Hidetaka Miyazaki shares The Duskbloods worries of some Elden Ring and Dark Souls fans: “I personally am not much of a PvP person, and I wanted to make something that’s satisfying even for players like me”

The Duskbloods, a whole new FromSoftware game led by Dark Souls and Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki, was one of the biggest surprises from this week’s Nintendo Switch 2 Direct news. The Switch 2-exclusive PvPvE game is set to launch sometime next year on Nintendo’s upcoming console, but if you were worried about the focus on PvP, it sounds like the director has got you covered.

Speaking in a Creator’s Voice interview in a new series of Nintendo blog posts, Miyazaki explains that “at its core,” The Duskbloods is an “online multiplayer focused game, with both player vs player and player vs enemy gameplay.” Players are able to choose a character before heading online, where they’ll compete for “First Blood.” Once a match ends, they’ll receive a reward, which can be used to “further customize their character, and so the cycle continues.”