With Nintendo Switch 2 owners wondering which big exclusives are actually going to land before the end of the year, FromSoftware’s The Duskbloods has just received a fresh vote of confidence. Parent company Kadokawa confirmed in its latest financial report that both The Duskbloods and Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition remain on track for Switch 2 in 2026 – and the FromSoftware faithful have reason to be cautiously optimistic.
What Is The Duskbloods?
Announced as a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive and jointly distributed by FromSoftware and Nintendo, The Duskbloods is a multiplayer action RPG that blends PvP and PvE gameplay. Players create fully custom characters drawn from a vampire-inspired aesthetic – think bloodlines, dusk-lit ruins, and the kind of oppressive atmosphere FromSoftware has made its signature.
Details have been deliberately scarce since the announcement. FromSoftware has addressed the silence only briefly, but the message from both the studio and Kadokawa has been consistent: the game is in development, it is coming this year, and they are not ready to show more just yet.
Kadokawa’s Financial Report Reconfirms the 2026 Window
Kadokawa’s latest earnings report explicitly lists The Duskbloods as an expected fiscal 2026 release. The same filing also reaffirms Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition – the Switch 2 port of FromSoftware’s 2022 masterpiece – for the same window. Having both titles named in a financial document gives them a degree of firm commitment that simple PR statements often lack.
Current speculation points to a late 2026 launch for The Duskbloods – October or beyond. That timeline would align with a potential release date announcement at a Nintendo Direct in June, which fans are widely expecting Nintendo to hold ahead of the summer game rush.
Why This Matters
The Switch 2’s early lineup has been strong – Mario Kart World launched with the hardware, and the library is building steadily. But FromSoftware’s presence on the platform is genuinely exciting for a different audience. The Souls fanbase has long been a PC and PlayStation crowd, and a Switch-exclusive entry from the studio behind Elden Ring and Bloodborne is a meaningful pull for hardware undecided buyers.
Whether The Duskbloods turns out to be a full-scale FromSoftware production or a more compact multiplayer experience remains to be seen. What we know for now is that it is still coming – and a June Direct could be the moment everything finally gets properly revealed.
