{"id":1216998,"date":"2026-02-22T13:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hollow-knight-silksong-steam-update-ignites-perfectly-reasonable-shadow-drop-hopes"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:44:51","slug":"hollow-knight-silksong-steam-update-ignites-perfectly-reasonable-shadow-drop-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/hollow-knight-silksong-steam-update-ignites-perfectly-reasonable-shadow-drop-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollow Knight: Silksong Steam update ignites perfectly reasonable shadow drop hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hollow-knight-silksong-steam-update-ignites-perfectly-reasonable-shadow-drop-hopes.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Last night, <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/hollow-knight-silksong\">Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/a> got some behind the scenes updates, and as has become tradition, this little morsel of change has immediately raised hopes that maybe, just maybe, we will be getting some kind of release date news soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hollow-knight-silksong-steam-update-ignites-perfectly-reasonable-shadow-drop-hopes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hollow-knight-silksong-steam-update-ignites-perfectly-reasonable-shadow-drop-hopes\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, Hollow Knight: Silksong got some behind the scenes updates, and as has become tradition, this little morsel of change has immediately raised hopes that maybe, just maybe, we will be getting some kind of release date news soon. 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