FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki says The Duskblood's Zork is the perfect example of his design philosophy, and a man of culture: "They are a species with intelligence and philosophy"

The Duskbloods Zork in deep-sea diving armour walking through a swamp with a deep-sea cable and a speargun.

Legendary FromSoftware director Hidetaka Miyazaki says he wants The Duskbloods to take a broad approach when it comes to designing the game's Bloodsworn characters. Rather than be constrained by traditional concepts of vampires or monsters, Miyazaki wanted to allow for design like Zork's.

The Duskbloods network test was a huge success, with more people signing up for it than for Nightreign, despite it being a Switch 2 exclusive. There was one part of The Duskbloods that was more popular than all the rest, and that was the heart-stealing diving bell with a beak, Zork.