While developer Team Cherry has been quiet about its upcoming title Hollow Knight: Silksong, the studio seems to be planning some reveal with a complicated scavenger hunt. Co-creator of the original Hollow Knight William Pellen changed his profile on social media platform X. These changes might provide a hint as to the studio’s plans going forward.
Pellen has changed his X profile name to ‘little bomey’ while changing his handle to @everydruidwaswr and his profile picture to that of a chocolate cake. With these changes, Pellen also posted that “something big is coming,” and that fans should “keep your eyes closed tomorrow.”
Hollow Knight fans looking for hints about the much-awaited sequel Silksong took these details and ran wild, running the chocolate cake profile picture through a reverse image search. This resulted in the discovery of a chocolate cake recipe posted on April 2, 2024. While this all may be a coincidence, the recipe’s date is exactly a year before the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, as pointed out by X user Penkaru.
Reddit users on the subreddit for Silksong have also discovered that Pellen’s new X name of ‘little bomey’ might be a reference to a wine named Little Boomey Cabernet Sauvignon. The seemingly major clue here is that the wine is made in Adelaide Hills in southern Australia – the same city where studio Team Cherry is based.
While seemingly cryptic, this has an even chance of either being an ARG encouraging players to discover more clues about Silksong by making use of real-world clues. Then again, it could also be a wild goose chase that a fanbase waiting for a highly-anticipated title is falling for.
Details about Hollow Knight: Silksong has been shrouded in quite a bit of secrecy despite being rated by numerous regions throughout 2024. The game also has store pages on Xbox and the Nintendo eShop.
The last time Team Cherry gave concrete details about the development of Hollow Knight: Silksong was back in 2021, when the studio revealed that it was content complete and was in the testing stage. Despite silence about it since then, the game’s lead playtester has stated that the title was not stuck in development hell. The playtester has also described the game as “glorious”, telling players that the title will be “worth the wait”.
For an indication of why there is so much buzz about Hollow Knight: Silksong, check out our review of the original Hollow Knight. While it is currently unknown exactly what platforms Hollow Knight: Silksong will be coming, we expect to see it on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox and PlayStation. Previous rumours have also indicated that the game will be available through Xbox Game Pass on day one of release.
something big is coming. keep your eyes closed tomorrow
— little bomey (@everydruidwaswr) January 16, 2025
