{
  "id": 9601206,
  "title": "Once upon a time The Blood of Dawnwalker's timer mechanic was a lot tougher, and it's because of all those pre-release complaints that it was made easier",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/once-upon-a-time-the-blood-of-dawnwalkers-timer-mechanic-was-a-lot",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-24T17:57:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/once-upon-a-time-the-blood-of-dawnwalkers-timer-mechanic-was-a-lot-tougher-and-its-because-of-all-those-pre-release-complaints-that-it-was-made-easier"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Right, I need you lot to pipe down for a minute because you're making games less interesting. Last week, The Blood of Dawnwalker director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz shared that the game's timer mechanics may be dropped in future installments of the vampire ( eventual ) series. This sounds like a boring decision to make if you ask me, as it's the thing that most interests me about the RPG . And now,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
        "title": "Following a strong start, Rebel Wolves line up The Blood of Dawnwalker's first big patch for next month, adding in a new, easier difficulty mode and more",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/following-a-strong-start-rebel-wolves-line-up-the-blood-of",
        "published": "2026-09-22T16:32:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}