Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 News

The Chinese Room defend Bloodlines 2's paywalled vampire clans: "we have been expanding it from where we originally planned to land it"

You really have to hand it to the publishers of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. They are the absolute masters of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, the doyens of stepping on rakes, even as they near the checkered flag. The long-awaited RPG got a new trailer and what may actually prove to be the final release date at Gamescom Opening Night Live this week. The trailer was a feisty show of Dishonored-esque mayhem, and the hands-on verdicts I've read (save for stinky uncle Eurogamer) have been positive. Ours is forthcoming.

But then came the revelation that this much-delayed sequel to a quintessentially faction-led RPG from a company famous for downloadable add-ons would sell two of its vampire clans as day-one DLC. How we laughed! How we clutched our faces and chittered like gerbils! How we ran outside, begging for the moon to fall on our heads! Despair springs anew.

After many, many years of waiting, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 seems to be on course to actually land in our laps this October. The long-awaited successor has been through developer changes and delays, but now it's real, we've played it, and it's set to launch in just a couple of months. Unfortunately, there's still controversy swirling, so we sat down with developer The Chinese Room at Gamescom 2025 to talk about the decision to lock two of its six playable factions behind a DLC paywall.

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Fabien the Detective

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 sticks two bloodsucker clans, including the sexy one, behind paid day-one DLC

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 got a full release date during Gamescom Opening Night Live last night, along with a fresh trailer. However, there's one detail that might put a bit of a dampener [dhampir? - Ed] on your claret-tinged celebrations about the game finally overcoming its many bloody delays.

You see, while the base version of Bloodlines 2 offers four vampire clans with different playstyles for you to get behind the fangs of, Paradox have opted to stick a further two behind paid day-one DLC.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 launches October 21 but you have to pay extra for all the content

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 from Paradox finally has a release date with October 21, but it gets expensive if you want all the content.

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