Independent Polish developer Rebel Wolves is hard at work on The Blood of Dawnwalker, its debut open world action roleplaying game that will be published by Bandai Namco.
The studio was founded in 2022 by former CD Projekt RED developers (with some investment from NetEase), and indeed, the game looks a lot like The Witcher III: Wild Hunt on the surface. However, the game has been designed to offer much greater freedom to players, as outlined by Game Director Konrad Tomaskiewicz in an interview with Eurogamer at the recent Golden Joystick Awards 2025:
No, there's no main quest. You build your experience from the quests you encounter. You know where your enemy is. You can attack this place anytime you want to. It's up to you if you want to do it by yourself, or if you want to build yourself, find the powerful items, develop your character, or do some quests and find allies to help you do it. We want to bring video games closer to pen-and-paper RPGs and give you the freedom to experience what you want to experience.
When asked by the interviewer if the concept in The Blood of Dawnwalker was kind of similar to Warhorse's Kingdom Come: Deliverance games, Tomaskiewicz said the approach was rather more similar to the first two Fallout installments:
Kingdom Come Deliverance is not a bad example, but still they have the main story that develops; you have the open world and the main quest which is leading you. In our game it's different. Our game is more similar in this area to the old Fallout, the first and second games, where you have a clear goal and everything is optional - you decide. You travel the world, you decide what you want to do. There is no main quest.
On a related note, the developers previously noted that The Blood of Dawnwalker would feature heavy consequences for both action and inaction, highlighting its strong roleplaying elements.
Make sure to read our exclusive Gamescom 2025 interview with Tomaszkiewicz. The game is set to launch next year on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X.
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