Uh oh, Geoff Keighley is teasing Hollow Knight: Silksong at Gamescom Opening Night Live. Is it…finally time? Dare we hope?
First time? 🤡
See you tomorrow for @gamescom ONL. pic.twitter.com/59ef5sFysJ
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) August 18, 2025
If that above post means nothing to you, you’ve managed to steer clear of the Hollow Knight: Silksong fervor for years now, somehow. Since 2021, Hollow Knight fans have used images and emojis of clowns (and specifically, the one right below) to goof about their constant hope for news about Silksong, especially around big presentations like Nintendo Directs, The Game Awards, or Summer Game Fest. Every time a new presentation rolled around, Silksong fans would post clown images and joke about putting on clown makeup, effectively acknowledging that it was cartoonish to hope for Silksong news but that they were hoping anyway.
Of course, Keighley could just be posting himself in a clown outfit for the heck of it, but I can’t imagine that would be advisable given the fervor of the Silksong audience. Earlier this year, fans went nuts over a chocolate cake recipe, in a move which went so far as to force the developers to make a statement, so teasing that audience probably isn’t the best idea.
Still, Keighley’s tease seems like a pretty sure thing. We know Silksong is coming out in 2025 barring any unexpected delays, and there’s a demo of the game playable on the show floor of Gamescom this week. We also know, via a leak, that the ROG Xbox Ally will launch on October 16, and Xbox’s Sarah Bond has previously stated that Silksong would be on the system when it launched. If everyone’s telling the truth and there have been no last-minute changes, that means Silksong should be out in the next two months sometime. And that would also mean we’re due for an actual, real, confirmed release date any second now. Who’s got a big showcase going on where such an announcement would make a huge splash? Keighley, of course.
Now, there’s always a chance that we’re all just putting on our clown makeup today only to be disappointed once again tomorrow. Grab a slice of chocolate cake, stick on that rubber nose, and let’s lock in for Opening Night Live tomorrow. Silksong silksoon?
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