Hollow Knight: Silksong Cake ARG Theory Explained

Considering how frequently it's been discussed on the internet, few people in the gaming community haven't heard of Hollow Knight: Silksong by now. Like GTA 6 and Half-Life 3, Team Cherry's upcoming Metroidvania has been the subject of countless memes and jokes due to how long its development has taken. The game was originally announced back in 2019 as an expansion for the first Hollow Knight, but after its scope became broader, Team Cherry decided to turn it into a full-fledged, standalone sequel. Since then, updates on Hollow Knight: Silksong have been sporadic at best, and non-existent at worst. Despite being in development for over five years, there is still no release date or window for the game, much to the disappointment of fans.

The Silksong fanbase has come up with countless theories and ideas about when the game will be released, and so far, none of them have turned out to be true. Many gamers believ ed Hollow Knight: Silksong would appear at Gamescom 2024, but that didn't happen. Others were confident it would appear at The Game Awards last year, but that didn't happen either. At this point, it feels like it'll be ages until the game is finally released. Fans shouldn't give up hope just yet, though, because an official Silksong announcement may be imminent if a new theory is to be believed.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong Fans Think a Dev at Team Cherry Is Making an ARG

Some Reddit users on the r/Silksong subreddit are convinced that a developer at Team Cherry, William Pellen, has secretly been hinting at the release date for the next Hollow Knight: Silksong trailer through an elaborate alternate-reality game (ARG). Now, that may sound like complete nonsense at first, but the evidence that fans have collected makes this theory seem pretty believable. As recorded by Reddit user hollowmartin, Pellen unexpectedly changed his Twitter profile on January 15, 2024, a day before the Nintendo Switch 2 was announced. He renamed his account "little bomey," changed his Twitter tag to @everydruidwaswr, and replaced his profile picture with an image of a delicious-looking chocolate cake.

Upon further research, some fans have discovered an interesting detail about the previously mentioned cake photo. A quick Google Reverse Image Search reveals that Pellen's new profile picture comes from a recipe on a website called Bon Appétit. The recipe in question, which is for a Brooklyn Blackout Cake, was posted on the site on April 2, 2024. This specific date doesn't seem that important, but it can be connected to a tweet that Pellen recently made.

On January 16, 2025, William Pellen posted on his Twitter account that "something big was coming," and he told fans to keep their "eyes closed tomorrow." What's strange about this statement is that Pellen used the word "closed" instead of "opened." This may just be a simple mistake on his behalf, but according to some theorists, it has a hidden meaning. Fans have found out that the phrase "Eyes Closed. Tomorrow." Was actually used by the popular rock band Imagine Dragons in a tweet from April 2, 2024, the same day that the cake recipe was made.

Eyes Closed is the name of a song by Imagine Dragons featured in the band's sixth studio album, Loom.

Some Gamers Believe Hollow Knight: Silksong May Show Up at the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct

For those who don't know, April 2 2025 is going to be a pretty big day in the world of gaming because Nintendo will host its Nintendo Switch 2 Direct on that date. With this in mind, some fans have concluded that Hollow Knight: Silksong will make an appearance in the upcoming Direct. The cake recipe and Imagine Dragons tweet that William Pellen seemingly hinted at are both associated with the day April 2, so this speculation makes sense, at least on the surface. Unfortunately, another employee at Team Cherry, Matthew "Leth" Griffen, has reportedly debunked this entire theory by denying the existence of an ARG. Even still, some Hollow Knight: Silksong fans choose to believe that there is more to this story than Team Cherry is letting on.

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