Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 News

Bloodlines 2 will launch on October 21, 2025

[p]Good evening, everyone![/p][p][/p][p]We're incredibly happy to announce that Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 will launch on October 21, 2025. [/p][p]Check out an extended cut of the Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 pre-order trailer on the official World of Darkness YouTube channel.[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]The additional clans that will be available at launch are the ambitious Lasombra and the seductive Toreador, and you will now also be able to play parts of the game as Fabien, the mysterious Malkavian detective who's stuck in Phyre's head. Together, the Kindred solve a murder mystery that threatens to alter modern Seattle’s vampire society.[/p][p][/p][p]Those who pre-order will receive the “Bloodlines Nostalgia Jukebox” Pre-Order Bonus, a Haven decor item featuring a curated playlist of in-game music by Rik Schaffer, the iconic composer of the original Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. [/p][p]You can pre-order Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 today on Steam for a suggested retail price of $59.99/£49.99/€59.99.[/p][p]The Deluxe Edition includes the “Santa Monica Memories” Cosmetic Pack, which features decor items inspired by the original cult classic Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines to adorn Phyre’s in-game apartment. [/p][p]The Premium Edition features "Santa Monica Memories" and the "Shadows & Silk" Clan Pack, a content add-on that lets players choose the Lasombra or Toreador clans for Phyre. Each clan offers new, unique abilities, playstyles, and distinct outfits.[/p][p][/p][p]For more information, please check out the new and updated Frequently Asked Questions. [/p][p][/p][p][/p]

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 finally has a full release date, plus a bloody good new trailer

"Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been delayed again, this time until the second half of 2025," Edwin wrote in March this year. Today I write: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been given a full release date at tonight's Gamescom Opening Night Live, along with a fresh trailer.

To this point, the tale of Bloodlines 2 has been one of fan swearing induced by delays that have been a seriously regular occurence. Originally worked on by Hardsuit Labs, the game's current devs The Chinese Room have said they're going for more of a spiritual successor than straight sequel. As of that last delay earlier this year, they were also very keen not to release it in as buggy a form as another Paradox project, Cities: Skylines 2.

The World of Darkness is just that: a world. While Vampire: The Masquerade is very much White Wolf's flagship TTRPG, there's also Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Hunter: The Reckoning, then seemingly long-forgotten entries like Mage: The Ascension and Changeling: The Dreaming - more on those later. While the noir-ish setting of VTM lends itself perfectly to videogames, we've also seen Hunter's self-titled videogame release in 2002, then Nacon brought Werewolf to virtual life with Earthblood in 2022, followed up by Choice of Games' choose-your-own-adventure-style visual novel, The Book of Hungry Names, in 2024. But with White Wolf taking ownership of the World of Darkness all over again, I ask LA By Night icon Jason Carl about the team's plans to adapt Werewolf or Hunter into projects as ambitious as Bloodlines 2.

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Layoffs at Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 studio as Paradox promise RPG will still release in October

Still Wakes The Deep and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 developers The Chinese Room have laid off a number of staff, seemingly as part of parent company Sumo Digital's wider strategic decision in February 2025 to move away from original game creation and "focus exclusively on development services for partners".

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 feels, in many ways, like a flash point. It could reawaken the franchise, or it could be the final death for World of Darkness' virtual universes. While the TTRPG is still going strong, propped up by ever-popular live-action plays like LA and New York By Night and Alexander Ward's new spinoff, Project Ghostlight, more recent VTM videogames have struggled to make a real impact. While I will go to bat over Bloodhunt, Sharkmob's ill-fated battle royale, its struggle to contain cheaters nailed that coffin shut, and while Swansong's LA Noire detective vibes sounded great on paper, it was more irritating than enthralling in practice. Even Draw Distance's visual novels haven't quite managed to keep up the momentum, with the team's most recent endeavor, Reckoning of New York, earning muted praise. Kindred everywhere feel like they're shaking their fists, longing for the good ol' days of Troika's troubled but pioneering RPG, Bloodlines. A full, long-awaited sequel, then, it's safe to say that Bloodlines 2 has a lot riding on it.