Hollow Knight: Silksong Ships, Gamers Mutate Waiting For Free 2026 Expansion
KEY POINTS
- â˘Team Cherry released Hollow Knight: Silksong in 2025, quickly selling over 7 million copies worldwide.
- â˘In a December 2025 blog, developers announced a free, nautical-themed huge expansion named Sea of Sorrow arriving in 2026.
- â˘The studio promises new bosses, areas, and tools but revealed that details will stay hidden until shortly before launch.
In an unprecedented twist of video game patience torture, Team Cherry released Hollow Knight: Silksong this year, a game that somehow convinced over 7 million people to part with their money. But don't get comfyâtheir punishment continues with a free but agonizingly unnamed 2026 expansion called 'Sea of Sorrow.' Promised to bring new areas, bosses, and tools, its nautically themed adventures are teased so vaguely that players might join a support group before it launches. Team Cherryâs cryptic blog insisted details would remain secret until shortly before the expansion chills the spines of loyal Hornet fans again, ensuring we're all truly terrible drivers of our own hype trains.
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Give 7 million gamers a game, then make them wait 365 days for a free expansion so suspense can drown their sorrows.
Nothing bonds gamers like collective waiting for the free content they already paid for since 2025 feels like a therapy test.
Team Cherryâs expansion launch plan basically screams: 'We love torture, but at least itâs free!'
Source: Theverge | Published: 12/16/2025 | Author: Jay Peters
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