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After a long quiet spell, From Software's The Duskbloods has resurfaced. The Switch 2 title got a short, roughly one-minute trailer during today's Nintendo Direct, offering a fresh glimpse of the game and, more usefully, a window for players to get hands-on.
The footage was brief but gave a look at new locations and characters, leaning into the gothic, Bloodborne-adjacent aesthetic that had fans excited when the game was first revealed. There's not a great deal to go on beyond that, no story specifics, no deep gameplay breakdown, but the tone and art direction are clearly intact.
A network test this summer
The most concrete takeaway is the confirmation of a network test, effectively a beta, scheduled for summer 2026. That's a notable detail given The Duskbloods is understood to lean on multiplayer, so a network test is exactly the kind of thing you'd expect ahead of launch. It also suggests the game is far enough along to start stress-testing its online infrastructure, which is reassuring after the silence.
Beyond that, information remains thin. There's still no release date and no further details to speak of. For now, the network test is the thing to keep an eye on, both as a chance to play and as the clearest signal yet of where the game is in development.
Platforms
The Duskbloods is a Nintendo Switch 2 title. We'll update this article as FromSoftware and Nintendo share more.
