We saw a whole bunch of games being debuted for the first time at the Xbox Games Showcase earlier this month, and one of those was the open world RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker, which is coming to Xbox at some point in 2026.
Following that reveal, we've now got a massive 21-minute gameplay deep dive for The Blood of Dawnwalker that shows us a lot more of what to expect from this one, and early impressions are pretty positive for the most part.
You can watch the new gameplay overview up above, and here's how the official blurb describes it:
"Vale Sangora awaits. Have a look at The Blood of Dawnwalker pre-beta gameplay footage with a presentation of some of the game’s features and gameplay mechanics!
The Blood of Dawnwalker is the first chapter of Rebel Wolves’ brand new role-playing saga — a single-player open-world dark fantasy action-RPG with a strong focus on story and narrative. Developed on Unreal Engine 5 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox X|S. Coming in 2026."
Looking at the overall reception to this gameplay reveal, there's definitely a lot of intrigue and hype surrounding The Blood of Dawnwaker, and a lot of people are pointing out the similarities between this and The Witcher 3.
However, there's also an insistence that the developers take their time to perfect the game as much as possible, particularly when it comes to the camera angle (which some feel is too close), the sword combat and the apparent in-game time limit.
There's still a long time to go until The Blood of Dawnwalker arrives on Xbox, but based on the million+ views on this overview (across multiple channels) over the past couple of days, it has ever chance of being a bit hit in 2026.