The Blood of Dawnwalker has been a notable success for Rebel Wolves, with the game crossing 1 million sales mere days after launch, and it seems as though the studio is looking to double-down on that success with Blood of Dawnwalker 2, which is seemingly already in development. This is confirmed in a recent LinkedIn post by Rebel Wolves Narrative Director, Jakub Szamalek, who says the studio is hiring a lead writer for "the next chapter in the Dawnwalker saga."

Obviously, if Rebel Wolves is still hiring the lead writer for the role, it means not much has been set in stone regarding the sequel, although the listing on the Polish job board, Skillshot, specifies that the writer should have the "ability to create interactive, non-linear stories and dialogues," and "familiarity with the history and folklore of Central and Eastern Europe." This suggests that the game will once again take a non-linear approach to story-telling and return to the Carpathean Mountains and perhaps further into the center of Europe.

With CES 2026 just around the corner, leaks have started to pop up about hardware launches slated to appear at the annual show. Some of the latest leaks to come out of Windows Latest reveal HP's new line-up of HyperX Omen gaming products, which include a slew of new gaming monitors. The HP HyperX Omen gaming monitors will come in both 34-, 27-, and 24-inch variants, as the HyperX Omen OLED 34, Omen OLED 27qs and 27q, and Omen 24. The Omen OLED 34 is a 34-inch 21:9 ultra-wide OLED gaming monitor with a 360 Hz refresh rate and a VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500 certification—which suggests at least 500 nits of brightness. The Omen OLED 34 will also have "Professional-Grade Color Accuracy," although exact color space and coverage specifications, along with a specific display resolution, are not mentioned in the leak.

In what might sadly be the closest we'll ever get to knowing Valve's original plans for Half Life 2: Episode 3, if you will, Ex-Valve lead writer on Half-Life Marc Laidlaw has released a prospective, would-be script for the game that never came to be. The writer, who recently left Valve after 18 years working for the company, posted the story entitled "Epistle 3" on his personal blog (which is, naturally experiencing heavy traffic). He then gave a heads-up through his Twitter account, commenting on the fact that his website was brought down by the sheer amount of traffic it generated, Laidlaw said "I guess fanfic is popular, even a genderswapped snapshot of a dream I had many years ago."

Whether or not this closely resembles the would-be script for that third Half-Life installment only Laidlaw knows; perhaps this is just the writer's own take on what the story should have been, lacking any of the changes that it would incur during the development process. The fact that Laidlaw says this is fanfiction can be interpreted as a line of defense against lawsuits - as is the fact that he slightly altered the character's names from their originals (Gertrude Fremont seems a lost opportunity for Gordon Freeman's actual name...) Perhaps some crafty, dedicated users will create a mod that brings this story to fruition? Time will tell; for now, this seems to be as much closure as we're ever going to get. Follow the source links for Laidlaw's site, as well as GitHub and Pastebin links for the corrected story. There are also some interesting hints for a subsequent Half-Life 3, but alas, that one is even more of a mirage.