Bloodborne Fans React to Nintendo Switch 2 Exclusive The Duskbloods

The astir astonishing uncover of the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct mightiness person been a third-party game. Announced adjacent the extremity of the showcase, FromSoftware is processing a brand-new crippled called The Duskbloods, which has immoderate striking similarities to the beloved PlayStation 4-exclusive Bloodborne.

The Duskbloods is simply a caller game, to beryllium clear, acceptable to get sometime successful 2026 worldwide, and exclusively connected the Nintendo Switch 2. Playing arsenic the "Bloodsworn," a radical that has gone beyond humanity acknowledgment to peculiar blood, players volition participate a convulsive melee to go the "First Blood."

Confirmed successful a property merchandise from FromSoftware, The Duskbloods is simply a PvPvE rubric with "online multiplayer astatine its core," with up to 8 players battling for the triumph among themselves. So portion each the blood, guns, and machinery brings to caput Bloodborne, it whitethorn besides person rather a spot successful communal with the upcoming Elden Ring Nightreign, though with immoderate PvP alternatively than solely co-op PvE.

We didn't get overmuch much than that, too cryptic teases and immoderate looks astatine immoderate horrifying beasts and bosses. Still, Bloodborne fans are having a wide assortment of reactions to this.

"BLOOD! EVERY FIVE SECONDS THEY TALKED ABOUT BLOOD!" said 1 commenter successful the r/Bloodborne station astir The Duskbloods connected Reddit. Another said: "That crippled is 100% Bloodborne 2. I presume the sanction alteration is either due to the fact that it's successful a antithetic setting, oregon due to the fact that of Sony exclusivity."

Though The Duskbloods is inactive different, it's casual to spot the connections that would person fans feeling similar it's a spiritual sucessor to Bloodborne. And portion the Souls games and Elden Ring person gone onto different systems — Elden Ring adjacent got a Tarnished Edition locked successful for the Switch 2 — Bloodborne has remained a PlayStation 4 exclusive since release, not adjacent making it implicit to PC. A port, sequel, oregon truly thing has been thing fans person wanted for years.

"Nintendo truly got bushed of waiting for Bloodborne 2 and conscionable decided to money it themselves," different commenter said. Another reply points retired that, overmuch similar Bloodborne, The Duskbloods is presently a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive. "Bloodborne was ever an exclusive, this is connected brand," a replier added.

The announcement decidedly kick-started the Bloodborne faithful, though world has been mounting successful with confirmation that this sounds similar a conflict royale-style game, alternatively than a single-player RPG you'd usually expect from FromSoftware.

Some commenters started expressing dulled excitement implicit the revelation that The Duskbloods is simply a PvPvE experience. Threads person sprung up of fans uncovering this out, lone to past explicit that betwixt a multiplayer absorption and Switch 2 exclusivity, they mightiness not beryllium truthful anxious to leap connected for The Duskbloods.

We're owed to larn much astir The Duskbloods soon, arsenic Nintendo volition station an interrogation with manager Hidetaka Miyazaki connected its website connected April 4. Presumably this volition shed immoderate airy connected however precisely The Duskbloods volition work, what its PvPvE volition look like, and whether this tin genuinely beryllium capable to sate the Bloodborne fans who've been holding retired anticipation for truthful long.

For each the different quality announced during today's stream, beryllium definite to cheque retired our recap of everything announced astatine the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct.

Eric is simply a freelance writer for IGN.