Whereas developer Group Cherry has been quiet about its upcoming title Hole Knight: Silksong, the studio now appears to be planning some form of reveal with a sophisticated scavenger hunt. As caught by The Gamer, co-creator of the unique Hole Knight William Pellen modified his profile on social media platform X. These modifications may present a touch as to the studio’s plans going ahead.
Pellen has modified his X profile identify to ‘little bomey’, whereas additionally altering his deal with to @everydruidwaswr, in addition to altering his profile image to that of a chocolate cake. With these modifications, Pellen additionally posted that “one thing massive is coming,” and that followers ought to “maintain your eyes closed tomorrow.”
Hole Knight followers in search of hints concerning the much-awaited sequel Silksong took these particulars and ran wild, working the chocolate cake profile image by means of a reverse picture search. This resulted within the discovery of a chocolate cake recipe, posted on April 2, 2024. Whereas this all could also be a coincidence, the recipe’s date is precisely a 12 months earlier than the upcoming Nintendo Swap 2 occasion, as identified by X consumer Penkaru.
Reddit customers on the subreddit for Silksong have additionally found that Pellen’s new X identify of ‘little bomey’ is likely to be a reference to a wine named Little Boomey Cabernet Sauvignon. The seemingly main clue right here is the truth that the wine is made in Adelaide Hills in southern Australia – the identical metropolis the place studio Group Cherry is predicated.
It’s price noting that, whereas these hints seem cryptic, this has a fair change of both being an ARG (alternate-reality recreation) encouraging gamers to find extra clues about Hole Knight: Silksong by making use of real-world clues, or simply being a wild goose chase {that a} fanbase ready for a highly-anticipated title is falling for.
Particulars about Hole Knight: Silksong has been shrouded in fairly a little bit of secrecy. That is even supposing rankings for the video games have already been noticed on the web sites for a number of various rankings boards all through 2024. The sport has additionally gotten retailer pages on Xbox in addition to the Swap eShop.
The final time Group Cherry gave concrete particulars concerning the growth of Hole Knight: Silksong was all the way in which again in 2021, the place the studio revealed that it was content material full and was within the testing stage. Regardless of silence concerning the recreation since then, the sport’s lead playtester has acknowledged that the title was not caught in growth hell. The playtester has additionally described the sport as “superb”, telling gamers that the title might be “well worth the wait”.
For a sign of why there’s a lot buzz about Hole Knight: Silksong, take a look at our evaluate of the unique Hole Knight. Whereas it’s at the moment unknown precisely what platforms Hole Knight: Silksong might be coming, we anticipate to see it on PC, Nintendo Swap, Xbox and PlayStation. Earlier rumours have additionally indicated that the sport might be obtainable by means of Xbox Sport Go on day one among launch.
one thing massive is coming. maintain your eyes closed tomorrow
— little bomey (@everydruidwaswr) January 16, 2025
>Group Cherry member modifications tag and pfp to cake with op earlier than swap 2 reveal
>cake pfp redirects to a recipe when searched
>recipe was made April 2nd
>Nintendo direct for swap 2 is April 2nd
>Nintendo is constantly concerned with hole knightSTAY WITH ME NOW. https://t.co/GSatloI0YZ pic.twitter.com/VOKdMmFCnx
— Penkaru (@pex_ton) January 16, 2025
