The open-world vampire RPG by ex-CDPR developers The Blood of Dawnwalker aims to have a level of quality equal to The Witcher 3, in a smaller package. Read on to find out more about the upcoming title, and what the directors have to say about it.
The Blood Of Dawnwalker Aims For AAA Quality
30-40 Hour Main Campaign
Speaking to Games Radar, The Blood of Dawnwalker creative director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz shared that despite being a smaller studio putting out their first-ever debut game, he and the team are striving for a star quality akin to CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3.
When the topic of the grey AA area between indie and AAA was brought up, the director was asked as to what label the game might lie in. "In terms of quality, we definitely look at AAA, because this is where we are coming from, the quality level of The Witcher 3," he stated.
While a new studio in name, the team in Rebel Wolves is anything but newbies to the industry. Composed of ex-developers from CD Projekt Red (CDPR) who worked on The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, the staff at Rebel Wolves have years of experience under their belts. Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz and his brother Konrad founded the studio to have more creative liberty in the games that they develop without all the constraints of being in an established AAA studio like CDPR.
"Definitely, our games are not as huge in terms of amount of content and gameplay hours - we are a smaller studio, this is our first project, so we definitely are building something smaller. But we want to build something as robust in terms of quality, maybe a bit shorter." He then shared that the team is aiming for a 30-40 hour-long campaign for The Blood of Dawnwalker, which is not exactly an AAA game length. "If size is your measure, then yes it's not the size of a AAA like The Witcher. But I don't know if size is the measure, to be honest, because there are AAA games like Call of Duty that aren't 100+ hours gameplay campaigns. And I don't know if anyone would call them AA, or indie."
With that said, The Blood of Dawnwalker is a narrative sandbox open-world dark fantasy RPG set in the mystical land of Vale Sangora where players will step into the shoes of protagonist Coen, a young peasant man who is suddenly given vampiric powers after encountering one of the land’s most powerful vampires. However, he has a mission—to save his ailing sister from succumbing to her illness and thus goes on a journey to fulfill his task while also maneuvering through the peculiarities and hostilities that litter the dark land.
While there is no set release window as of writing, the game is slated for launch on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. However, a gameplay reveal will be shown sometime in Summer 2025.
