AMD has released its latest Adrenalin Edition 25.10.2 driver, adding support for the new Ryzen AI 5 330 processor alongside Battlefield 6 (DX12) and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (DX12). This new version also debuts Work Graphs support on Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs and expands Vulkan capabilities.

According to the release notes, the update resolves several issues, including crashes in The Last of Us Part II, Firebreak, and NBA 2K25, as well as graphical corruption in GTFO, Serious Sam 4, and VTOL VR. AMD also addressed stuttering seen in Baldur's Gate 3 and with certain VR headsets. A temporary workaround for VR users experiencing stutter at 80-90 Hz is to adjust the headset's refresh rate. AMD confirmed in the release note that several known issues (intermittent application crashes, driver timeouts, texture flickering, or corruption) with Cyberpunk 2077, Battlefield 6, Roblox Player, and Counter-Strike 2 (DX11) are yet to be resolved.

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The nights grow longer and the shadows get bolder with Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 on GeForce NOW, launching with GeForce RTX 5080-power. Members can sink their teeth into the action role-playing game from Paradox Interactive as part of nine games coming to the cloud this week, including NINJA GAIDEN 4. Be among the first to play The Outer Worlds 2 with early access available in the cloud starting tomorrow, Oct. 24. Atlanta is the latest region to get GeForce RTX 5080-class power, with Sofia, Bulgaria, coming next. Stay tuned to GFN Thursday for updates as more regions upgrade to NVIDIA Blackwell RTX. Follow along with the latest progress on the server rollout page.

The Night Belongs to the Cloud
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, Paradox's sequel to the cult classic, invites fans to sink their fangs into Seattle's dark nightlife, putting players in the immortal boots of Phyre - the newly awakened Elder vampire with a mysterious voice in their head. In every dark corner hides a new alliance or a rival, and every choice carves a path through the bloody politics of the night.

More than 800 games and applications feature RTX technologies, and each week new games integrating NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, and advanced ray-traced effects are released or announced, delivering the definitive PC experience for GeForce RTX players. Last week, DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation came to Pax Dei, Keeper and Farlight 84, and accelerated frame rates in the ARC Raiders server slam.

This week, The Outer Worlds 2, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 and Jurassic World Evolution 3 all launch with day-one support for DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation. Additionally, NINJA GAIDEN 4 launches today with DLSS Super Resolution, followed by GODBREAKERS on October 23rd. And on October 30th, you can tune in to the Seoul GeForce Gamer Festival live on Twitch for RTX announcements, and more, starting at 19:00 KST/10:00 UTC/03:00 PT.

Welcome to the second to last week of October, a week which bloodies its fangs with a major release involving pale skin tones in dark corners of Seattle. The week continues with a fantasy RTS which is followed by ninjas that aren't wearing pyjamas, a different take on super heroes, some old school arcade action but with modern graphics and finally landing in a big sticky mess of a ball. There are a lot more new releases this week as well, just in case none of the other games suits your blood type.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 / This week's major release / Tuesday 21 October
You are the Nomad—an elder vampire awakening from a century-long slumber, new to the modern nights. Trapped in your Blood is a stranger's voice. This entity, a vampire detective known as Fabien, will be your guide to 21st-century Seattle. You will explore the city through his eyes as well as those of the Nomad, as you revisit a cold case from a hundred years ago that is threatening undead and mortal society alike. Steam link

More than 800 games and applications feature RTX technologies, and each week new games integrating NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, and advanced ray-traced effects are released or announced, delivering the definitive PC experience for GeForce RTX players. Last week, Dying Light: The Beast launched with day-one support for DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, and the performance multiplying tech was also added to Farming Simulator 25.

This week, we have a variety of DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation announcements - add it to METAL EDEN using NVIDIA app's DLSS overrides; enable it in Backrooms: Escape Together by opting into the beta; build your dinosaur parks in Jurassic World Evolution 3 at the highest frame rates when the game launches in October; multiply frame rates in the free-to-play RPG, ANANTA, when it launches; learn how DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation enhances your experience in CINDER CITY, Cronos: The New Dawn, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, and World of Tanks: HEAT, by watching new developer interviews. Additionally, SILENT HILL f launches this week with support for DLSS Super Resolution.

We're incredibly happy to announce that Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 will launch on October 21, 2025. 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.

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. You can pre-order Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 today on Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 for a suggested retail price of $59.99/£49.99/€59.99.

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.

Happy New Year, and welcome to a fresh and tasty Dev Diary from the team at The Chinese Room. We are starting the year by talking about the player character, Phyre, and how you can shape their legend and add to it as you play. As you'll see below your story will start wearing rags, but will it end in riches? Seattle's fate is in your hands.—Project Creative Director Alex Skidmore

An Elder of your choosing
As our game starts, an Elder that some call the Nomad wakes up in an abandoned building in Seattle. They don't know where they are or how they got there, but they are quick to adapt - the Nomad is old, and they have survived for a long time. It is clear that they have experienced the deathlike sleep of torpor. The last they remember was a smile and a piercing pain in the chest, delivered in their Haven in Tunis at the start of the 20th century. Now they are awake. What happened to them in their long slumber, and who woke them? Why does their Blood lack the strength and power they are used to? And why is their body carved with arcane sigils?

Good evening Kindred, in our recent Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 stream, we shared exciting news about the game and our first extended gameplay trailer. On the stream, The Chinese Room (TCR) Community Manager Josh Matthews was joined by Alex Skidmore, Project Creative Director at TCR, who shared insights on the game, the narrative background, and how the game plays. If you missed the stream, you can check it out below. The gameplay stream contains several spoilers, and if you wish to avoid them, there are sections marked in the video timeline, or you can watch the trailer version of the gameplay video, which does not contain any major spoilers.

Matthews and Skidmore highlight an early-game mission, discussing why the player character, Phyre, infiltrates an abandoned warehouse to uncover clues about the mysterious mark on their hand. Players must choose their actions wisely, whether confronting the court's secret keeper like Willem or meeting unruly ghouls and illusions that cloud the environment. Acting as "The Sheriff" of the Court, Phyre's choices impact how the world perceives them and bring them closer to uncovering Seattle's secrets.

In dev diary #1, Alex Skidmore, Project Creative Director at The Chinese Room (TCR) wrote about the first game pillar "Feel like a Vampire," which sets the player fantasy as a guiding light for creative decisions. We've shown a lot of combat so far to give you a taste of the power and flow. What you've seen is influenced by the second game pillar: "Visceral, Immersive Combat" which directs the action gameplay. Today, Alex is back to share his thoughts on this important part of the Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.

When designing Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 combat the goal was to create an action experience that can compete with modern titles. We think of it in three main gameplay styles we want to offer to you all - existing Bloodlines fans, and players who are new to the World of Darkness. The 1st playstyle we at TCR call the Strategic Stalker: as the name reflects, fans of more strategic combat experiences where staying hidden and using the element of surprise is key will get their vampire predator fantasy. Did you enjoy the Dishonored series, or playing stealth-focused builds in Fallout or Elder Scrolls games? Me too! It gives you time to prepare what Discipline power you'd like to use and when. Once your plan is ready, summoning the powers of the blood, sneaking up on an enemy, distracting them, feeding on them before a fight breaks out or hit and run tactics are options for people who love to play this way.

Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room have announced that the Banu Haqim are a playable clan in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Focusing on stalking, assassination, and outmaneuvering enemies, the Banu Haqim specialize in combat from the shadows with unseen maneuvers and silent takedowns. Known for keeping their bloodlust in check, the Banu Haqim are fiercely devoted to upholding a moral code, dealing with threats, and handing out consequences. They lurk in the shadows, using their vampiric Disciplines to hunt and remain hidden, dealing swift and precise strikes to enforce their sense of justice.

"Making Phyre a Banu Haqim changes how players approach combat, offering a unique perspective to the game's world," said Alex Skidmore, Project Creative Director at The Chinese Room. "Players must approach encounters carefully to make the most of this clan's gifts, timing their strikes with finesse and precision to achieve their goals. These Kindred are patient and careful, making them ideal for players looking for a strategic experience."

Good evening Kindred, today we shared some very exciting news on our Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 news stream! We were joined by Sean Greaney (EVP of Darkness) and Ian Thomas (Narrative Director at TCR), who discussed some of the game's features relating to both narrative and roleplaying. In case you missed it, you can find it below. In the stream, we were introduced to the protagonist of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2; Phyre, an Elder vampire at odds with the voice in her head, who confronts Seattle's powerful elites at war over the City's fate.

Players choose Phyre's clan and gender and begin exploring a re-imagined Seattle filled with compelling characters while maneuvering through complex relationships. Choices and conversations (even outfits!) shape how the environment and characters react to Phyre, changing how the story unfolds.

At PAX West, Paradox Interactive revealed that The Chinese Room (a subsidiary of Sumo Digital) has taken over development of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. The publisher's key note announcement stated that the British studio: "brings their award-winning storytelling to Bloodlines 2, creating a high-quality Vampire: The Masquerade action RPG by talented developers with triple-A experience. Fans eager to sink their teeth into Bloodlines 2 can look forward to the gameplay reveal in January 2024 and its launch in Fall 2024." The original team at Hardsuit Labs was relieved of all development duties back in early 2021, following a year of key staff dismissals. Worried fans were offered the chanced to receive pre-order refunds a few months ago, with Paradox uploading a small batch of alpha screenshots, but not yet unveiling the new dev team.

Industry watchers have noticed that The Chinese Room has undertaken a large recruitment drive lately, so the ambition seems to be there to get into AAA game development leagues, despite a track history of producing critically acclaimed indie hits such as Dear Esther and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Ed Daly, Studio Director stated: "Vampire: The Masquerade holds a special place in our hearts. The story world's dark setting filled with intricate narratives built on top of modern society perfectly fits our studio's catalog...Bloodlines 2 is our most ambitious project to date. Fans of the franchise have been eagerly awaiting this game, and we are up to the challenge. We are bringing more than 15 years of award-winning (BAFTA & TIGA) experience to the project, creating a game that honors the legacy of its predecessor while bringing its gameplay to the modern era."

Dear Bloodlines fans, it's been quite a while between updates while we've had our heads down working on the game. We remain just as dedicated to delivering a great Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines game as we were when we announced, and are looking forward to showing you more in September this year.

We acknowledge it was a long time ago that many of you pre-ordered Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. As development continues, we will be updating the game's editions and bonus content, and we want to provide the best value to those of you who supported us via digital pre-order after all this time. We are thus offering refunds to anyone who has pre-ordered any edition of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. As part of this process, we are proactively refunding all pre-orders of physical products, including the Collector's Edition. The digital versions of the First Blood Edition, Unsanctioned Edition and Blood Moon Edition remain, but can be refunded if you choose.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been delayed, according to developer Hardsuit Labs (Paradox Interactive makes a cameo here as publisher). The game, which builds upon the original Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines released way back in 2004, aims to provide a "deep, branching storyline; fascinating and amazingly acted characters; the rich universe of the World of Darkness" that can additionally be played in either first or third person perspective. According to the developer, pushing for a Q1 2020 release would mean compromise in those areas, as well as in polish for the final version of the game.

Of course, one other reason for the delay might be the fact that Q1 2020 is already jam-packed with heavy-hitting franchises and games such as the hugely awaited Cyberpunk 2077, the remastered Final Fantasy 7, The Last of us 2, and Doom Eternal, just to name a few. Perhaps the developer (and publisher Paradox Interactive) saw history in danger of repeating itself with the release of the original Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, which went toe to toe with Half Life 2, Halo 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - not the best time to launch a game. That decision eventually led to the shuttering of then-developer Troika Games. Expect the game to still drop around 2020, though no firm release date was set alongside the delay announcement.