As their new RPG enters alpha, former Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk devs are aiming for a game filled with player choice and replayability
Jan. 16, 2024Dawnwalker is a vampiric-looking game from a team of CDPR vets
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Fresh off the official announcement of its new game, a team of formerThe Witcher 3andCyberpunk 2077devs says it’s aiming for a highly replayable RPG.
Rebel Wolves is a Polish studio founded by formerCD Projekt Reddevs, and last night the team officially unveiled its first game,Dawnwalker. Other than a distinctly vampiric theme, there wasn’t much to glean from that announcement, but creative director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, who recently became the latest rebel wolf to depart CDPR, revealed more about the team’s design philosophy.
“Throughout all my years in game development, story-driven role-playing adventures have always been something I was most passionate about,” Tomaszkiewicz says in a press release, suggesting that “there’s not only enough space but also a hunger among players for more captivating stories.”
That makes Dawnwalker sound like a tighter RPG than those that the Rebel Wolves team has worked on in the past, one that’s likely substantially shorter than the likes of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077. That’s no surprise, coming as this game is from a brand-new studio. With more information planned for later this year, it shouldn’t be too long before we learn more about how that will work out, and get a better look at the bloodthirsty folklore that seems to underwrite Dawnwalker.
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