Paradox CEO says a 2023 launch for Bloodlines 2 is ‘absolutely not impossible’
Probably don’t hold your breath, though.
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In an interview with Swedish websitePrivata Affärerearlier this month, Paradox Interactive CEO Fredrik Wester (who is also the company’s resident Great Old One according to hisTwitter bio) was asked about the status of the much-delayedVampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. Via Google Translate, he said that the company “will probably be able to set a launch date for this game reasonably soon” and called a 2023 launch “absolutely not impossible”.
When it was first announced, the Hardsuit Labs-developed vampire RPG had a release date of March 2020. We wereexcited for Bloodlines 2when it was revealed, but a year laterlead writer Brian Mitsoda and creative director Ka’ai Cluney had been fired, andsenior narrative designer Cara Ellison left too, after which its release was delayed indefinitely.
When that version of the game was canceled, the project wasalmost dropped completely, but publisher Paradox decided to give it a second chance on unlife with a new studio, thoughParadox hasn’t said yet what studio that is.
“If you look at the pipeline, we’ve been a little cautious about announcing things because we got burned a little bit on Bloodlines 2”, Wester told Privata Affärer, suggesting that its date was made public just a little bit early. “We’ve said we’re not going to release anything until we’re pretty sure of an absolute launch date or at least a launch month,” he added.
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