Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
One of the more troubled development stories in recent years has been for the sequel to the cult hit Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines. This upcoming sequel has been in development for going on six years as of now is and is still having new issues arise.
Most recently, the studio behind the game — Hardsuit Labs — let go of its Senior Narrative Director, Cara Ellison, and hasn’t commented on the reason being. This also comes only months after dropping two other senior developers.
Before that, the game saw two delays. Once in 2019, the reason for it stated to be for additional polish. The game was again delayed in mid-2020, with no real reasoning other than ‘player expectations and developer ambitions’.
Several leadership changes and little reason behind delays don’t bode well for a game meant to come out this year. Not only that, but there hasn’t been a trailer for the game since 2019.
Not that trailers are a measurement of development progress, but typically when close to release developers will be keen on sharing as much of their games as possible. Unfortunately for the dedicated fans of the franchise, Bloodlines 2 could face another delay.
