Paradox Interactive recently announced on its website that Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will be revealed again in September after years of silence on its development process siince it was announced back in 2019. Additionally, the publisher announced that pre-orders for the game have now been canceled due to the long time period since they were opened in 2019, and that physical pre-orders will automatically be refunded, while digital pre-orders can be canceled upon request. A VR RPG based on the series, Vampire: The Masquerade was recently announced.Paradox Interactive commented on the announcement saying:“It’s been quite a while between updates while we’ve had our heads down working on the game. We remain just as dedicated to delivering a great Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines game as we were when we announced, and are looking forward to showing you more in September this year.”“We acknowledge it was a long time ago that many of you pre-ordered Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. As development continues, we will be updating the game’s editions and bonus content, and we want to provide the best value to those of you who supported us via digital pre-order after all this time. We are thus offering refunds to anyone who has pre-ordered any edition of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. As part of this process, we are proactively refunding all pre-orders of physical products, including the Collector’s Edition. The digital versions of the First Blood Edition, Unsanctioned Edition and Blood Moon Edition remain, but can be refunded if you choose.”
The game’s details via the developer:
You are a vampire. You strike from the shadows and drink the blood of both mortal and vampire prey. In a gritty main narrative that includes several side missions and dialogue options, explore a dark and mysterious Venice to improve your abilities and become the most powerful vampire. Vampire: The Masquerade – Justice is a first person single-player adventure RPG set in the World of Darkness.
Key Features
Be a Stealthy Vampire – Hide from the guilty in plain sight with Cloak of Shadows, boil the insides of your victims with Cauldron of Blood, or place a Shadow Trap to drag them into Oblivion. Drink the blood of mortals and other vampires to keep your Hunger at bay. The crossbow attached to your arm can be used for both puzzle solving and combat.
Become the Apex Predator – You start off as a strong vampire, but can grow even more powerful by upgrading and purchasing new disciplines in skill trees for stealth, combat, and high speed traversal. Explore, complete missions and optional objectives to gain XP and become the ultimate arbiter of Justice.
A Dark and Mysterious Venice – Uncover a conspiracy in a Venice you don’t see in the tourist guides… Explore dark alleyways, blood-soaked canals, forgotten catacombs, and opulent palazzos in your quest to bring your sire’s murderer to justice. Play a gritty main narrative with several side missions, where your dialogues with NPCs and choices you make bring you closer to the truth.
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A Nintendo Switch trailer was also released.
According to SteamDB.
An announcement trailer was also released.