It has been announced that Dawnwalker will be published by Bandai Namco, with both digital and physical versions confirmed.

“Rebel Wolves is a new studio built upon solid foundations: a combination of experience and fresh energy,” said Tomasz Tinc, Rebel Wolves’ chief publishing officer. “Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe, a company known for its dedication to the role-playing genre and willingness to engage with new IPs, is a perfect match for our wolfpack. Not only does it share our values, but also its track record in publishing narrative-driven RPGs speaks for itself. We’re looking forward to working with them to bring the first chapter of the Dawnwalker saga to gamers worldwide.”

“This is another key milestone in our content development strategy for the Western market,” said Alberto Gonzalez, Bandai Namco Europe’s vice president for business development. “By combining our strengths, we will deliver this first game of the studio to a worldwide audience. We’re excited with the universe being created by Rebel Wolves thanks to their extremely talented team of developers, resulting in a great addition to our portfolio.”

Dawnwalker is described as a narrative-driven sandbox RPG. The game is being developed on Unreal Engine 5, and is being positioned as the first chapter of a larger saga with multiple instalments.

In 2022, Rebel Wolves announced that it had secured a strategic investment from NetEase for the development of its debut title, while earlier in the year, it was revealed that the studio had hired The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 veteran Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz as its creative director.

There’s no word yet on a release window or target platforms for Dawnwalker, but Rebel Wolves and Bandai Namco say more details will be shared in “the coming months”, so stay tuned.

With the game still being in development, the studio has stressed that the Dawnwalker logo, which is currently little more than white text with its first letter inside a circle, is still a placeholder, and will likely get changed as more details about the game are revealed.

Rebel Wolves was founded back in 2022. The studio was formed primarily by former developers from CD Projekt RED, including Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, who is the CEO and game director of the studio’s first project. For context, Tomaszkiewicz was game director on The Witcher 3, and head of production and secondary game director on Cyberpunk 2077.

The studio has quite a bit of pedigree behind it, and as recently as earlier this month, has recruited veteran developer Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz as its creative director. Tomaszkiewicz has previously worked on The Witcher 3, its expansions, Cyberpunk 2077, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, and Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales.

The studio had announced back in 2022 that it had secured investment through NetEase for its first project.

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