Hollow Knight: Silksong fans think this weekend could be the one, and this time they might be onto something
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TheHollow Knight: Silksongcommunity is once again going feral after a single Xbox tweet alluded to the game.
In a tweet earlier this week, the official Xbox Australia and New Zealand account posted some pretty blatant Silksong bait, seen just below. The tweet was met with a flurry of activity from a community already known to get pretty excited at the merest hint of new information about its long-awaited sequel.
The eruption of the Silksong subreddit in the wake of that tweet did appear to come with a couple of knowing smiles from fans that have been burned before, but there are definitely a good handful of posts that seem pretty earnest. One fansuggeststhat the teaser was “too blatant and tongue-in-cheek not to be a teaser.” Anotherclaimedthat “Xbox would not tweet that if they did not receive the full game.”
Others, however, note that this is far from the first time the Hollow Knight community has been stung, and it will likely not be the last. Even a post humbly flagging the Xbox tweet was accompanied by the clown emoji that has long been associated with those fans who have been getting their hopes up ahead of every game showcase for the past several years.
There might, however, be a hint of legitimacy to this tweet. That post comes from the Australia and New Zealand branch of Xbox, and gaming event PAX Australia kicks off its tenth anniversary in Melbourne, Australia tomorrow. Hollow Knight Silksong developer Team Cherry is also Australian, so there’s definitely grounds for these events to link together into some kind of announcement over this weekend.
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