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Cara Ellison, senior narrative designer on Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 before Paradox switched developers, discusses her love of Troika's original RPG: 'Everyone on the team helped really make that maximum goth'

The narrative designer of Void Bastards and Ghost Town walks us through what's on her PC.

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 left a gaping, $28 million hole in Paradox's year-end financial report

You win some, you lose millions.

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Bloodlines 2 2026 roadmap moves up expansion release windows slightly, and yes, Bloodlines 2 has a roadmap for 2026

Paradox said it's not walking away from its underrated Vampire: The Masquerade action adventure, and it wasn't kidding.

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 didn't sell as well as Paradox expected, and the publisher is taking the blame: 'The responsibility lies fully with us'

But this shouldn't affect the planned DLC.

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"We can't make Bloodlines 2, we can't make Skyrim, but we can make Dishonored" – After Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines sequel's critical flop, studio co-founder says "you couldn't get away with it now"

The Chinese Room's Dan Pinchbeck says the original "came out at a really interesting" time

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Bloodlines 2 update adds more customization options, and the developer is considering 'the ability to play only Phyre's side of the story on your second playthrough' for a future patch

"Skip to the end…"

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is sitting at Mixed reviews on Steam: 'It's not a Bloodlines game'

Players are disappointed by the lack of RPG systems and connections to the original game.

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All security camera locations in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2

Dismantle the I.A.O. surveillance state with Silky.

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How to save in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2

No convenient shortcuts here.

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 lets you unlock 24 fancy outfits, so here's my entirely objective ranking, as an expert on wearing clothes

Time to hit the catwalk.

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All the playable clans in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 and their clan abilities

Here's how to choose which vamps you want to call family in Bloodlines 2.

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The PC game releases we're most excited about in October

The end of the year squeezes in as many heavy hitters as it can with Battlefield 6, Bloodlines 2, Arc Raiders, and more.

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is richly authentic, intriguingly written, dripping with brooding atmosphere, and… not very fun to play, unfortunately

Awkward combat, stealth, and traversal undermine the game's narrative flair.

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Paradox gives up on dressing the wound, confirms Bloodlines 2 will have Lasombra and Toreador clans in the base game after "frank feedback" – then reveals more expansion pass DLC

At least give us a second to recover!

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Bloodlines 2’s new vision is smaller, tighter — and dividing fans

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2’s narrative director urges fans to expect a smaller, more focused story as concerns grow over cut features and the game’s troubled development.

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Paradox refunds PlayStation Store preorders of Bloodlines 2 in preparation for 'adjustments' to its reviled $30 DLC to be revealed later this month

Starting on Monday, Paradox will begin refunding pre-orders of the Premium Edition ahead of "adjustments" over DLC pricing

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No character creation, no guns, no clans. What happened to Bloodlines 2? — It’s not the game fans were promised

Discover every feature cut from Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, from character creation to RPG systems, ahead of its October 2025 release

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is not the faithful sequel I'd hoped to see, but maybe that's a bigger marker of progress than it seems

Opinion | I've come through the disappointment and emerged newly hopeful – for my own sanity

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I've played Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2's DLC clans, Lasombra and Toreador, and they absolutely should have been in the base game

They're ready to go and fit into the game perfectly, so why are they being sold separately?

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Bloodlines 2 developers try to justify the game's DLC clans, but it's not very convincing: 'We have been expanding it from where we originally planned to land'

The long-awaited Bloodlines sequel will launch with six playable clans, but you'll need to pay extra for two of them.

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‘Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2’ Launch Announcement Was Spoiled By One Of Gaming’s Biggest Ongoing Controversies

A long-awaited RPG sequel finally got a release date at this year's Gamescom, but that was immediately overshadowed by the reveal of a pricey DLC.

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New Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 dev won't say exactly what happened in the 10 years since Helldivers 2 boss bought it at Paradox, just that "we basically started again": "The two games are not alike"

Perpetually undead

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Playing a few hours of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has put a lot of my worries to rest

The fangs are out.

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2's final clan reveal dashes the hopes of anyone wanting to play a Malkavian at launch

The snooty Ventrue are Bloodlines 2's fourth clan.

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Strike from the shadows as Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2's third clan, the Banu Haqim

Behind door number three, a variety of Kindred new to Bloodlines.

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