Bandai Namco will collaborate with the developer Rebel wolves release the studio's debut project, Dawnwalker.
THE Tekken 8 The publisher will release the fantasy role-playing game in both physical and digital formats worldwide. In a statement, Bandai Namco Europe's vice president of business development Alberto Gonzalez called the deal “another milestone in our content development strategy for the Western market.”
“By joining forces,” he continued, “we will deliver this first game from the studio to a global audience… the result will be a great addition to our portfolio.”
Rebel Wolves was formed in 2022 by CD Projekt Red alum Konrad Tomaszkiewiczwho left the firm a year earlier accusations of workplace bullying. Since its formation, the studio has formally announced Dawnwalker and investment guaranteed by NetEase.
More recently, Tomaszkiewicz's brother Mateusz he joined the Rebel Wolves in January. He left CDPR with Konrad in 2021 following the latter's accusations and briefly worked as a narrative designer for Riot Games' Untitled (and recently) reset) League of Legends MMO.
Rebel Wolves was silent Dawnwalker as well as being a triple-A fantasy role-playing game not dissimilar The sorcerer 3, which brought CDPR into the limelight. In MayKonrad told Bloomberg that he hopes the studio stays small and doesn't reach the staff size of its old stomping grounds.
“When you work at a company like ours, you don't have 20 colleagues, you have five colleagues,” he said at the time. “You have to do more, but at the same time you have a bigger impact on the game.”
In the same press release, Tomaszkiewicz called Bandai Namco Europe “a perfect match for our wolf pack. It shares our values, [and] his experience publishing narrative-driven role-playing games speaks for itself. We look forward to working with them to bring the first chapter of the Dawnwalker saga to players all over the world.”
With a secured publishing contract, Rebel wolves he said he would provide information on the matter Dawnwalker “by the end of the year.”