When the director of The Witcher 3 announces a new game, you pay attention. Konrad Tomaszkiewicz has resurfaced at Rebel Wolves, a studio formed in 2022 by former CD Projekt Red veterans, and their debut project — Blood of Dawnwalker — is shaping up to be one of the most intriguing fantasy RPGs on the horizon.
From CD Projekt Red to Rebel Wolves
Rebel Wolves represents a concentration of serious RPG talent. Founded by developers who helped shape The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, the studio brings decades of combined experience to an ambitious new IP. With Tomaszkiewicz at the helm — the same director who guided players through the Northern Kingdoms — expectations are understandably astronomical.
Human by Day, Vampire by Night
Blood of Dawnwalker puts you in control of Coen, a peasant whose transformation into a vampire goes catastrophically wrong. Instead of becoming fully undead, Coen becomes a Dawnwalker — a hybrid creature that’s human while the sun shines and vampire when darkness falls. His family has been taken by the vampires who changed him, and the game follows his quest to rescue them.
This dual nature creates mechanically distinct gameplay phases. During daylight hours, Coen relies on melee weapons and limited magic, interacting with NPCs as any human would. When night falls, everything changes. Coen gains vampire-specific abilities including massive claws, wall-walking, and teleportation. The transformation affects not just combat but how the entire world responds to you.
Medieval Carpathian Mountains
The setting draws from Eastern European folklore, placing players in the medieval Carpathian mountains — a region steeped in vampire mythology. Running on Unreal Engine 5, the environment promises to deliver the kind of atmospheric density that made The Witcher 3’s world feel so immersive.
Why This Matters
Blood of Dawnwalker represents exactly what fans wanted after The Witcher 3 — talented developers given freedom to pursue new creative visions. Whether Rebel Wolves can recapture that lightning in a bottle remains to be seen, but the pedigree and premise suggest this is a project worth following closely.
