Hollow Knight Silksong to anchor crowded September 2025 game slate

A flood of high-profile video games is set to hit consoles and PC throughout September 2025, led by the long-awaited arrival of Hollow Knight Silksong on September 4 and a crowded calendar that includes major franchise sequels, experimental indies and a raft of Xbox Game Pass additions and departures.

Developer Team Cherry confirmed Silksong will arrive on September 4 and land on Xbox Game Pass as a day-one release, turning the title into a lightning rod for the month. The Metroidvania sequel is widely expected to dominate conversation and sales in its opening weeks, a dynamic that several reports say prompted at least some developers to delay releases originally planned for early September.

Beyond Silksong, the month’s slate spans genres and budgets. Borderlands 4, the next entry in Gearbox Software’s looter shooter series, appeared on multiple release lists, though dates vary. Some outlets list a September 12 launch while others place it later in the month, September 25. Techland pushed Dying Light The Beast back from August to September 19 for additional polish, the studio said, reuniting the franchise’s parkour-driven open-world gameplay with a returning protagonist. Bloober...