When FromSoftware and Nintendo revealed The Duskbloods at the Nintendo Direct in June, we got the premise — a competitive, multi-player action RPG set under a blood moon, featuring warriors called Bloodsworn hunting each other across dark, gothic environments. What we didn’t have were actual dates. Now we do.
FromSoftware has confirmed that the Closed Network Test for The Duskbloods runs across four days in August, spanning five separate sessions. Sign-up registrations open on 22 July 2026.
Network Test Schedule (SGT)
Five sessions are confirmed across the test window. All times below are in Singapore Time (SGT, UTC+8):
- Session 1: Friday 21 August, 11:00 PM – Saturday 22 August, 5:00 AM
- Session 2: Saturday 22 August, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Session 3: Saturday 22 August, 11:00 PM – Sunday 23 August, 3:00 AM
- Session 4: Sunday 23 August, 11:00 PM – Monday 24 August, 5:00 AM
- Session 5: Monday 24 August, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
What the Network Test Covers
The Duskbloods puts up to eight Bloodsworn — warriors cursed with immortality — against each other and the environment in a world bathed in a perpetual blood moon. The tone is vintage FromSoftware: heavy armour, stamina management, deliberate combat, and a world soaked in death and mythology. The Switch 2 exclusivity makes this one of the flagship system sellers FromSoftware and Nintendo have been building toward since the hardware reveal.
The closed network test will let participants try an early build of the game across the five sessions above. Each session is time-limited, so you can’t simply log on whenever — you’ll need to plan around the schedule if you want to get hands-on time. Given the late-night timing of several sessions (Sessions 1, 3, and 4 all run after 11pm), FromSoftware appears to be covering different global time zones across the test window rather than running purely Japan-centric hours.
How to Register
Registrations open on 22 July — which is one week away. Spaces in closed network tests are typically limited, so applying early gives you better odds. Check the official Nintendo Switch 2 and FromSoftware channels on July 22 for the sign-up link. We’ll share it here as soon as it goes live.
If you missed our original coverage when the game was revealed, catch up here for the full breakdown of what FromSoftware has shown so far.