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FromSoftware's Switch 2 Exclusive The Duskbloods Will Have A Closed Network Test Soon

You'll fight with and against up to seven other players in this action game.

FromSoftware's Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, The Duskbloods, is still slated to arrive this year. We don't have a release date as yet — I'm hoping FromSoft has the guts to try counterprogramming Grand Theft Auto 6 in November — but it emerged during Tuesday's Nintendo Direct that a closed network test will take place this summer. The latest trailer didn't give much more away, though we did get a few more peeks at the gothic, Bloodborne-esque setting.

The Duskbloods is a multiplayer game in which you'll fight with and against up to seven other players. It features "blood-based powers that transform your character and combat style," and you'll be competing to snag a prize called the First Blood. The sounds fittingly ominous for a game from this particular studio.

Of course, FromSoft has another...

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Microsoft Patches 200 Vulnerabilities

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Nintendo is playing things too safe

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Should I use a VPN to watch the World Cup?

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I spent a month with the ModRetro M64 &mdash; and I think there&rsquo;s no better way to play your classic Nintendo 64 games

Microsoft Patches 200 Vulnerabilities

Nintendo is playing things too safe

Should I use a VPN to watch the World Cup?

I spent a month with the ModRetro M64 — and I think there’s no better way to play your classic Nintendo 64 games