The Blood of Dawnwalker Won’t Run at 60fps on Console, and Fans Aren’t Happy

Developer Rebel Wolves has revealed footage of its highly anticipated RPG, The Blood of Dawnwalker, moving connected consoles, on with the graphics modes disposable astatine launch. None volition deed 60fps, however.

An enactment role-playing crippled acceptable successful 14th period Europe successful which you play arsenic Coen, a half-human, half-vampire attempting to prevention his family, The Blood of Dawnwalker is 1 of 2026’s astir exciting-looking games and is acceptable to motorboat connected PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S connected September 3.

But anyone choosing to play connected console won’t get rather arsenic creaseless a gameplay acquisition arsenic those connected PC, it would look — adjacent connected the beefier PS5 Pro and Series X machines. A caller trailer reveals the antithetic show modes disposable connected each Sony and Microsoft machine. They are:

PS5 Pro

• Quality: Dynamic 4K, Targeting 30fps
• Balanced: Dynamic 4K, Targeting 40fps

PlayStation 5 Pro offers enhanced ocular prime crossed some modes.

Base PS5

• Quality: Dynamic 4K, Targeting 30fps
• Balanced: Dynamic 4K, Targeting 40fps

Xbox Series X

• Quality: Dynamic 4K, Targeting 30fps
• Balanced: Dynamic 4K, Targeting 40fps

Xbox Series X

• Quality: Dynamic 4K, Targeting 30fps
• Balanced: Dynamic 4K, Targeting 40fps

No details are fixed regarding The Blood of Dawnwalker’s show connected the comparatively underpowered Xbox Series S, however.

With a maximum of 40 fps being targeted connected some PlayStation and Xbox, it's just to accidental immoderate fans are disappointed, with immoderate already saying they’re present getting it connected PC due to the fact that of the news.

Im disappointed. No 60 FPS mode. Guys... Come on. Seriously? PC it is then, but you could've pushed for much connected the Pro.

With precise swordplay astatine the centre of the RPG’s combat systems, each framework tin number erstwhile it comes to beingness oregon death, truthful it is somewhat astonishing to spot Dawnwalker not hitting 60fps erstwhile truthful galore console games execute this, particularly connected the almighty PS5 Pro.

Whether this is thing that tin beryllium patched aft merchandise is yet unknown, but it's surely thrown an unexpected wrench into the premix conscionable weeks earlier motorboat for immoderate players.

The Blood of Dawnwalker isn’t the lone crippled radical are talking astir successful respect to framerate, with the biggest crippled of the year, if not decade, GTA 6, besides astatine the centre of a 60fps conversation. Perhaps we’ll find retired much astir this from Rockstar adjacent week during the Extended Look debuting connected Netflix. That volition surely distract from the caller spate of leaks hitting the game.

Simon Cardy is simply a Senior Editor astatine IGN who tin chiefly beryllium recovered skulking astir unfastened satellite games, indulging successful Korean cinema, oregon despairing astatine the authorities of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Follow him connected Bluesky astatine @cardy.bsky.social.