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Studio history
Rebel Wolves was founded in February 2022 in Warsaw, Poland. The studio was created by Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, who directed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and led production on Cyberpunk 2077 at CD Projekt Red. He left CDPR in May 2021 and spent the following months assembling a team of veterans.
The studio has grown to approximately 120-155 employees. NetEase holds a minority stake; the majority of ownership belongs to Tomaszkiewicz and other co-founders. Bandai Namco Entertainment publishes.
Key people
Action | Key/Button |
|---|---|
Konrad Tomaszkiewicz | Founder, CEO, Game Director. Directed The Witcher 3, led production on Cyberpunk 2077. Cites Fallout 1 and 2 as design inspirations for the narrative sandbox structure |
Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz | Creative Director. Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077 veteran |
Daniel Sadowski | Design Director. Witcher and Cyberpunk veteran |
Jakub Szamalek | Narrative Director. Led narrative on Witcher and Cyberpunk projects |
Bartlomiej Gawel | Art Director. Witcher and Cyberpunk veteran |
Design philosophy
Tomaszkiewicz has described the vision as getting "a few steps closer to pen-and-paper RPGs" where a gamemaster evolves the story based on player actions. The game has no main quest. Just one goal and optional content. "It's more similar to the old Fallout, where you have a clear goal and everything is optional, you decide."
The game was originally scoped to be roughly the size of The Witcher 3's Blood and Wine DLC but "became bigger" during development. The team has committed to a 2026 release.
CD Projekt Red connection
The overlap with CDPR is hard to ignore. Tomaszkiewicz directed what many consider one of the best RPGs ever made. But Rebel Wolves is a much smaller studio, where CDPR has nearly 800 employees, Rebel Wolves has a fraction of that. The team has noted their smaller size allows tighter creative control.
Marketing
Rebel Wolves published a sixteen-part promotional lore series called The Secret History of Vale Sangora throughout 2025, written in-character by the chronicler Albertus Taurinus. They also released four Community Bulletin Boards between November 2025 and February 2026, each covering a different aspect of the game (the Vrakhiri, Svartrau, music, and Coen's abilities). A Reddit AMA on r/DawnwalkerOfficial in January 2026 answered community questions directly.
Music
The soundtrack is composed by Nikola Kolodziejczyk (lead), Piotr Musial, and Mikolai Stroinski. The main theme was performed by the AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of Tychy and debuted in the January 2026 launch year trailer.