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Development on Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 continues but it won't be at this year's PDXCon



Its been a long and eventful road for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, but despite its troubled development, which has included the removal of its original developer Hardsuit Labs, Paradox Interactive has popped up to assure fans that work continues on the project, although it wont be shown at the publishers upcoming PDXCon.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, a sequel to developer Troika Games much-loved 2004 cult-classic RPG, was initially announced for PC and consoles back in 2019, when it was expected to release the following year. Unfortunately, it didnt take long for the project to run into trouble and, later in 2019, Hardsuit Labs announced the first of several delays.

By the end of 2020, lead narrative designer Brian Mitsoda and creative director Kaai Cluney had been fired from their roles, senior narrative designer Cara Ellison had quit the project, and Paradox had revised Bloodlines 2s release date once more, pushing it into 2021. Then, things went from bad to worse; as 2021 got underway Paradox announced it had removed Hardsuit from the project, delayed the game indefinitely, and cancelled new pre-orders.


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Heres how Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 looked back in 2019.

Amazingly, though, that wasnt the end of the Bloodlines 2 – despite Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester later admitting the publisher almost scrapped the project completely after that – and October brought news that, following a “persuasive” pitch, development was continuing at an unnamed, but “very reputable and talented” developer.

Paradoxs final word on Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 came last November, when the publisher said it was “happy with the progress” being made on the project, but explained it wouldnt be in a position to provide an updated release date for “quite some time”. And with not a peep heard from Bloodlines 2 since, some may have begun to wonder if the project had perhaps found itself quietly cancelled after all. Any such fears are apparently unfounded, however, with Wester having now taken to Twitter following fan requests for news.

Not that Wester was particularly forthcoming in his responses, only telling fans that the project is “in good hands” (precisely whose hands they may be remains a mystery for now) and that “we look forward to showing you more when the team and the game is ready.”

Exactly when Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 might finally resurface is anyones guess, but Wesker did confirm in the same Twitter thread that Paradox wont be showing the game at this years PDXCon, which is due to be held in Stockholm from 2-3rd September. It does, then, seem like Bloodlines fans are still in for a bit of a wait.

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