Hollow Knight: Silksong received a special mention at the Summer Game Fest 2025, but it wasn't what fans were expecting. The highly anticipated sequel to the beloved Metroidvania Hollow Knight has been teasing fans with a release for months, following a several-year-long silence from the development studio Team Cherry. The game was finally announced for a 2025 release a few months back, and since then, the community has been waiting for a new trailer, a release date, or simply more information about the sequel.

Many expected the Summer Game Fest presentation on Friday to reveal a trailer or release date for Silksong. However, instead of dropping new footage, the Fest name-dropped Silksong in a completely unexpected way, in relation to the Deadpool VR game. In a Discord discussion, Team Cherry's marketing lead Matthew "Leth" Griffin itted that the studio had no idea the game was going to be mentioned.

Deadpool Namedrop Shocks The Silksong Community

The Silksong Subreddit Is Full Of Memes

This weekend, the Silksong Subreddit is full of memes showing Deadpool getting brutally killed, replacing the Silksong protagonist Hornet in screenshots, or otherwise interacting with the game. This might seem like a strange crossover, but it's actually a reaction to a moment from Friday's Summer Game Fest presentation. During the show, host Geoff Keighley was handed a red note from Deadpool, asking him to "do me a solid and skip that Silksong trailer" in favor of the trailer for the Deadpool VR title.

The Silksong community reacted quickly and ferociously, with some posting good-natured memes and others expressing their frustration at the constant teasing and even outright boycotting the Deadpool game altogether. Fans are taking their frustration out on the masked superhero, thanks to the incident at the Summer Game Fest, in which Deadpool is apparently to blame for the lack of a new Silksong trailer coming from the Fest presentation.

Silksong Devs Had No Idea They'd Get Snubbed By Deadpool

The Mention Was A "Surprise" To The Team

In one of his rare appearances on Discord, Team Cherry's elusive marketing lead Leth itted that the Deadpool prank wasn't something Team Cherry had planned. In response to being asked whether the studio knew about the Deadpool mention, Leth itted: "No it was a surprise to us too."

"It was a surprise to us too."

Leth goes on to call the callout "wild," pointing out that "I can't recall the last time a game (presumably spending a bunch of money too) used their time to mention another game." Despite some of the community being upset at the lack of news and the tease, it seems that the Hollow Knight: Silksong team is appreciative of the extra publicity, especially since it was completely free for them.

Source: Hollow Knight Discord