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The story
“Duskblood” is an unreleased title from FromSoftware, but data from a pre-release network test has reportedly leaked and been decrypted, and 5ch users report the game is now playable in multiplayer on PC via an emulator. Cases of an unreleased title getting up and running like this are rare, and the thread was split: some criticized the development and sales strategy — “it’s their own fault for releasing on hardware that’s easy to emulate,” “this is the result of a timed exclusive on Nintendo hardware” — while others offered cooler takes, questioning “is there even a point to pirating an online game just to play it?”
What people said
Wouldn't be surprised if it gets cancelled.
but honestly the game system itself is too mediocre to even bother emulating.
Guess there's no need to buy games anymore.
Sounds like we won't need GTA6 either, as long as it gets cracked.
First time I've seen it, didn't realize it's already been posted several times.
If you're going to say that, maybe you shouldn't have made those PS piracy threads yourself.
and it's just tragic that they ran into this Nintendo-platform risk.
This makes at least the third time now.
It keeps getting taken down by the rights holder right away, so this is basically a criminal thread spreading criminal content.
so if there were a native PC build instead of an emulator, even a crappy PC could probably run it at 4K60fps lol
If you claim to cater to a mature adult userbase, I'd rather you not act like you have to retaliate tit-for-tat — if anything, you're out here making garbage threads with ten times the intensity.
Even the grown-up Hanzawa Naoki said 'if they hit you, hit back twice as hard!' (a famous line from the TV drama Hanzawa Naoki) 🥺
Other than feeding your need for validation.
I guess they set up their own private server to play on.
You can already guess the quality of people who hang out on pirate servers, so I'd rather not get near them.
Exactly.
Nothing but trash people.
The Korean MMO that FromSoftware supposedly ripped off already shut down its service, and sure enough, people just built emulator servers and keep playing it.
Wait, is that free?
You mean someone's volunteering their own server to host it?
Re: #62
That's beside the point.
Switch 2, already crushed by the long-finished PS5, is probably getting ready to pull out at this point.
Third-parties preparing to pull out actually seems like a reasonable call.
I'd guess handhelds will end up with nothing but mobage (mobile/gacha games) going forward.
Most are probably still waiting for the real official service.
Feels like your files could get encrypted and you'd get hit with a ransom demand later.
It's not like this is Nintendo we're talking about, they wouldn't do that.
Yeah, probably 🥺
It's a super safe place, right?
No, it's not safe.
Background and key points of this topic
“Duskblood,” the title at the center of this discussion, is an upcoming release from FromSoftware, and it appears that data from a pre-release network test leaked and ended up running via an emulator on PC. Commenters in the thread pointed out that similar information has circulated multiple times already, each time taken down by the rights holder, suggesting this kind of “cracked” information keeps resurfacing. Opinions split over where to place the blame: some criticized the platform side, saying the game was “released on hardware that’s too easy to emulate” or that this is “the result of a timed exclusive on Nintendo hardware,” while others questioned the title itself, arguing that “the game system is too mediocre to be worth emulating.” Notably, there was little discussion that dug into the ethics of using leaked data without authorization — most of the thread focused on confirming whether it worked and swapping impressions.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “[Good News] Duskblood Becomes Playable in Multiplayer on PC.”
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