Nintendo Life has also confirmed the game supports 120Hz on Switch 2 with its TV Mode. Now social media is awash with images and videos of the booths, as well as clown memes. This post, from a Silksong subreddit mod, sums up the community's feeling.

Black Ops 7 to Hollow Knight Silksong, we're on the floor in Germany to go hands-on with all the most exciting upcoming games

I went hands-on with Hollow Knight Silksong at Gamescom, and the legendarily long wait for the Metroidvania sequel might have been worth it.

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I played a small demo of Silksong at gamescom - the first time the game has been playable to the public, and where the press had chance to play the same demo as the huddled masses - and one thing struck me harder than anything else: this is harder than Hollow Knight.

Hollow Knight: Silksong is real and coming in 2025, but you'll have to wait longer still for a release date. Delivering on a tease from earlier this week, Hollow Knight: Silksong opened proceedings at Gamescom ONL, with host Geoff Keighley revealing that the highly anticipated metroidvania will launch in 2025.

There's even been an official message from the Dreamers—uh, they sacrificed a bunch of people by banning them, it's a long story: "48 HOURS REMAIN. SILKSKONGERS, THIS IS IT! IT'S NOT BAIT! IT'S OVER! THEY BROKE THE SILENCE! SOME EXPECTED RADIO SILENCE EVEN AFTER THE DATE WAS REVEALED! BUT NAY! THIS IS IT! SKONGERS, WE HAVE WON!"

Silksong, the upcoming sequel to the highly anticipated 2D action Metroidvania developed by Team Cherry. Get more information regarding the release date soon for Hollow Knight: Silksong, launching in 2025.

Fans of FromSoftware's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice are in for a treat, as an official anime adaptation of the 2019 game is in the works. Announced during Gamescom 2025 and produced by ARCH, Sekiro: No Defeat will directly adapt the story from the game with fully hand-drawn art. The anime series will be streamed exclusively on Crunchyroll.

Gamescom’s Opening Night Live is finally on its way, offering a variety of new game announcements, and one of them could be Silksong.