The Blood of Dawnwalker Preload Now Live, Exact Release Time Revealed for All Regions

The developers of The Blood of Dawnwalker have made the game available for pre-download 48 hours before its official release. In addition, publisher Bandai Namco has posted a map on its social media accounts showing the exact release times for all regions on consoles and PC.

Along with that, the team dropped a region-by-region breakdown of exactly when the game goes live everywhere. Worth noting: consoles and PC aren't unlocking on the same schedule. Consoles are basically going live at midnight local time almost everywhere, region by region. PC is different — it's one global unlock, midnight CEST (that's UTC+2, Warsaw time), so depending on where you live, that could land at a totally different hour on your clock.

Here's the full rundown (times shown as Console/ PC):

The developers have also issued a formal request to streamers and content creators: refrain from broadcasting the game until the global PC release at midnight CEST. The reasoning is straightforward since The Blood of Dawnwalker is built around a narrative-driven experience, early streams risk spoiling the story for players in regions whose unlock window hasn't opened yet.

So if you've already got the game, you can preload it right now and have everything ready to jump straight in on release day. And while you wait, it's worth knowing the game has already picked up very positive reviews from critics and outlets.