Tuesday, March 25th 2025
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Delayed Again; Paradox Announces Revised October 2025 Launch
Hello Kindred, we would like to share an update on the development and release window of Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. As Marco explained in the video (view it below), Bloodlines 2 will not be ready for release in the first half of 2025. Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room are committed to delivering this game, and we believe that ensuring great technical quality is more important than sticking to a specific date.
The game is currently in a late development stage, and feedback from the community has been taken into account during this time. TCR is working hard on quality assurance to ensure it is stable and free of bugs that could disrupt the player experience. Bloodlines 2 will launch in October 2025 when the game meets the technical quality standards that you, our fans, rightfully expect and deserve. Please stay tuned for the game's exact launch date. We want to ensure that the content we share with you is high-quality and showcases exciting game features. With this updated release timeline, we will pause our development diaries so that the team can concentrate on refining the game.
However, we will still be available online for questions and comments, and we welcome everyone to join the Bloodlines 2 Discord.
Sources:
Paradox Interactive News, V:tM-B2 Steam Profile
The game is currently in a late development stage, and feedback from the community has been taken into account during this time. TCR is working hard on quality assurance to ensure it is stable and free of bugs that could disrupt the player experience. Bloodlines 2 will launch in October 2025 when the game meets the technical quality standards that you, our fans, rightfully expect and deserve. Please stay tuned for the game's exact launch date. We want to ensure that the content we share with you is high-quality and showcases exciting game features. With this updated release timeline, we will pause our development diaries so that the team can concentrate on refining the game.
14 Comments on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Delayed Again; Paradox Announces Revised October 2025 Launch
I mean, in that case, I see your Pantheon and I raise you Star Citizen. Even if Squadron 42 actually ever releases (which, to be fair, is what everyone kind of wanted to begin with), I would wager that the MMO-“actual Star Citizen” part will probably still be on a billionth beta waiting for another Jesus-tech when we are all dead, buried and fossilized.
At least that's what i read from short history. Im not a WoT player myself so i cant comment on how true or untrue that is.
To me it sounds like indecisiveness from the game devs. At some point someone has to put their foot down and say enough. This is what we ship.
Instead for games like SC the "forever testing" seems to have turned into a business model. I guess they figure they can get more money that way, instead of shipping something finished that has a one time price. Their (and their apologists) excuse seems to be that it's playable by people. That's a pretty weak excuse as far as excuses go.
I just feel bad for actors in SQ42. At least they got payed. Maybe they should renegotiate for cut of the ongoing profits considering CI business model. Then watch CI melt down lol.
Paradox has already said they're done large-scale RPGs after this releases, they will license a the development for a potential sequal to interested parties however. They've admitted they had no clue making this game would be so difficult, that they've basically been flying blind and hitting every major roadblock without planning.
Strange or not but this felt like a not-happening situation since the very first announcement to me. It was always supported by vague teasers, barely showed anything of substance, and I reckon there still isn't much of that.
Oh no, they’ve actually been showing a decent amount of gameplay and RPG systems for this new iteration for a year-ish now. It doesn’t necessarily look, you know, GOOD, but they will release the game at some point. It became a massive headache and a liability for Paradox by now, but I reckon they are too deep. They probably won’t actually get a return on the investment here, but it would be drastically worse optically for them to just cancel it at this point.
VTMB 2 could still be good. Possibly.