{"rewrite":{"id":"r_1eeb311789d8f6ba8354fbd9","clusterId":"c_c87a418465eb780ef9064549","slug":"rebel-wolves-builds-a-studio-around-rpgs-not-trends","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Rebel Wolves Builds a Studio Around RPGs, Not Trends","summary":"Rebel Wolves, the Warsaw studio led by former The Witcher 3 game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, has grown from about 20 people at its 2022 founding to roughly 160 staff. Global Marketing Lead Paweł Panasiuk told 4Gamer that the team wanted to make a full RPG without stock market pressure. The Blood of Dawnwalker, the studio's debut, released on September 3, 2026 and passed 1 million units sold worldwide in its first weekend.","whyItMatters":"Rebel Wolves' pitch is structural rather than stylistic: a privately held studio with NetEase investment, no in-game purchases, and a packaged single-player RPG behind a debut that cleared one million sales in a weekend.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eRebel Wolves was founded in Warsaw in 2022 around Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, who was game director on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and developers with RPG credits at CD PROJEKT RED and elsewhere. Paweł Panasiuk, the studio\u0026#39;s Global Marketing Lead, described the founding conviction in plain terms: an environment where one project gets full attention, without being rushed and without stock market pressure.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe genre question was settled early. The team knew RPGs, so it set out to make a full RPG. Work began with about 20 people on concept art and story, and the staff count reached roughly 160 by the time 4Gamer visited. The Blood of Dawnwalker, the studio\u0026#39;s first release, arrived on September 3, 2026 and sold over 1 million units worldwide in its first weekend.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Rebel Wolves grew from 20 to 160 staff to ship The Blood of Dawnwalker without stock market pressure, and that headcount is the part that costs. Freedom from shareholders comes with a payroll to cover before the next RPG ships.","twitterPost":"Rebel Wolves shipped The Blood of Dawnwalker debt-free but not cost-free: 160 staff is the bill a studio pays to stay off the stock market.","threadsPost":"Rebel Wolves went from about 20 people in 2022 to roughly 160 for The Blood of Dawnwalker, built without stock market pressure. That headcount is the tradeoff. Independence from shareholders means the studio carries the payroll itself, and The Blood of Dawnwalker's first-weekend million has to sustain it.","newsletterBlurb":"Rebel Wolves, the Warsaw studio led by former The Witcher 3 game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, told 4Gamer it set out to make a full RPG without stock market pressure. Staff grew from about 20 at founding in 2022 to roughly 160. Debut title The Blood of Dawnwalker, released September 3, 2026, passed 1 million units sold worldwide in its first weekend.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/767/G076728/20261105025/\",\"title\":\"Making the RPG they believe in, without being swayed by trends: the development philosophy and \\\"free working style\\\" of Rebel Wolves, the studio behind \\\"The Blood of Dawnwalker\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5531,"outputTokens":838,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793873993,"createdAt":"2026-11-05T10:14:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-05T10:18:51.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-05T10:18:51.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_c87a418465eb780ef9064549","canonicalTitle":"時流に流されず，自分たちが信じるRPGを作る。「The Blood of Dawnwalker」を生んだRebel Wolvesの開発哲学と“自由な働き方”","representativeArticleId":"a_8ceb5c77f95799b9922b46a0","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"The Blood of Dawnwalker\"],\"studios\":[\"Rebel Wolves\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-05T09:30:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-05T09:30:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-05T10:18:52.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/767/G076728/20261105025/","title":"時流に流されず，自分たちが信じるRPGを作る。「The Blood of Dawnwalker」を生んだRebel Wolvesの開発哲学と“自由な働き方”"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["The Blood of Dawnwalker"],"studios":["Rebel Wolves"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Rebel Wolves is based in Warsaw, Poland, and was founded in 2022.","Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, who was game director on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, leads Rebel Wolves.","Rebel Wolves had about 20 staff at founding and roughly 160 at the time of 4Gamer's visit.","The Blood of Dawnwalker released on September 3, 2026.","The Blood of Dawnwalker surpassed 1 million units sold worldwide in its first weekend."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["the-blood-of-dawnwalker","rebel-wolves"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"the-blood-of-dawnwalker","supported":19,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":26,"overall":"green","story_count":15,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"rebel-wolves","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":2,"overall":"unverified","story_count":6,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}