Developer Insurgent Wolves has revealed footage of its extremely anticipated RPG, The Blood of Dawnwalker, working on consoles, together with the graphics modes out there at launch. None will hit 60fps, nonetheless.
An motion role-playing sport set in 14th century Europe wherein you play as Coen, a half-human, half-vampire trying to avoid wasting his household, The Blood of Dawnwalker is one in all 2026’s most exciting-looking video games and is about to launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X/S on September 3.
However anybody selecting to play on console received’t get fairly as clean a gameplay expertise as these on PC, it will appear — even on the beefier PS5 Professional and Sequence X machines. A brand new trailer reveals the completely different efficiency modes out there on every Sony and Microsoft machine. They’re:
PS5 Professional
- High quality: Dynamic 4K, Focusing on 30fps
- Balanced: Dynamic 4K, Focusing on 40fps
PlayStation 5 Professional affords enhanced visible high quality throughout each modes.
Base PS5
- High quality: Dynamic 4K, Focusing on 30fps
- Balanced: Dynamic 4K, Focusing on 40fps
Xbox Sequence X
- High quality: Dynamic 4K, Focusing on 30fps
- Balanced: Dynamic 4K, Focusing on 40fps
Xbox Sequence X
- High quality: Dynamic 4K, Focusing on 30fps
- Balanced: Dynamic 4K, Focusing on 40fps
No particulars are given concerning The Blood of Dawnwalker’s efficiency on the comparatively underpowered Xbox Sequence S, nonetheless.
With a most of 40 fps being focused on each PlayStation and Xbox, it is honest to say some followers are disillusioned, with some already saying they’re now getting it on PC due to the information.
Im disillusioned. No 60 FPS mode. Guys… Come on. Critically? PC it’s then, however you might’ve pushed for extra on the Professional.
— Outcast amongst Outcasts Zachary (@Zachary_reborn) August 21, 2026
With exact swordplay on the centre of the RPG’s fight techniques, each body can rely relating to life or loss of life, so it’s considerably stunning to see Dawnwalker not hitting 60fps when so many console video games obtain this, particularly on the highly effective PS5 Professional.
Whether or not that is one thing that may be patched after launch is but unknown, nevertheless it’s definitely thrown an sudden wrench into the combo simply weeks earlier than launch for some gamers.
The Blood of Dawnwalker isn’t the one sport individuals are speaking about in regard to framerate, with the largest sport of the 12 months, if not decade, GTA 6, also at the centre of a 60fps conversation. Maybe we’ll discover out extra about this from Rockstar subsequent week through the Extended Look debuting on Netflix. That can definitely distract from the recent spate of leaks hitting the sport.
Simon Cardy is a Senior Editor at IGN who can primarily be discovered skulking round open world video games, indulging in Korean cinema, or despairing on the state of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Comply with him on Bluesky at @cardy.bsky.social.
