From the director of The Witcher 3, The Blood of Dawnwalker will release on September 3, 2026

Countdown begins for the highly-awaited "The Blood of Dawnwalker", which finally has a release date. The new game from Rebel Wolves and Bandai Namco will launch on September 3rd, 2026. Rebel Wolves recently revealed a new story trailer, the release date, and the full system requirements for the game in a "Road to Launch" stream.

The Blood of Dawnwalker is a single-player, open-world, action RPG game developed by Rebel Wolves, a studio that was co-founded by Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, the director of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Not only that, but the studio also has several developers who worked previously with CD Projekt Red on Cyberpunk 2077. It is easy to see why The Blood of Dawnwalker is highly anticipated in the gaming community.

We already know that the game will be set in a medieval Eastern European setting, much like The Witcher 3. The player will take on the role of a half-man, half-vampire named Coen. The narrative will revolve around Coen's struggle to save his loved ones by using his dynamic vampire powers. It has been reported that the game will deliver a "narrative sandbox," loaded with choices that will impact both the story and the world itself. If this sounds familiar, that is exactly why players fell in love with The Witcher 3 in the first place.

In the same launch stream, Bandai Namco and Rebel Wolves also revealed the official system requirements for the game. At minimum, you will need a Core i7-8700K or a Ryzen 7 3700X with an RTX 3050 or a Radeon RX Vega 56 to run the game at 1080p on low settings. To get the "recommended" 1440p experience at 60 FPS, you will need a Ryzen 9 7900X with an RTX 4070 Ti, or equivalent. Targeting 4K? Get ready to shell out $2000 for the RTX 5090.

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These are some hefty requirements, but the developers have confirmed that the game will support both NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR upscaling to alleviate some of the demand. The game will be available to play on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S on launch, but don't expect a Nintendo Switch release just yet.