2026 has only just begun, but we already got huge news about the former Witcher 3 devs’ new game

The Blood of Dawnwalker, an upcoming RPG developed by Rebel Wolves (itself founded by former The Witcher 3 developers) is coming out in 2026. In a New Year special, the developers gave this huge announcement, promising more would be unveiled leading up to launch.

All this and more was shown in a Jan. 3 “Launch Year Special,” where Rebel Wolves’ global community lead Dominika Burza and game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz recapped 2025 and gave us information about what’s to come this year. The two finally revealed when The Blood of Dawnwalker would come out, saying it’d launch sometime in 2026, though they did not give us an exact date.

“We won’t reveal the release date today, but you can expect to start hearing from us more and more,” Burza said. We can expect to see more gameplay, content, characters, and other features of the game as the devs strive toward including the community and its feedback the game’s creative process.

At Gamescom 2025, we spoke to Rebel Wolves and inquired about the game’s development and ideas, some of which are akin to RPGs like Persona. The Blood of Dawnwalker seeks to be an innovative iteration on the RPG genre, implementing a time-passing mechanic that puts pressure on everything you do in the game. All of your actions have a “time cost,” that you’ll have to spend wisely, lest you fail the main quest by not reaching it… in time.

It’s one of the most exciting RPGs that are coming out in 2026, and I cannot wait to see more of it.

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