By 2026, Hollow Knight: Silksong has settled into its well-earned reputation as one of the most consumer-friendly releases in recent memory. Team Cherry's long-awaited sequel arrived in 2025 with little fanfare compared to the industry's usual hype machine, yet it delivered a massive, polished experience at a fair price. More than a year later, the game stands as a quiet rebuke to the...

Players who watched Hollow Knight: Silksong turn launch day into a stress test for storefronts already know the rhythm: finish a demanding campaign, stare at the credits, and start hunting for the next Metroidvania that can fill the silence. That is where MIO: Memories in Orbit enters the chat. Douze Dixiemes' hand-drawn adventure has been building a quiet reputation as one of the most...

The United Kingdom’s road network has undergone a profound and highly restrictive transformation in 2026. The government's sweeping new road safety strategy has effectively ushered in an era of zero-tolerance enforcement, replacing traditional police discretion with an aggressive, fully digitized surveillance matrix. From the nationwide rollout of advanced automated cameras to the...

When Hollow Knight: Silksong arrived in 2025, attention naturally shifted to Team Cherry's long-awaited sequel. Yet something unexpected happened on Steam: the original 2017 Hollow Knight climbed alongside its successor. Publicly tracked data showed the original reaching 92,866 concurrent players, an all-time peak that was still rising when the figure was recorded. For a game first released...

I'll be honest: I almost skipped the My Missing Courier quest in Hollow Knight: Silksong. After beating Widow and freeing the captives in Bellhart, I saw a new Wish Board appear next to the shop, but I figured it was just another fetch quest. Boy, was I wrong. This side quest is one of the most rewarding early-game detours you can take, because it unlocks three fantastic items in the Bellhart...

Some bosses announce themselves with operatic fury. The Great Conchflies announce themselves with the subtlety of two drills that have swallowed a kazoo factory and decided to redecorate the Blasted Steps. In Hollow Knight: Silksong, this pair waits near the main area of that windy biome, and in 2026 the encounter still has a reputation for being scarier on paper than in practice. The player...

The Hunter's March does not welcome visitors. It tests them. In 2026, as new pilgrims continue to arrive in Hollow Knight: Silksong, this brutal stretch of the world remains one of the early game's most demanding detours. A traveler who wishes to see everything the March hides will need patience, sharp reflexes, and two crucial movement tools: the Cling Grip and the Drifter's Cloak. Without...

Every so often, a video game boss arrives with the subtlety of a grand piano dropped from a third-story window. Sister Splinter, the freaky root-monster of Shellwood, is exactly that kind of boss: loud, thorny, and absolutely determined to flatten Hornet into a silk pancake. As of 2026, players are still getting tangled up in this fight, largely because of its Triple Slam attack, its habit of...

By 2026, Hollow Knight: Silksong has settled into its reputation as a gorgeous, merciless pilgrimage through Pharloom, and Hornet’s first hours remain a masterclass in humility. Team Cherry did not pull their punches: even the so-called harmless critters can knock two masks off her health bar, the needle feels about as threatening as a butter knife until its first upgrade, and the skies...

By 2026, Hollow Knight: Silksong has had plenty of time to teach players that the Mist is not a normal area. It is a foggy little labyrinth with a smug attitude, a fondness for cheap tricks, and absolutely no interest in being mapped like a respectable dungeon. A third-person observer might call it atmospheric. A player stuck inside it might use less poetic language. Fortunately, the Mist has a...

Crests in Hollow Knight: Silksong are not just fancy hats with a combat license. They change how Hornet attacks, alter the feel of platforming, and come with different tool slots. Here is the delightfully awkward part: when a player acquires a new Crest, they must unlock all the slots on that new Crest, even if they had already unlocked every slot on the old one. So yes, the collection journey...