The wait is almost over for one of 2026’s most anticipated RPGs.
Today April 28 — developer Rebel Wolves and publisher Bandai Namco are hosting the Road to Launch event for The Blood of Dawnwalker, a roughly 45-minute livestream that will finally reveal the game’s official release date, new gameplay footage, a story trailer, and system requirements.
The stream kicks off at 9:00 AM PDT / 9:00 PM Malaysian time and is available to watch on YouTube and Twitch.
What Is The Blood of Dawnwalker?
If this is your first time hearing about it, here’s the quick version.
The Blood of Dawnwalker is a single-player open-world dark fantasy action RPG developed by Rebel Wolves — a studio founded by veterans of CD Projekt Red, the team behind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. That pedigree alone has kept gaming communities buzzing since the game was first teased back in 2022.
You play as Coen, a young man who has become a Dawnwalker — no longer fully human, but not quite a vampire either. Caught between both worlds, Coen must fight to save his family from Brencis, a powerful vampire lord who rules Vale Sangora — a dark, mysterious region set in the plague-ravaged Carpathian Mountains of 14th-century Europe.
The world is falling apart around you. The Black Death is tearing through populations. Bloody wars are destabilising entire kingdoms. And a powerful clique of vampires is seizing the chaos to tighten their grip on humanity. You have two sides of yourself to draw from — vampiric strength and human resolve — and every choice you make shapes both the story and the gameplay.
The game is built on Unreal Engine 5, targeting PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store.
What’s Being Revealed Today
Rebel Wolves has confirmed the Road to Launch event will include:
- 🩸 Official release date — the big one
- 🩸 New open-world gameplay focused on activities in Vale Sangora
- 🩸 Brand new story trailer
- 🩸 PC system requirements
- 🩸 Developer insights into storytelling and open-world design
- 🩸 Different editions and pre-order details
Game Director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz — who directed The Witcher 3 — said the stream will specifically highlight gameplay changes implemented over the past months, with particular attention to open-world activities. Four years of development is coming to its final stretch.
Why Gamers Are Watching Closely
The hype around Dawnwalker has been building steadily. The combination of a Witcher 3 pedigree, a vampire-human hybrid protagonist, and a dark medieval setting has drawn comparisons to some of gaming’s most beloved RPGs.
The studio has also been transparent with its community throughout development — confirming their publishing deal with Bandai Namco, reassuring fans they were unaffected by NetEase restructuring, and clarifying that AI was used only for game testing purposes, not for creative content.
One lingering question heading into today’s stream: how does the release date stack up against other major 2026 titles? Gaming fans have quietly wondered if Rebel Wolves would dare to go head-to-head with GTA 6, or whether they’d strategically carve out a different launch window.
Today, we find out.
The Blood of Dawnwalker Road to Launch stream is live today, April 28, on the official Dawnwalker YouTube and Twitch channels.
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