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Elden Ring creators reveal new Switch 2 exclusive game The Duskbloods-Adam Starkey-Entertainment – Metro
The biggest surprise of the Nintendo Direct is a new game from the creators of Bloodborne and Elden Ring, which is set to be released next year.
FromSoftware has another multiplayer game in the works (Nintendo/FromSoftware)
The biggest surprise of the Nintendo Direct is a new game from the creators of Bloodborne and Elden Ring, which is set to be released next year.
The Nintendo Direct mostly delivered what we expected between Mario Kart World, the console’s launch date, and a widely rumoured Donkey Kong platformer, but one of the best surprises came from a third party developer.
FromSoftware may have Elden Ring spin-off Nightreign coming out on May 30, but the developer is also cooking up an original multiplayer title exclusively for the Switch 2.
The Duskbloods has the kind of brooding gothic fantasy atmosphere you’d expect from the makers of Dark Souls and Bloodborne, but it also includes some whiffs of Armored Core via robot suits with jet-packs and, er… the ability to transform into dinosaurs.
According to a press release, The Duskbloods is a PvPvE online multiplayer game which sees up to eight players ‘vie for supremacy among themselves and against challenging foes’.
The game’s playable characters are part of a group called Bloodsworn, who are described as beings who have ‘transcended human strength thanks to their special blood’ – hence all the super-powered abilities shown in the trailer.
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The Duskbloods is scheduled to launch exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026, with the title published by Nintendo and FromSoftware.
Elsewhere at the Nintendo Direct, FromSoftware announced Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition will launch on Switch 2 sometime in 2025. This version includes last year’s DLC Shadow Of The Erdtree.
A comprehensive amount of other third party games were also announced during the Direct, which you can find listed below.
Nintendo Switch 2 confirmed third party games
Elden Ring
Hades 2
Street Fighter 6
Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion
Split Fiction
EA Sports FC
Madden NFL
Hogwarts Legacy
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4
Hitman: World Of Assassination
Project 007
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD remaster
Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut
Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition
Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer
Bestiaro
Borderlands 4
Deltarune Chapters 1-4
Enter The Gungeon 2
Fast Fusion
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade
Fortnite
Fur Squadron Phoenix
Goodnight Universe
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Human Fall Flat 2
Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess
Marvel Cosmic Invasion
My Time At Evershine
NBA 2K
Nobubaga’s Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition
No Sleep For Kaname Date — From AI: The Somnium Files
Professor Layton and the New World of Steam
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S
Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions
Star Wars Outlaws
Synth Beasts
Reanimal
Two Point Museum
Wild Hearts S
Witchbrook
WWE 2K
Yooka-Replaylee
Civilization 7
Survival Kids
Story Of Seasons: Grand Bazaar
Tamagotchi Plaza
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