Overview
- Rebel Wolves announced on Monday that a launch‑day patch will add a Performance Mode targeting 60 frames per second for PlayStation 5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X when The Blood of Dawnwalker releases on September 3, 2026.
- Console builds will ship with three presets after the patch: Performance targeting 60 FPS, Balanced targeting 40 FPS and Quality targeting 30 FPS, with PS5 Pro receiving extra visual enhancements and Xbox Series S capped at 30 FPS.
- The change follows an Aug. 21 gameplay reveal that only showed 30 FPS and 40 FPS modes, which prompted widespread player complaints and led the studio to accelerate testing of the 60 FPS option.
- Rebel Wolves says Performance Mode was already in development but still under test and that the Day‑One promise is based on recent test runs, while outlets and players note that the studio describes the framerate as a target rather than a guaranteed steady 60 FPS in all scenes.
- The episode highlights elevated expectations for the studio — which includes veterans of CD Projekt Red and director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz — and underscores growing scrutiny over uneven experiences across console models and tight launch‑day engineering windows.