{"id":375475,"date":"2026-08-20T02:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=375475"},"modified":"2026-08-20T02:48:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:48:03","slug":"the-duskbloods-leaks-early-4gamers-preview-slips-before-embargo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-duskbloods-leaks-early-4gamers-preview-slips-before-embargo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Duskbloods leaks early: 4Gamers preview slips before embargo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hands-on preview of FromSoftware\u2019s Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods went up early on 4Gamers before the embargo lifted, and the mistake revealed <strong>combat details<\/strong>, Moon Blood Bestowal, and more ahead of the game\u2019s Closed Network Test.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 4Gamers article was later removed, but the footage was copied and reposted almost immediately, including on <a href=\"https:\/\/bi-li-bi-li.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Bilibili<\/a>, giving players <strong>one of the clearest<\/strong> unofficial looks at The Duskbloods so far before the Closed Network Test.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People who saw the leaked footage described fast, arena-style combat built around <strong>heavy mobility<\/strong>, with double jumps, aerial attacks, and transformations all on display. Some compared the speed to <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodborne-psx.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloodborne<\/a>. The biggest detail from the leaked preview was Moon Blood Bestowal, which looks like a final showdown between the three players with the highest Victory Points. If that holds, players will have to do more than survive. They\u2019ll need to build a lead and hold onto it.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leaked 4Gamers preview also backed up the idea that The Duskbloods is an <strong>8-player<\/strong> PvPvE game set in a dark, Victorian-inspired gothic city, rather than another mostly single-player FromSoftware RPG. Separate reports and datamines add to that picture: development reportedly began in 2019, the game went through extensive prototyping, and dataminers have found 14 classes tied to gothic and body-horror themes.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve been watching FromSoftware move toward a very different structure, this leak gives you a lot to work with, especially since testers reportedly have <strong>capture disabled<\/strong> on Nintendo Switch 2 and neither FromSoftware nor 4Gamers has commented.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Duskbloods is coming exclusively to <strong>Nintendo Switch 2<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hands-on preview of FromSoftware\u2019s Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods went up early on 4Gamers before the embargo lifted, and the mistake revealed combat details, Moon Blood Bestowal, and more ahead of the game\u2019s Closed Network Test. The 4Gamers article was later removed, but the footage was copied and reposted almost immediately, including on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-duskbloods-leaks-early-4gamers-preview-slips-before-embargo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Duskbloods leaks early: 4Gamers preview slips before embargo&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":375474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-375475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375476,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375475\/revisions\/375476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375475"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=375475"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=375475"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=375475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}