While the writing’s most definitely been on the wall for Bloodlines 2, today’s news seems to solidify that the game’s development has not been as fruitful as we might have hoped. Initially scheduled for release last March, the game was delayed to the back half of 2020 before it encountered a second, and more substantial, delay to a vague 2021 release.īetween then and this latest delay, Bloodlines 2 has also lost some of its key talent, most concerningly losing its lead writer and creative director last August before losing their senior narrative designer in October. We have also decided that Hardsuit Labs will no longer be leading the development of Bloodlines 2, and we have started a collaboration with a new studio partner to finish work on the game.”īloodlines 2, a sequel to the 2004 cult classic Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, has had a long and troublesome development period. Speaking specifically on Bloodlines 2 the earnings report reads, “We have now chosen to postpone the release of the game further, and we will not be launching the game in 2021. Paradox Interactive, the publishers who maintain the rights to Vampire: The Masquerade, announced as part of their 2020 earnings report that they’d be moving forward with the tumultuous sequel…just without its original developer, Seattle-based Hardsuit Labs.Ĭiting that the pandemic has affected the publisher’s “production pace,” Paradox announced they would be delaying a number of titles, before going in depth on Bloodlines 2. Late last night, news broke that Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 would be seeing an indefinite delay as it overcame another hurdle in its long and arduous development: getting a new developer.