When is The Blood of Dawnwalker release date? The action RPG is in development by Rebel Wolves, the studio co-founded by Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, director of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It was announced on the day of the Wolf Moon, and rather fittingly follows the rise of a powerful clan of vampires in an alternative 14th century.
Set during a time of devastation, this vampire game is a supernatural slant on the events of the plague. Vampires lurk in the darkness, biding their time until the Black Death takes hold of the land, when they seize the opportunity to strike for control while the humans are weak. In Dawnwalker, vampires now reside in the previous lord’s castles, these vampires rule over the valley, and it’s your job to save your family from them.
The Blood of Dawnwalker release date estimate
We estimate that The Blood of Dawnwalker will be released in 2026 at the earliest. While there isn’t a release date for Dawnwalker yet, we’ve already seen a significant amount of story cinematic and a glimpse of what to expect from the gameplay, including boss fights, vampire abilities, and more of what the open world has to offer.
It’s also been announced that a gameplay reveal is coming in the Summer of 2025, possibly at Summer Game Fest, so we should estimate that Dawnwalker will arrive in 2026.
The RPG game will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, though it’s unclear whether it will have crossplay or be available on Xbox Game Pass when it arrives.
The Blood of Dawnwalker trailers
The reveal trailer cinematic introduces us to Coen, desperate to save his dying sister, Lunka. As he tries to flee with his sister wrapped up in a blanket, he’s ambushed by soldiers ready to kill her. They didn’t, however, anticipate the watchful eyes of head vampire, Brencis, and his army of vampires would choose that moment to kill the group of soldiers and save Coen’s sister, by turning her into a vampire.
Coen doesn’t seem surprised to see them, he even begs for their help and Brencis does save Lunka, all while giving a speech on the carelessness of spilled blood, stating that things will be different going forward. The next clip is Coen standing on the roof of a tall building looking at a blood moon with glassy vampire eyes, so things are quite different after all.
The Blood Dawnwalker story
You play as Coen, a young man who’s half-man, half-vampire, able to fight as a man during the day and use vampiric abilities at night. The game works on a 30-day, 30-night clock (I’m not sure if this is a reference to 30 days of night but enjoy it nevertheless), giving you only a limited time to save your family.
The Blood of Dawnwalker gameplay
Dawnwalker is described as a ‘narrative sandbox’ and is designed for multiple playthroughs, as the open-world content of side quests and exploration is apparently impossible to fit into one playthrough. In the short gameplay clip at the end of the trailer, we see Coen fighting as a human and a vampire, fighting both humans and monsters.
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