Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has been hit with one other delay that may see its launch date arriving in October 2025.
It’s a considerably smaller delay following years of schedule modifications that was tucked right into a latest recreation replace video uploaded by writer Paradox Interactive and developer The Chinese language Room. It’s a couple of months later than the earlier plan to see the long-awaited sequel arrive within the first half of the yr, nevertheless it not less than comes with the promise that the sport itself is completed.
“The standing of the sport proper now could be that the sport is finished,” Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodline 2 Government Producer Marco Behrmann defined. “We’re at the moment specializing in bug fixing, stability, and efficiency in order that we are able to ship the perfect expertise to you guys as soon as it releases.”
Though immediately’s schedule change is one other disappointing second within the lengthy listing of delays followers have endured by the years, the minute-and-a-half video does include some optimistic updates. The Chinese language Room says it’s added extra content material, narrative depth, and character growth since its final main replace whereas additionally promising that gamers can count on to see Fabien have an “developed position” within the storyline when launch arrives. Sadly, whereas varied dev diaries have helped maintain gamers within the loop throughout growth, a submit from the official Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 X/Twitter web page revealed that updates could be much less frequent going ahead.
Even these peripherally conscious of Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 will know that the narrative-driven vampire recreation has suffered quite a lot of setbacks all through the final decade. It was revealed all the way in which again in 2019 as the following recreation from developer Hardsuit Labs with a launch window of Q1 2020. It was hit with a delay to late 2020 later that very same yr, and though comparable shifts are removed from unusual for video games of this scale, this primary delay was solely the start.
A push to 2021 finally adopted in the summertime of 2020, with one other delay – and layoffs – hitting Hardsuit in March 2021. It was an extended highway that led to the bombshell that Hardsuit could be swapped out for Nonetheless Wakes the Deep developer The Chinese language Room in 2023 because the group focused a 2024 launch window. One (extra) delay later, and we’re now taking a look at lastly getting our palms on Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 this October.
At this charge, there’s no telling if the sequel to the 2004 cult-classic vidoe recreation will handle to sink its tooth into gamers this fall, however the group at The Chinese language Room not less than seems assured for now. Within the meantime, Paradox has mentioned that, if Bloodlines 2 manages to see a profitable launch, gamers can count on “another person” to deal with the event of Bloodlines 3.
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