Team Cherry’s Matthew ‘Leth’ Griffin, in charge of PR and marketing, has stated Hollow Knight: Silksong is “real, progressing and will release”.
As GamesRadar reported, YouTuber fireb0rn posted: “Leth reached out to me to confirm there was no Silksong ARG and that the changes to William’s account and the tweet were a nothingburger.
Last week, Pellen changed his social media handle and switched his profile picture to a slice of chocolate cake.
Eager Hollow Knight fans reverse image searched the picture to discover it was from a recipe page posted on 2nd April 2024 – a year ahead of the newly announced Switch 2 Nintendo Direct.
Coupled with Pellen’s post ahead of last week’s Switch 2 reveal – “something big is coming” – and fans were riled up with anticipation.
Hollow Knight: Silksong is “real, progressing, and will release,” according to Matthew “Leth” Griffin of Team Cherry, who oversees marketing and public relations.
The game has been the subject of numerous rumors since co-creator William Pellen changed his social media profile picture to a cake, which prompted fans to speculate that an ARG would precede the game’s release date.
This, regrettably, has now been disproved as a “nothingburger.”.
YouTuber fireb0rn wrote: “Leth contacted me to verify that there was no Silksong ARG and that the tweet and the modifications to William’s account were a nothingburger,” as reported by GamesRadar. I apologize for misleading everyone. It turned out to be a lie. “..”.
After that, Griffin himself checked in to make sure the game was still being worked on.
Last week, Pellen changed his social media handle and replaced his profile picture with a chocolate cake slice, so what was that supposed ARG? When eager Hollow Knight fans reverse-imaged the image, they found that it was from a recipe page published on April 2, 2024, one year before the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct was officially announced.
“Something big is coming” was Pellen’s post prior to last week’s Switch 2 reveal, which heightened fans’ excitement. Despite the game still being in development, it appears that was all for nothing.