The Wait is Over: Team Cherry Confirms Silksong Price and Global Release Times
Set your alarms and check your bank accounts. The seven-year vigil is ending, and we now have the final details for the launch of Hollow Knight: Silksong.
After years of silence, speculation, and a level of fan desperation that will be studied by psychologists for decades, the final pieces of the puzzle have fallen into place. Team Cherry has officially dropped the last bits of crucial information for the launch of Hollow Knight: Silksong. In a simple, no-nonsense announcement, they've confirmed the price and the exact global unlock times for the game's release this week. The speculation is finally over. The wait is, for all intents and purposes, done.
The Twenty-Dollar Prophecy Was True
In a move that should surprise no one who pays attention, it turns out that clumsy GameStop leak was right on the money. Team Cherry has confirmed that Hollow Knight: Silksong will cost $19.99 USD / €19.99 EUR.
Let's just take a moment to appreciate that. In an industry where publishers are trying to normalize $70 price tags for games padded with microtransactions, Team Cherry is about to drop what is arguably the most anticipated indie sequel of all time for twenty bucks. It's a classic, pro-consumer move that feels perfectly in character for the studio that gave us the original masterpiece for a bargain.
Synchronize Your Watches for the Great Descent
The official announcement also laid out the exact unlock times, so you can plan your "sudden illness" with your boss accordingly. For those of us here in Europe, the gates to the kingdom of Pharloom will swing open at 4 PM CEST on Thursday, September 4th. Our friends in the Americas can dive in bright and early at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET.
This is it. The final countdown. After so much uncertainty, having a concrete time makes the release feel incredibly, wonderfully real.
A Reminder of What Awaits in Pharloom
For anyone who has somehow managed to forget after all this time, Silksong puts you in the nimble shoes of Hornet, the lethal hunter and princess of Hallownest. This is a full-blown sequel, featuring an entirely new, massive kingdom to explore, a suite of new acrobatic moves, and a whole new arsenal of craftable tools and weapons.
Team Cherry is promising a huge adventure, with over 200 new enemies to fight and more than 40 new bosses to die to, repeatedly. And, of course, the game features a stunning new orchestral score from the original's award-winning composer, Christopher Larkin.
The seven-year wait has been agonizing, creating a fanbase so dedicated that they were speedrunning the game's demo just to feel something. Now, with the final details locked in, that long, painful vigil is about to pay off. Get ready. It's almost time.