The Duskbloods Feels Like a Nintendo Party Game in a Bloody Wrapper

The Duskbloods blends a Bloodborne-like tone with Nintendo-style party competition, turning it into a tense online PvPvE experience. In a network test over the weekend, players dropped into a large map with limited time to level up, discover new powers, and face random field events before a final round crowns a winner. The mode emphasizes momentum swings and comebacks, supported by aggressive power-ups and a “keep playing” loop even when eliminated. The writer only won one match but repeatedly queued to try again, highlighting an item that added 30 seconds to the countdown and shifted the outcome. Nintendo is publishing it outside Japan.