit at ACMI will showcase 30 iconic video games from throughout the years, like Neopets, World...