TRANSCRIPT · Special Report

## Special Report (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Special report: FromSoftware pushes The Duskbloods into 2027, and the outlets have opinions about how to say so.
GRANT BRICKMAN: We interrupt your afternoon: The Duskbloods will not arrive this year.
GRANT BRICKMAN: We interrupt this afternoon with news from the world of video games. FromSoftware has moved The Duskbloods.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The Switch 2 exclusive had been promised for this year. It is now delayed until sometime in 2027.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A big game arriving late. Unthinkable. Gary, you're standing in the middle of the studio. What does Engadget have?
GARY: Engadget reports the studio wants more time for the rules and balance. The game is in its final stages. Still: 2027.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: And what did the studio itself say, Gary?
GARY: It wrote on X that an August network test showed interest in combat, strategic depth and player expression. So: final adjustments to rules and balancing.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A network test in August, and the delay comes in autumn. That must have been a very slow network.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Grant, the test was in August. The announcement came today. The network is fine.
KAI: Huge. Nintendo Life says nobody is shocked, given the ever-shrinking time left in 2026. And the studio gave no precise new date.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: And GamesRadar, Kai? Its headline is a little different.
KAI: GamesRadar ties the delay to the devs responding to network test feedback. Its first line reads: Well, anyone could have seen this coming.
GARY: Eurogamer describes it as Bloodborne meets Sekiro meets Dark Souls, with jetpacks and dinos. Delayed into an unspecified 2027. Dinos! Rated: wait for it.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Let's compare the wording. Engadget says FromSoftware "delays The Duskbloods until 2027". GamesRadar says FromSoftware "admits it". Same game, different mood.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: What they agree on: Switch 2 exclusive, 2027, no exact date. They differ in tone, not in facts.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Admits it! The studio has confessed. I say they are hiding something. The game, I mean.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: They said what they're doing, Grant: final adjustments to rules and balancing. What's still open is when in 2027. We'll have to leave it there.

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AI-written satire. The text of the news items comes from the linked articles.