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The director of sandbox vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker doesn't mind seeing it compared to The Witcher 3, which he also directed: 'I feel really confident about our game'

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"Of course" Blood of Dawnwalker has romance, silly, says former Witcher 3 lead

Those hot vampires aren't just for show

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The Witcher 3's former lead quest designer says 'of course' there is romance in upcoming vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker: 'You can expect to build relationships with characters'

Love bite.

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The Blood of Dawnwalker devs "were afraid that people wouldn't want to play as human Coen" so it set out to create "a combat system that can set a new standard for RPGs"

Big in 2026 | Rebel Wolves is wielding blood magic and swordplay to bring the mortal side of The Blood of Dawnwalker to life

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Rebel Wolves isn't afraid of creating its own vampyric folklore for The Blood of Dawnwalker: "We want to tell a story with vampires, not a story about vampires only"

Big in 2026 | In part two of our spotlight series into The Blood of Dawnwalker, Rebel Wolves explores its twist on the traditional vampire fantasy

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The Blood of Dawnwalker is one of the most ambitious games of 2026, driven by Rebel Wolves' desire to "get a few steps closer to pen-and-paper RPGs"

Big in 2026 | In part one of our spotlight series into The Blood of Dawnwalker, Rebel Wolves sets the stage for one of the most anticipated games of the year

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If you thought Bloodlines 2 lacked bite, remember that The Witcher 3's director left CD Projekt to make a vampire RPG, and it's out next year

Let's hope it doesn't suck.

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The Witcher 3 director says "everything is optional" in his upcoming RPG Blood of Dawnwalker, as there's "no main quest" just like the original Fallout

Rebel Wolves is developing the ambitious game

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GTA 6 might be the "massive game with massive marketing," but The Witcher 3 director doesn't mind launching his next RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker at the same time: "I'm fine with it"

Rebel Wolves' Konrad Tomaszkiewicz is the coolest guy in the room

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The Blood of Dawnwalker devs open up about day-night cycle, quest inspirations, replayability, and more

Rebel Wolves' Senior Quest Designer unravels the game's core mechanics, speaks of inspirations, and provides a lot of valuable insight.

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The Blood of Dawnwalker dev says comparisons to The Witcher 3 are inevitable, but it's OK because "we are not compared to a bad game" and "we are making our own kind of beasts"

It's flattering, really

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Former Witcher 3 devs behind The Blood of Dawnwalker want the vampire RPG to set "a new standard" for the genre with a "hybrid" combat system influenced by Batman: Arkham Asylum, For Honor, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance

One combat system was too hard and the other wasn't immersive enough, so Rebel Wolves combined the two

GamesRadar

Ex-CDPR dev behind The Witcher 3 says new vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker is all about how players "shape their own way of play," just as "pen and paper refugees" did in tabletop games like D&D

"I believe that RPG games should be about choice"

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Everything announced at the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2025

Catch up on all the exclusive reveals from our packed gamescom showcase

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The way The Blood of Dawnwalker plays with time itself is making it one of my most anticipated RPGs of 2026, especially now that Rebel Wolves has changed how closely the camera sticks to your shoulder

Gamescom 2025 | The Blood of Dawnwalker is filled with smart role-playing choices that are making me hunger for more

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After working on an indie between Cyberpunk 2077 and a new vampire RPG from The Witcher 3 leads, veteran writer says indies have more "constraints" than AAA, but that makes them even more "original and unique"

Where "AAA games are like blockbuster movies," indies "are more like a theater," says Jakub Szamałek

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Former Witcher 3 lead's Blood of Dawnwalker sounds like the true vampire RPG I've always wanted, featuring "Blood Hunger" that makes the protagonist "lose control over his body and attack NPCs"

A body a day keeps the Blood Hunger away

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"Yes, it's an open world game with a variety of biomes": Ex-CD Projekt Red devs' new vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker sounds just as massive as The Witcher 3, and I can't wait

Expect "a variety of NPCs and points of interest," too

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The Blood of Dawnwalker: All the key details about Rebel Wolves' dark fantasy action RPG

Get to know what horrors await.

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Now that I know The Blood of Dawnwalker is a vampire game that's not about Doing The Right Thing as a Very Special Boy, 2026 can't come soon enough

Opinion | Dawnwalker might fix the most boring thing about vampire RPGs: morality in immortality

GamesRadar

The Blood of Dawnwalker's protagonist is "equally engaging, fun, and meaningful to play" in both his human and vampire forms, say the ex-Witcher 3 devs behind the RPG

The former CD Projekt Red leads are cookin'

GamesRadar

Ex Witcher 3 devs "studied medieval ﬁghting styles and even have a few trained swordsmen" to really nail Blood of Dawnwalker's melee combat

Combat in Rebel Wolves' upcoming vampire RPG isn't just teeth in necks

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The dark fantasy RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker gets first gameplay trailer and a 2026 release window

Rebel Wolves has announced that its debut game, The Blood of Dawnwalker, will launch in 2026.

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The Witcher 3 devs' new vampire RPG introduces new enemies - and even the devs are calling them "annoying little b*******s"

The spiritual successor to Nekkers looks to be on the way

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