Rebel Wolves has announced that its first game out of the gate, The Blood of Dawnwalker, will arrive on September 3 for PCs and consoles. The studio, formed by former staff from CD PROJEKT RED who worked on The Witcher 3, first announced its debut project in December 2024. Since then, there’s been a somewhat regular flow of updates regarding its progress, and on April 28, the official launch and system requirements were revealed together with a brand new trailer.
“The Blood of Dawnwalker is the primary chapter of Rebel Wolves’ brand recent role-playing saga — a single-player open-world dark fantasy action-RPG with a robust concentrate on story and narrative. Developed on Unreal Engine 5 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox X|S.”
– Rebel Wolves
“14th-century Europe. Bloody conflicts sweep the lands, and the Black Death comes for the survivors. Vampires seize their opportunity to walk out of the shadows and claim what they’ve been denied for hundreds of years: freedom, and the ability that comes with it.”
– Rebel Wolves
Players will tackle the role of Coen, who was turned at an early age during a dark period in history. He’s torn between worlds in an attempt to save lots of his family or enact revenge inside 30 days, but can he save his soul in the method? Built using Unreal Engine 5, Blood of Dawnwalker already has some impressive-looking visuals, and folk are already complimenting its music as well. Folks wanting to see the sport at its highest (Ultra) settings in 4K are going to wish an RTX 5090, but otherwise it appears the sport will scale nicely with an assortment of other GPUs in 1080p/1440p.
Rebel Wolves co-founder and The Blood of Dawnwalker director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, who also directed The Witcher 3, hasn’t been shy about his confidence in the brand new game or what the team wanted it to be. He shared the next with Eurogamer.
“But I’m really confident, and the sport we’ve is absolutely great, and I believe that RPG players are waiting for larger games like ours, that are telling good stories and giving freedom and following them to play the role in these words. And I keep my fingers crossed and I believe we’ll be good.”
– Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, Rebel Wolves cofounder
Below are a series of gameplay overview videos that ought to give an excellent idea of what to anticipate from the sport. While players should be mindful that the clock is ticking right down to complete whatever they select as their ultimate goal inside 30 days, they may even should strategize on how Coen interacts with the world around him since his powers and weaknesses change throughout the day or night.