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How the voice of Silksong’s Hornet brought her to life through gibberish

2025-09-25T13:48:54-04:00

Silksong resembles the original Hollow Knight in many ways, though right from the start, you can hear one key difference: Hornet. Hollow Knight's protagonist was silent, but just as Hornet was voiced in that game, as the protagonist of Silksong, she has a voice, too, and actor Makoto Koji brings a lot of personality to the role.

"She's confident, she's sure of herself, she's very stoic," Koji says in an interview with The Verge. But Hornet has a goofiness as well, according to Koji, and she thinks Team Cherry did a good job showing how multifaceted Hornet is. This is particularly impressive because Hornet, and all of the characters in Silks …

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In Silksong, spite is my motivation to keep playing

2025-09-12T19:34:40-04:00

I would not call the time I'm having with Hollow Knight: Silksong "fun," and yet I'm still playing.

In the depths of The Marrow, the second major area of Silksong, there's a particularly nasty midboss. I eventually beat him, but my reward wasn't a new ability, item, or a bench where I could rest and save my progress. All I got was pain, suffering, and death. In Silksong, the only way out is through, but the "through" is a tunnel lined with spikes that occasionally spew gouts of flame.

I should have given up right then and there, but I have not abandoned Silksong the same way I do other unfun games. For the life of me, I couldn't figure ou …

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Stardew Valley’s creator is in Silksong

2025-09-04T14:26:51-04:00

Hollow Knight: Silksong, the sequel to the indie smash hit Hollow Knight, is finally out, and according to Silksong's credits, the game features the voice of Eric Barone, the creator of another indie smash hit, Stardew Valley. (You may also know Barone by the name ConcernedApe, which he goes by online.)

You can see Barone's name listed under the "Additional Character Voices" section of Silksong's credits, which are accessible from the Extras section of the game's title screen. I've also included a screenshot below:

Cole Medeiros, head of operations and biz dev at ConcernedApe LLC, confirmed to The Verge that this is indeed the Eric Barone …

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Silksong’s release is hammering Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo stores

2025-09-04T11:07:00-04:00

Hollow Knight: Silksong launched today, and immediately afterward the major video game storefronts were struggling to stay online. Shortly after Silksong's 10 AM ET release time, Steam, the Nintendo eShop, Xbox, and PlayStation stores all displayed error messages or failed to load entirely.

Hollow Knight: Silksong is one of the most anticipated indie releases in recent memory. Its gravitational pull has been so strong, several other indie games releasing around the same time as Silksong announced delays to get out of its way. Compounding the feverish anticipation is that Team Cherry is selling Silksong for essentially nothing - it'll only c …

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Silksong is only $19.99

2025-09-01T05:38:37-04:00

Hollow Knight: Silksong, Team Cherry's sequel to Hollow Knight that has been in development for seven years, is releasing later this week for just $19.99. Silksong's highly-anticipated launch on September 4th comes with a modest $5 bump over Hollow Knight's original $14.99 price tag.

While Team Cherry could have charged more for Silksong, it's essentially pricing it the same as the original when you factor in inflation over the past eight years. The team revealed seven years ago that it kept the Hollow Knight pricing low to ensure as many people played it as possible. "$15 US is actually quite a bit of money for many people, especially in o …

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Silksong is out soon, and indie games are getting out of the way

2025-08-25T13:20:43-04:00

Yesterday, Hollow Knight: Silksong developers Team Cherry announced a September 4th release date for the long-awaited game, and indie developers are announcing delays to get out of the way of the launch. Silksong is a full sequel to the excellent Hollow Knight and is currently the most wishlisted game on Steam, so it's likely going to be very popular when it's finally available.

Panik Arcade, which was set to release its "hellish gambling roguelike" CloverPit on September 3rd, has pushed the game's launch to September 26th. "We poured our hearts into our little game so of course we want to give it the best possible shot," Panik Arcade says. …

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Silksong finally launches in September

2025-08-21T13:58:28-04:00

Hollow Knight: Silksong, the full sequel to Hollow Knight that has been in development for years, will be released on September 4th. The news was revealed as part of a "special announcement" video that debuted on Thursday.

In Silksong, you play as Hornet, a character that appeared in the original Hollow Knight. The game, which will be released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, features a new kingdom with new areas to explore and new enemies and bosses to fight.

Silksong, the most wishlisted game on Steam, was originally announced by Team Cherry in 2019. Despite how long it took to make, the game was never "stuck" during deve …

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Get ready for Silksong’s ‘special announcement’ on Thursday

2025-08-19T11:43:12-04:00

Prepare your best clown makeup: Team Cherry, the developers of Hollow Knight: Silksong, will be making a "special announcement" about the game on Thursday at 10:30AM ET. The announcement will be shown on Team Cherry's YouTube channel, and the premiere link is already live.

It's been a very long wait for solid Silksong news, so much so that the waiting spawned a clown meme. A release window announcement and subsequent delay didn't help things. But Nintendo shared proof-of-life for Silksong earlier this year when it snuck a vague "2025" release date into its big Switch 2 Direct presentation.

And as of late, there have been a lot of hints tha …

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Xbox will let you play Silksong at Gamescom in August

2025-07-28T09:53:26-04:00

Microsoft will let Gamescom attendees play a demo of the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong on the new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds. It's part of more than 20 titles that will be available at the Xbox booth at Gamescom, including a new theater experience to demonstrate The Outer Worlds 2.

Silksong will be available to play on the new Xbox Ally devices at Gamescom, just months after Xbox president Sarah Bond revealed in June that Silksong will be available "at launch and in Game Pass" when Asus' new handhelds launch later this year.

Gamescom attendees will also get to try out Microsoft's new Xbox and Windows UI, as well as play Roblox, Sea of …

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Hollow Knight: Silksong is launching in 2025

2025-04-02T09:59:00-04:00

Hollow Knight: Silksong, the long-awaited sequel to Hollow Knight, has a new release year window: 2025, as revealed in a very brief clip during today's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct.

Silksong was first announced for Windows, Mac, Linux, and the Nintendo Switch in 2019. It was originally intended to be DLC for Hollow Knight, but according to developers Team Cherry, "it quickly became too large and too unique to stay a DLC, as initially planned." The game will take place in a new kingdom, with new moves and new weapons at your disposal as well as new enemies to take on.

Nintendo featured gameplay of Silksong during a broadcast at E3 2019. But si …

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