{"id":86020,"date":"2026-07-15T17:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86020"},"modified":"2026-07-15T17:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:37:39","slug":"your-first-chance-to-play-the-duskbloods-early-is-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86020","title":{"rendered":"Your First Chance To Play The Duskbloods Early Is Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Software&#8217;s upcoming game The Duskbloods looks be quite the departure from the studio&#8217;s previous work, and if you want a chance to play it ahead of its official launch, you&#8217;ll soon have your chance. The game will be running a <a href=\"https:\/\/campaign.theduskbloods.jp\/p\/event\/networktest\/?region=the_americas&amp;locate=US&amp;lang=en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/campaign.theduskbloods.jp\/p\/event\/networktest\/?region=the_americas&amp;locate=US&amp;lang=en\">closed network test<\/a> in August, with registration for a chance to participate starting very soon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Duskbloods&#8217; closed network test will run from August 21-23, and will feature support for eight-player multiplayer sessions. An application period will run from July 22-28, and participation requires a Nintendo Switch 2 system and an active Nintendo Switch Online subscription. <\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d0ij2uQ87nc  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Software says the closed network test will be focused on a few key areas: server load, multiplayer problem-solving, and game balance. It&#8217;s not clear exactly how much of the game will be available during this test, but given how different The Duskbloods looks compared to From Software&#8217;s traditional single-player RPGs, it&#8217;s a great opportunity to see if you want to buy the full version later. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Duskbloods is planned to launch in 2026 exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2. Though looking at screenshots may have you convinced it&#8217;s a similar game to something like Bloodborne, the focus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Software&#8217;s upcoming game The Duskbloods looks be quite the departure from the studio&#8217;s previous work, and if you want a chance to play it ahead of its official launch, you&#8217;ll soon have your chance. The game will be running a closed network test in August, with registration for a chance to participate starting very&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":86022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86023,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86020\/revisions\/86023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}