The Duskbloods gameplay leaks ahead of tomorrow’s closed beta, showing tense PvP battles with guns, wolves, and velociraptors
Gameplay footage from The Duskbloods, FromSoftware's upcoming PvPvE action game for Switch 2, has leaked online ahead of the title's closed beta launch. The clip was accidentally posted by Japanese outlet 4Gamer before spreading to the Bilibili platform, offering an early look at a game that has otherwise remained largely under wraps.
The footage depicts the climactic final showdown between the three top-performing players in a match, set on a rooftop bathed in red moonlight. It shows fast-paced combat featuring double jumps, aerial attacks and summonable allies such as wolves, alongside an Elden Ring-style transformation that turns the player into a velociraptor for a powerful grab attack, ending with a victory cutscene. The closed beta test itself is scheduled to begin on 21st August.
- Duskbloods gameplay footage leaked ahead of its closed beta
- Leak shows fast PvP combat with wolves and shapeshifting
- Official closed beta test begins 21st August
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The Duskbloods is an upcoming action game from Japanese studio FromSoftware, known for games such as Elden Ring. It is being made for Nintendo’s Switch 2 and combines player-versus-player combat with threats controlled by the game.
In PvPvE games, players compete against one another while also facing enemies in the game world. The Duskbloods has been kept largely under wraps, so its planned closed beta is a chance for selected players to try it before release. Early footage may offer a glimpse of how its combat and match format work.
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The case for
Leaks serve essential transparency in an industry where marketing strictly controls narratives. The gameplay will be public at the beta launch in mere days, so the leak merely accelerates community access to information From Software has deliberately concealed. The footage shows a compelling game that generates organic enthusiasm benefiting the studio. Reporting factually on events in the public domain is legitimate journalism; suppressing this would make news outlets mere PR arms for corporations.
The case against
This leak undermines From Software's carefully planned reveal strategy and marketing investment, which merits respect for creative and commercial reasons. Amplifying leaked content normalises security breaches and removes incentive for better safeguarding of unreleased work. The studio deserves control over its own narrative and its timing—there is a meaningful principle that matters even when official release is imminent: creators should share their work on their own terms, not have it distributed against their wishes.