Friday, July 31, 2026

Still Alive, Still Standing, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 was not far from being canceled

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As a reminder, Paradox Interactive decided last February to postpone a second time Vampire: The Masquerad – Bloodlines 2 in less than six months and withdraw the project from Hardsuit Labs studios. The project had previously lost several of its headliners. “When we got the game out of the hands of its original developer, we did a lengthy evaluation to see if we should finish development or continue. At the end of the day, we were prepared to cancel production.Wester explained.

But that was before the providential arrival of a new course, which we can understand between the lines was proposed by the new study at the head of Bloodlines 2 : “We received a pitch which we found compelling enough to continue. And now we have high hopes that it will be a good match, living up to the expectations of the players.“.

The name of this famous study has not yet been revealed, Wester simply specifies that it was a team “recognized and talentedThe CEO of Paradox said at the time that the Swedish publisher’s future role-playing game projects would hinge on its success: a hellish burden on the shoulders of a game with an already bumpy course.

Read also | Bloodlines 2: Paradox part ways with Hardsuit Labs, obviously pushing back release
Read also | Bloodlines 2: Narrative Designer Cara Ellison Leaves Project
Read also | Bloodlines 2: Brian Mitsoda and Ka’ai Cluney were left out of the project

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