November 22 was a big day for Motion Twin’sDead Cells, the indie roguelike that caught fire and won Best Action Game at The Game Awards 2018. It has continually put out updates since release, and on MondayDead Cellsput out Update 26: “Everyone is Here.“The centerpiece of Update 26 is six crossovers based on different indie games, but perhaps the most interesting one for those looking forward toHollow Knight: Silksongis The Knight’s nail.
Five of the crossovers offer complete skins forDead Cells' protagonist, The Beheaded: The Drifter from Heart Machine’sHyper Light Drifter, The Penitent One from The Game Kitchen’sBlasphemous, Juan from Drinkbox Studios’Guacamelee, Skul from SouthPAW Games’Skul: The Hero Slayer, and Caradog McCallister from Passtech Games’Curse of the Dead Gods— which releasedDead CellsDLCearlier this year. The Knight from Team Cherry’sHollow Knightis the only character to not appear directly (likely because they are canonically the size of a bug), but the fact this crossover is happening is still hopefully a good sign for ongoing development onHollow Knight’s sequel.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong’s Development Has Been Quiet
Hollow Knight: Silksongwas announced over 1,000 days agoon July 24, 2025, and has been hotly anticipated ever since. Later that year, an extended gameplay segment debuted during E3 2019’s Nintendo Treehouse Live event. However, despite the game looking rather fleshed out with a similar skeleton to the originalHollow Knight, news on the sequel is sparse.
A soundtrack preview released at the end of 2019, and more was shown in an Edge magazine spread at the end of 2020. Yet more common is radio silence, or in the odd caseTeam Cherry announcingSilksongwould not appear at E3 2021to tamp down fan expectations. The silence isn’t surprising taking into consideration the Australian team’s small numbers and likely setbacks on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s hard to even put stake in something like a February 2022 release window suggested by this year’s Nvidia GeForce Now leak. Still, theDead Cellscrossover may offer some hope.
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That said, a crossover of this calliber; one with seven different indie games coming together; must have taken a long time to organize. If Team Cherry was willing to commit to this idea it could mean the studio is revving up and wants to make sureHollow Knightstays in the collective consciousness. The potential February 2022 release window might even hold more water with that assumption, especially if Team Cherry decides things are ready enough to jump back on the saddle atThe Game Awards 2021 next month.
Dead CellsandHollow Knightcoming together could just as easily be a bit of fun for fans, as most other games appearing in Update 26 likeHyper Light DrifterandGuacameleeprobably aren’t using it as a springboard for more. Fun things like this happen all the time, such as the recentTerrariaandDon’t Starvecrossover. Many fans will still hope for more though, and it would be nice to know whether Team Cherry is confident in revealing .
Hollow Knight: Silksongis currently in development for PC and Switch.
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