The Blood of Dawnwalker Will Feature Romance Options, but the Vampire RPG’s Race-Against-Time Structure May Mean Flirting Is a Risky Business

The Blood of Dawnwalker is the new game from The Witcher 3 director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz’s Rebel Wolves studio, developed by a team made up of both ex-CD Projekt Red talent and other developers. While it has many interesting new ideas, it does look rather similar to The Witcher 3 in several ways, and so I had one significant question to ask when I recently visited the studio’s HQ in Poland: is there a Yen and Triss situation here? Fans of The Witcher 3 will know exactly what I’m talking about. As protagonist Geralt, your affections are torn between two women: Yennefer of Vengerberg, Geralt’s lover during the era of the original Witcher novels, and Triss Merigold, a sorceress with whom Geralt forms a relationship with across the first two Witcher games. As with the best RPG romances, your relationship with whomever you choose develops over the adventure as your bond strengthens. So, does The Blood of Dawnwalker have romance options? “There are,” confirms Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, the project’s creative director. “It is, of course, up to the player if they want to engage with them or not,” Tomaszkiewicz explains. He stops short of revealing which of the game’s characters will be potenti