Days after a Canadian retailer seemingly spilled the beans on Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition's release date on the Nintendo Switch 2, developer FromSoftware's parent company, Kadokawa, published its earnings results for its 2025 fiscal year that ended this past March 31. Though Kadokawa didn't spill the beans on an official release date, it did reaffirm that both the Tarnished Edition, and The Duskbloods are due to arrive at some point this year.
Though both games have been slated to arrive at some point in 2026 for some time, it's encouraging to see Kadokawa reiterate that release window once again. Particularly considering the journey that Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition has been on.
When the Nintendo Switch 2 was first revealed, Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition was one of the first major third-party games slated to make their way to the new handheld hybrid console. Shortly after the reveal, however, and particularly during Gamescom 2025, it became clear that FromSoftware had some work to do to get Elden Ring running on Switch 2 at an acceptable quality. It was no surprise then, when it was delayed out of 2025 and into 2026 back in October 2025.
Thankfully, more recent previews of Elden Ring on Nintendo Switch 2 point to a much-improved version of the game that will arrive by the time it launches. Now, we just need to know when that'll be.
"FromSoftware is expected to contribute with Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, as well as The Duskbloods (both slated for a 2026 release for Nintendo Switch 2), a completely new title. We will work to further expand the fanbase globally," Kadokawa writes in its full-year forecast for its 2026 fiscal year.
We've seen much less of The Duskbloods, even compared to the little we've seen of the Tarnished Edition, so we don't know if FromSoftware's Switch 2 exclusive title suffered from the same framerate issues that seemingly plagued the Tarnished Edition. But if FromSoftware solved the problem for the Tarnished Edition, we should expect it to also be solved for The Duskbloods.
So there's no reason to expect that either will be delayed out of 2026, at least not right now.
Another thing to note about Kadokawa's forecast for its gaming business is the confirmation that the company has "27 IPs in the development pipeline for console and PC games." Now, FromSoftware is not the only gaming company Kadokawa has in its portfolio, so that number is spread across multiple developers. But it's worth keeping an eye on it since it indicates that there's a lot coming from Kadokawa, and probably a lot in the pipeline from FromSoftware, that we've yet to hear about. Hopefully, that changes soon.
In the meantime, we wait for a release date on Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition and The Duskbloods.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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