Hollow Knight Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Announced

Team Cherry has announced Hollow Knight – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. It will launch sometime in 2026 and will be a free upgrade to those who own the game. The Switch 2 Edition will include quality of life updates, bug fixes, higher resolution, higher frame rates, new graphical effects, and more, as well as “all the updates and enhancements” Hollow Knight: Silksong received on Switch 2. The developer also claimed that it will update the base game on all platforms with these changes and additions. Additionally, PC players will get access to many of the new updates via the new public-beta branches on Steam and GOG. Hollow Knight is available now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam and GOG.

The PC updates can be seen below:

• Added support for 21:9 and 16:10 resolutions.Game now pauses while in inventory menus.
• Upgraded to Unity Input System for broader controller support (original input system is still available, if preferred, via Options>Controller>Advanced Settings).
• Added dithering effect, and dithering options, to reduce color banding.
• Fixed a softlock in City of Tears Grub room.
• Reduced Grey Prince Zote’s stagger bounce height.
• Updated Sly’s Great Slash collider to closer match visual.
• Salubra’s Blessing now deactivates after reaching max Soul.
• Map panning is now smoother
• Various smaller fixes and tweaks.

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