Omnihanded Entertainmet News | ‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ release date could be confirmed this week

Hollow Knight: Silksong fans are convinced the upcoming Nintendo Indie World Showcase will have news about the release date of the long-awaited sequel.

Hollow Knight: Silksong was first announced back in 2019 as a DLC expansion to 2017’s fiendishly tricky Hollow Knight. However it was so ambitious, developers Team Cherry later turned it into a fully-fledged sequel. It had been due to launch in 2023 but was delayed indefinitely and since then, updates from Team Cherry have been few and far between.

According to developers, Hollow Knight: Silksong will definitely release at some point in 2025 but an exact release date is still unknown.

That could change later this week though. Nintendo is set to host an Indie World Showcase on Thursday (August 7) with the presentation set to kick off at 2pm BST. Fans can expect “roughly 15 minutes of new announcements and updates” regarding indie titles for both the original Switch and the Nintendo Switch 2. You’ll be able to watch the whole thing via Nintendo’s YouTube channel here.

Join us this Thursday, August 7 at 6am PT for a new #IndieWorld Showcase! Tune in for roughly 15 minutes of new announcements and updates on indie games coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.

Watch here: https://t.co/UqgwVI23d4 pic.twitter.com/NHiNg7jQUY

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 5, 2025

Hollow Knight: Silksong is due to launch for Xbox, PlayStation and PC. Earlier this year, Nintendo confirmed Hollow Knight: Silksong would also be coming to the Switch 2.

Later this month, Gamescom attendees will be able to play a demo of Hollow Knight: Silksong on the new handheld Xbox ROG Ally. Because of this, fans are convinced release date news will come before the end of August with the Nintendo Indie World Showcase the only confirmed presentation between now and then.

Of course, this isn’t the first time Hollow Knight: Silksong fans have got their hopes up. There was anger after last week’s “dissappointing” 3rd party Switch showcase didn’t include any mention of the game and in June, several changes to Silksong’s Steam page had many convinced a surprise drop was imminent.

At the start of the year, Team Cherry was forced to confirm the game was real and after rumours that it had been cancelled began to spread online.

In other news, the official Resident Evil X account has shared a bizarre Duolingo crossover that’s baffling horror fans.

Where to Find the Scoutmaster in Peak

If you want to find the Scoutmaster in Peak to unlock the Mentorship Badge achievement, note that you first need to summon him. He’s not a random encounter, and there are specific steps to follow beforehand.

There are two methods for the Scoutmaster to appear in your game. These depend on whether you’re playing solo or with others online, and are noted below:

In single-player, you must use the Scoutmaster’s Bugle, which is a rare item in Peak.

In multiplayer, you have to defy Scoutmaster Myres’ advice and actually leave a friend in need by deviating from teammates.

For the first method, the Scoutmaster’s Bugle is a rare item, meaning that it has a very low chance to appear in the game. You have a chance of getting the item from either Ancient Luggage–which are the suitcases that have the red emblem on them–or from the Ancient Statues that appear at the summit of each biome. Note that for the latter, all players must be alive when you interact with it. Otherwise, the statue will revive any fallen climbers, instead of dropping an item.

It’s indeed possible for the Scoutmaster’s Bugle to appear in multiplayer matches as well. In either case, the chances of encountering it are quite low. In over 26 hours of playing Peak, I’ve only seen the item twice–but again, there were several instances where the statue didn’t drop an item since one of our teammates had died in the biome, so your mileage may vary.

The Scoutmaster is not messing around.

If you’re playing Peak in multiplayer, encountering the Scoutmaster is somewhat easier. You need to distance yourself from your co-op buddies, whether that’s just one more person or several of them. A way of ensuring you trigger the encounter is by having everybody else but you stay at the starting point of the Shore biome. Then, head over to the opposite side toward the peak and start climbing.

After a few minutes of gaining latitude, you’ll begin hearing a different music than the usual background environmental track, similar to bells in the distance. The Scoutmaster is designed to chase whoever splits from others, so you’re likely to see him get close to you. A good way of knowing when he’s nearby is a film grain effect on the screen, which will gradually obscure your visibility the closer he is.

If the Scoutmaster is in your vicinity, get close and you’ll see the Mentorship Badge achievement appear. There’s a chance of him falling off a ledge and interrupting the chase, but he’ll likely climb back up again shortly. From here, you can either attempt to escape–the Scoutmaster is quite fast, mind you–or let him trap you. When tackling this myself, the Scoutmaster grabbed me and promptly threw me off the mountain.

That’s all you need to encounter the Scoutmaster. Bear in mind that there’s a chance of triggering the encounter by accident if you stray from other players. It’s a punishing and quite terrifying way of ensuring that you’re lending a helping hand whenever possible.