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The Witcher 3 director says his upcoming RPG will have Dishonored vibes

The Witcher 3 director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz says that upcoming game The Blood of Dawnwalker will not be "going fully into the vampire fantasy" thanks to the protagonist Coen's status as a Dawnwalker.

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