Fans eagerly awaiting the long overdue release of Hollow Knight: Silksong were given a huge scare after the game was seemingly taken down from a major gaming site. Hollow Knight is a 2017 award-winning 2D action adventure title that takes players through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes.

New reports indicate that the eagerly awaited Hollow Knight Silksong has been suddenly removed from the Switch eShop, leaving some fans confused.

Silksong, the highly anticipated sequel to Hollow Knight that has the player take control of the mysterious Hornet, has been removed from Nintendo's eShop. While the game is still listed on the PlayStation Store, Xbox, Steam, and the Nintendo eShop in the EU, the circumstances of why it was removed from Nintendo's North American eShop is a mystery.

Dedicated fans had a scare after a glitch on the Nintendo Store page for Hollow Knight: Silksong brought the page down. Gamers were terrified it meant a cancellation announcement may be imminent. Hollow Knight: Silksong has dominated demands from gamers during nearly every showcase since its announcement in 2019.

Silksong was briefly removed from Nintendo's digital store sending fans into a meltdown before it resurfaced. What could it mean? Silksong was originally meant to launch sometime in 2023, but has since been delayed.

Hollow Knight fans were subjected to a few hours of panic earlier today, as Silksong somehow briefly vanished from the Nintendo eShop.