Hidetaka Miyazaki Reopens Duskbloods With Switch 2 Playtest
duskbloods resurfaced with brief new action footage, and FromSoftware is targeting a closed Switch 2 playtest this summer. The game has spent more than a year without a fresh look, so the new material does more than remind viewers it exists: it puts a limited testing window on the calendar and keeps the project tied to Nintendo’s new hardware.
Miyazaki’s Bloodsworn premise
Hidetaka Miyazaki said the game casts players as vampire-like creatures known as Bloodsworn, competing for the mysterious First Blood in an event called the Twilight of Humanity. He also said there is no fixed era or location for the game.
“Due to this, there is no fixed era or location in which The Duskbloods takes place.” Miyazaki said in a follow-up interview after the reveal. That frame gives the project room to move between settings instead of locking it to one historical period, and he said the game includes more traditional Gothic- or Victorian-style maps as well as maps depicting the closing years of the early modern period.
Fourteen months without a look
The game was originally announced last April during Nintendo’s Switch 2 unveiling, when it was described as a mix of Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Dark Souls with jetpacks and dinosaurs. Some 14 months later, the new footage is short, but it is the first fresh sign that the project is still moving toward a public test.
FromSoftware’s decision to target a closed playtest for Switch 2 this summer keeps the focus on access rather than release timing. The game still has no release date, so the playtest becomes the only concrete next step on record for players tracking how far along it is.
Switch 2 test this summer
“There are more traditional Gothic- or Victorian-style maps as well as those depicting the closing years of the early modern period, like the one glimpsed in the trailer with the train running through it.” Miyazaki said after the reveal. That mix of settings, plus the limited playtest, suggests FromSoftware is still refining how the game’s world and multiplayer systems fit together before it can make a release call.
For players, the practical takeaway is simple: the first meaningful chance to touch Duskbloods is the Switch 2 test this summer, not a launch date. Until FromSoftware moves beyond that closed phase, the project remains a playtest story, not a release story.
