The lengthy in-development Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 lastly has a launch date, however two of its clans are locked behind day-one DLC.
After quite a few delays, the sport will probably be launched on October 21, in accordance with co-publishers Paradox Interactive and White Wolf.
The bottom sport will probably be launched on PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S and PC at a value of $59.99 / £49.99, and gamers who pre-order it can get the Bloodlines Nostalgia Jukebox, a Haven decor merchandise which performs music by Rik Schaffer, the composer for the unique Bloodlines.
It’s additionally been introduced that whereas the sport will launch with six clans, two of them will probably be locked by paid DLC.
The Brujah, Tremere, Banu Haqim and Ventrue clans will probably be included within the base sport, however the Toreador and Lasombra clans will probably be featured in Shadows & Silk, a paid DLC pack launched on the identical day as the sport.
A Deluxe Version of the sport, priced at $69.99 / £58.50, features a beauty DLC pack known as Santa Monica Reminiscences, together with decor objects impressed by the unique Bloodlines.
Gamers might want to purchase the Premium Version, priced at $89.99 / £74.99, to get the Shadows & Silk DLC that includes the 2 further clans (in addition to the Santa Monica Reminiscences DLC).
Anybody who doesn’t purchase the Premium Version will have the ability to purchase the DLC individually. Santa Monica Reminiscences prices $11.99 / £9.99, whereas Shadows & Silk prices $21.99 / £18.69.
Bloodlines 2 was initially being developed by Hardsuit Labs and was scheduled for launch in 2020.
Nevertheless, in August 2020 the motion RPG sequel was delayed to 2021 and each its inventive director and lead narrative designer had been fired.
In February 2021 Paradox delayed Bloodlines 2 once more and introduced it had pulled growth from Hardsuit Labs.
Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester later revealed that the corporate got here near scrapping Bloodlines 2 fully after reducing ties with its authentic developer.
