Nvidia Says It Cannot Reproduce The Blood of Dawnwalker’s DirectX 12 Launch Failure on Linux Through Proton

The Blood of Dawnwalker, the dark fantasy RPG from Rebel Wolves, has been named in a Linux compatibility report involving Nvidia graphics drivers, Proton, and the vkd3d-proton translation layer. The reported issue prevents the Unreal Engine 5 game from creating a Vulkan device when running its DirectX 12 version, potentially stopping it from launching on affected systems. In an Nvidia driver feedback thread on October 14, 2026, a company moderator said the team had not reproduced the game’s reported failure.…