Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We’re live for Team Cherry’s official Hollow Knight: Silksong premiere today at 7:30am PT. We’ll watch together, see what news we get, break down every frame of the new trailer and just be overly excited together.
What we’re doing live:
Real-time trailer reaction and frame-by-frame analysis
Release date odds and timeline expectations
Prediction: September 4, 2025 (speculation, not confirmed). I’ll explain the logic during the pre-show and update instantly if Team Cherry announces otherwise.
Where the demo is playable this week:
Gamescom (Cologne, Germany). Silksong is playable at the Xbox booth; Xbox Wire published a first-hands preview from the floor. It is also available at the Nintendo Switch 2 booth.
Platforms (what’s officially listed right now)
Xbox Series X|S & Xbox One — Day One with Game Pass
PlayStation 5 & PlayStation 4 — PlayStation Store page is live.
Nintendo Switch (and Switch 2 listed on Team Cherry’s site).
PC: Windows / macOS / Linux via storefronts like Steam/GOG
What to watch for in the trailer:
Tools usage (e.g., Straight Pin, Silkspear) and how silk economy drives aggression
Traversal flow and vertical routing in early areas (Moss Grotto) vs hazard-heavy Deep Docks
Any UI changes, resource pickups (Rosaries, Shell Shards), and boss pacing (Lace)
After the premiere
Immediate post-trailer recap with a clean summary card (date/window, platform notes, any preorder or demo news), then a short Q&A.
I am soooo excited for this event and really hoping for a release date at a minimum. I am not certain that we will get a shadow drop but anything is possible at this point.
Lofi Music channel is now live!
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First song is also up on Spotify:
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We’re live for Team Cherry’s official Hollow Knight: Silksong premiere today at 7:30am PT. We’ll watch together, see what news we get, break down every frame of the new trailer and just be overly excited together.
What we’re doing live:
Real-time trailer reaction and frame-by-frame analysis
Release date odds and timeline expectations
Prediction: September 4, 2025 (speculation, not confirmed). I’ll explain the logic during the pre-show and update instantly if Team Cherry announces otherwise.
Where the demo is playable this week:
Gamescom (Cologne, Germany). Silksong is playable at the Xbox booth; Xbox Wire published a first-hands preview from the floor. It is also available at the Nintendo Switch 2 booth.
Platforms (what’s officially listed right now)
Xbox Series X|S & Xbox One — Day One with Game Pass
PlayStation 5 & PlayStation 4 — PlayStation Store page is live.
Nintendo Switch (and Switch 2 listed on Team Cherry’s site).
PC: Windows / macOS / Linux via storefronts like Steam/GOG
What to watch for in the trailer:
Tools usage (e.g., Straight Pin, Silkspear) and how silk economy drives aggression
Traversal flow and vertical routing in early areas (Moss Grotto) vs hazard-heavy Deep Docks
Any UI changes, resource pickups (Rosaries, Shell Shards), and boss pacing (Lace)
After the premiere
Immediate post-trailer recap with a clean summary card (date/window, platform notes, any preorder or demo news), then a short Q&A.
I am soooo excited for this event and really hoping for a release date at a minimum. I am not certain that we will get a shadow drop but anything is possible at this point.
Lofi Music channel is now live!
youtube.com/c/RelyeaLofiGamingMusic
First song is also up on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/33Uj741OtRZBs5SCVXMzbX
To Donate:
Youtube takes 30% of SuperChats. They are greatly appreciated but if you don't feel like giving a large chunk of your donation to youtube please use Stremlabs:
streamlabs.com/relyea
Donations help me pay an editor to cut down the let's play videos and make them way more interesting. Almost all donations go back into making MORE content for all of you.
Become a member to get custom badges and emotes, early access to videos, and private discord access and more:
youtube.com/channel/UCcfvTI7n27O7urmoPvHmXeg/join
Support the channel with my Epic Games Support a creator code:
Relyea
#silksong #hollowknight
You can also follow me:
Twitter: @HelyeaRelyea
Instagram: HelyeaRelyea
Reddit: reddit.com/r/Relyea
TikTok: tiktok.com/@relyea
Discord: discord.gg/vANf3V2
Website: RelyeaGaming.com
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/0asz0Zy1PnF4CxtNJgAjYa
My whole setup can be found here: amazon.com/shop/helyea_relyea
**Disclaimer: Relyea is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to www.amazon.com.
