FromSoftware’s The Duskbloods Started as a Switch Game

Nintendo released its promised interview with FromSoftware President and The Duskbloods Director Hidetaka Miyazaki, and in it he confirmed the Switch 2 console exclusive started development as a game for the original system. He also explained other details about the PvPvE game that involves four people who are fighting against each other on two teams of two, while also facing off against other enemies. When it came to The Duskbloods origin as a Switch game before heading to the Switch 2, the FromSoftware developer first discussed how the title came to be. He explained how Nintendo wanted to work with the company on a title. That concept was picked, and it started on one system. It was only when work began that Nintendo then brought up the upcoming console. Here is Miyazaki statement on it switching from one system to another: “A while back, we had the opportunity to meet with Nintendo to discuss ideas, and during this discussion, we presented a rough outline for The Duskbloods. It was still very bare-bones at the time—more a loose string of ideas than a proper presentation. The concept itself was different from anything we had done before, and Nintendo seemed very interested in helping make it a reality. So that’s when the project kicked off. At first it was being worked on by a small team as a title for Nintendo Switch. However just as the game started to take shape, we were approached by Nintendo with talk of Switch 2, which led us to revamp our development path with this new hardware in mind. The new hardware’s focus on online features allowed us to stay as true to the original vision as possible, which was very good news for us.” Hidetaka Miyazaki also discussed the fact that The Duskbloods is the second recent FromSoftware game to be a multiplayer title. (Elden Ring Nightreign, due out on May 30, 2025, is the other recent release.) Essentially, he reassured readers that the studio will be developing single-player games as well as ones like these. He specifically noted, “As previously mentioned, this is an online multiplayer title at its core, but this doesn’t mean that we as a company have decided to shift to a more multiplayer-focused direction with titles going forward.” In The Duskbloods, the Twilight of Humanity is approaching. Players’ characters are Bloodsworn who are attempting to get “First Blood,” and they’ll be fighting the enemies that spawn at these historical moments and each other to get that fabled item. They characters we can pick use supernatural strength, which allows them to do things like double-jump, summon entities to fight, and use Victory Points through violent and nonviolent actions to build characters up. The Duskbloods will come to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026. The post FromSoftware’s The Duskbloods Started as a Switch Game appeared first on Siliconera.

Apr 4, 2025 - 15:38

FromSoftware’s The Duskbloods Started as a Switch Game

Nintendo released its promised interview with FromSoftware President and The Duskbloods Director Hidetaka Miyazaki, and in it he confirmed the Switch 2 console exclusive started development as a game for the original system. He also explained other details about the PvPvE game that involves four people who are fighting against each other on two teams of two, while also facing off against other enemies.

When it came to The Duskbloods origin as a Switch game before heading to the Switch 2, the FromSoftware developer first discussed how the title came to be. He explained how Nintendo wanted to work with the company on a title. That concept was picked, and it started on one system. It was only when work began that Nintendo then brought up the upcoming console.

Here is Miyazaki statement on it switching from one system to another:

“A while back, we had the opportunity to meet with Nintendo to discuss ideas, and during this discussion, we presented a rough outline for The Duskbloods.

It was still very bare-bones at the time—more a loose string of ideas than a proper presentation. The concept itself was different from anything we had done before, and Nintendo seemed very interested in helping make it a reality. So that’s when the project kicked off.

At first it was being worked on by a small team as a title for Nintendo Switch. However just as the game started to take shape, we were approached by Nintendo with talk of Switch 2, which led us to revamp our development path with this new hardware in mind.

The new hardware’s focus on online features allowed us to stay as true to the original vision as possible, which was very good news for us.”

Hidetaka Miyazaki also discussed the fact that The Duskbloods is the second recent FromSoftware game to be a multiplayer title. (Elden Ring Nightreign, due out on May 30, 2025, is the other recent release.) Essentially, he reassured readers that the studio will be developing single-player games as well as ones like these. He specifically noted, “As previously mentioned, this is an online multiplayer title at its core, but this doesn’t mean that we as a company have decided to shift to a more multiplayer-focused direction with titles going forward.”

In The Duskbloods, the Twilight of Humanity is approaching. Players’ characters are Bloodsworn who are attempting to get “First Blood,” and they’ll be fighting the enemies that spawn at these historical moments and each other to get that fabled item. They characters we can pick use supernatural strength, which allows them to do things like double-jump, summon entities to fight, and use Victory Points through violent and nonviolent actions to build characters up.

The Duskbloods will come to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026.

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