The Duskbloods

From Software's upcoming game The Duskbloods looks be quite the departure from the studio's previous work, and if you want a chance to play it ahead of its official launch, you'll soon have your chance. The game will be running a closed network test in August, with registration for a chance to participate starting very soon. The Duskbloods' closed network test will run from August 21-23, and will feature support for eight-player multiplayer sessions. An application period will run from July 22-28, and participation requires a Nintendo Switch 2 system and an active Nintendo Switch Online subscr

The Duskbloods, FromSoftware’s multiplayer-focused Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, is set to arrive later this year.

FromSoftware re-emerged at the June 2026 Nintendo Direct to reveal a quick look at its new multiplayer game, The Duskbloods, promising to launch a closed network test this summer.

From Software's next multiplayer expiriment, The Duskbloods, is getting an online network test before the end of the summer, but no other real details, or a release date, were announced. The Duskbloods made a blink and you'd have missed it appearance as part of the latest Nintendo Direct, with a new trailer that showed off the game's gothic setting and teased some of its story. "Upon the ancient Blood Soverign's honor, we are monsters," a unshown character states while an image of a horrifying-looking blood moon is shown. "Each, vying for blood." For more news, check out our round up of all th

It's been over a year since we first got a look at Elden Ring developer FromSoftware's fascinatingly weird multiplayer adventure The Duskbloods, but finally - after its publisher stepped in to offer assurances that it's still out this year - it's reappeared. There's still no release date, mind, with its latest showing merely confirming a playtest coming to Switch 2 this "summer". Read more