Hollow Knight: Silksong News

Grab a free Steam key for Hollow Knight Silksong if you're fast

Hollow Knight Silksong season is finally here, and it's not long now before you'll get to take bug-based shaw-ty Hornet on a whirlwind adventure through the kingdom of Pharloom. To celebrate the momentous occasion, we've prepared a very special giveaway that'll have one of you lucky lot walk away with a Steam key for the game. We're nice to you... sometimes.

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The first Hollow Knight Silksong price listing suggests it might come in cheap

It still doesn't quite feel real that Hollow Knight Silksong will be here in less than a week. Naturally, that means players are getting the itch to click a pre-order button, but there's one problem: Team Cherry hasn't announced the Silksong price yet. We might have just gotten an accidental clue, however, as a price listing that briefly appeared on the Gamestop website suggests the long-awaited Metroidvania could be as cheap as $20 despite the insatiable hype.

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I played Hollow Knight Silksong, and it might just be worth the 8-year wait

Let's put the conspiracies to bed once and for all: Hollow Knight: Silksong is real. At least, a 15-minute demo of it is. I just went hands on with Steam's most wishlisted game while testing out the new Xbox Ally X at Gamescom, and the long-awaited Metroidvania doesn't disappoint. Does it do anything unexpected or widly different from its beloved predecessor? Not from what I saw. But does it deliver top-tier platforming, engaging exploration, a mysterious world, and tricky boss fights? Oh yes.

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Is Hollow Knight Silksong Steam Deck compatible?

The Hollow Knight Silksong Steam Deck rating is confirmed, and it's great news for those who want to play this hugely anticipated indie metroidvania on the go, or simply prefer to use the gaming handheld as their primary gaming device.

As we laid out in the Silksong system requirements, this game barely increases its demands above those of the original Hollow Knight game released back in 2017. This is great news for the Steam Deck, which, despite being the best gaming handheld on our buying guide, is starting to struggle with some of the latest game releases.

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Bitten by the hardware bug, Hollow Knight: Silksong gets ultrawide support

Good news for the ultrawide monitor-owning Nic Reubens of the world: Hollow Knight: Silksong will, unlike its narrow-eyed predecessor, natively support stretchy displays up to the 21:9 format when it finally releases tomorrow. Silksong marketing-man-at-large Matthew Griffin shared some demonstrative screenshots on Xitter, confirming that it won’t require any of the weird bodging that Hollow Knight did to fill out those bigger screens.