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Elden Ring dev’s long-anticipated new game is hosting a playable network test, and sign-ups are live
From Software, the studio behind Elden Ring and Bloodborne, has opened sign-ups for a closed network test of its next title, The Duskbloods. First revealed last year as a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, the game has been kept largely under wraps since, so the test marks the first real chance for players to get hands-on details and suggests a release could be edging closer.
Interested players can register via the official website by linking their Nintendo accounts, though not everyone who signs up will be granted access. Successful applicants will be notified on 7 August, with the test itself running from 21 to 24 August. Described as a PvEvP title for up to eight players, The Duskbloods casts participants as "Bloodsworn of Dusk" battling both AI enemies and each other for supremacy, pointing to a heavier emphasis on online multiplayer and extraction-style gameplay than is typical of the studio's previous work.
In short
- The Duskbloods closed network test sign-ups are now open
- Test runs 21-24 August; selected players notified 7 August
- Switch 2-exclusive PvEvP title supports up to eight players
Explained simply
FromSoftware is a Japanese game studio known for Elden Ring and Bloodborne, action games set in dark fantasy worlds. Its new title, The Duskbloods, was first announced as a game exclusive to Nintendo’s Switch 2, but few details have been shared since.
The game centres on up to eight players who face computer-controlled enemies and one another. That mix of player-versus-environment and player-versus-player combat is a different emphasis from the mainly solo adventures for which FromSoftware is best known.