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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2

Platforms

PC
PS4
PS5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S

Initial release Oct. 21, 2025

Developers

The Chinese Room

Genres

Action Adventure
RPG

Publishers

Paradox Interactive

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Artwork showing a vampire lady grimacing and holding her hands out beside her, in a mist of blood, as if conjuring it around her. A pale moon shines in the distance.

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 voice cast revealed, includes Returnal's Jane Perry and Still Wakes the Deep's Alec Newman

Sound bites.

Oct. 1, 2025 Robert Purchese

Lasombra and Toreador Clans added to Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 base game following fan backlash to original premium DLC plans

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Lasombra and Toreador Clans added to Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 base game following fan backlash to original premium DLC plans

New post-launch story packs announced.

Sept. 17, 2025 Tom Orry

Artwork showing a vampire lady grimacing and holding her hands out beside her, in a mist of blood, as if conjuring it around her. A pale moon shines in the distance.

News

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 to refund all PS5 Premium Editions following backlash over paywalled clans

Blood pressure.

Sept. 6, 2025 Vikki Blake

A close-up of a feminine vampire face, teeth bared, blood dripping from fangs, brow furrowed. I'd run.

News

Good, the grubby paid clan plan for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is being "adjusted"

Fangs a lot.

Aug. 27, 2025 Robert Purchese

A simply drawn, white-skilled and big black-eyed character with a fluttering cape. It's Hollow Knight.

Feature

What we've been playing - the fabled Hollow Knight, the much-anticipated Bloodlines 2, and more

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Aug. 23, 2025 Robert Purchese

Composite image showing scenes from Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, the Sekiro anime, and Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight.

News

Round-up | Everything announced at Opening Night Live, Gamescom 2025

Sekiro anime! Indy on Switch 2! More!

Aug. 19, 2025 Dom Peppiatt

A rough-looking older lady sits at a table in an arcade, smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer. She wears a shell suit jacket and has deep scars scored across her face as if in a pattern. A lurid green dollar sign blares from the brick wall behind her.

News

This sucks: you'll have to pay for two clans in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2

Coffin up more money.

Aug. 19, 2025 Robert Purchese

Artwork showing a vampire lady grimacing and holding her hands out beside her, in a mist of blood, as if conjuring it around her. A pale moon shines in the distance.

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More action than RPG, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 struggles to convince after a few hours' play

Biting.

Aug. 19, 2025 Robert Purchese

A pretty feminine character wearing a high-buttoned black frilly blouse, with a purple coat over the shoulders, and long, centre-parted hair and pale skin, looks at the camera. She's sitting in a dirty and dark store room, it looks like.

News

News-in-brief | After all these years, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 gets an actual proper release date

Hi stakes stuff.

Aug. 19, 2025 Robert Purchese

Still Wakes the Deep artwork for DLC Siren's Rest, featuring oil rig imagery superimposed on large helmeted figure on blue background

News

Still Wakes the Deep studio The Chinese Room goes independent to continue focus on original projects

UPDATE: Layoffs confirmed.

July 22, 2025 Ed Nightingale

An image from Bloodlines 2's announcement trailer showing a dark-eyed vampire smiling malevolently into the camera.

News

Paradox's troubled Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 gets another delay

To meet 'technical quality standards fans expect and deserve'.

March 25, 2025 Matt Wales

Collage of screenshots from Death Stranding 2, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Ghost of Yotei, and GTA 6, behind a big number 2025

Opinion

2025 will be a make-or-break year for triple-A video games as we know them

It might even be a good thing.

Jan. 6, 2025 Chris Tapsell

Life By You artwork showing two couples looking into the sunset

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Paradox must refocus to rebuild trust and survive, bosses say, after Life By You cancellation

"Release high quality games, because winner takes all."

Oct. 8, 2024 Ed Nightingale

An image from Bloodlines 2's announcement trailer showing a dark-eyed vampire smiling malevolently into the camera.

News

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 continues Paradox's delay streak, now launching next year

To "prioritise polish".

Aug. 20, 2024 Matt Wales

A head and shoulders cinematic screenshot of a white-haired vampire elf throwing their head back with a look of strong emotion. The top of their bare chest is visible, as are the fangs in their mouth. It's Astarion, and he's speckled with blood.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Vampires

Nights in amoré.

May 23, 2024 Robert Purchese

A screenshot of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 showing a female version of the game's playable protagonist.

News

Here's 15 minutes of The Chinese Room's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2

Coming to PC, PS5, and Series X/S this "fall".

Jan. 31, 2024 Matt Wales

An image from Bloodlines 2's announcement trailer showing a dark-eyed vampire smiling malevolently into the camera.

News

The Chinese Room outlines Bloodlines 2's "visceral immersive combat"

With first gameplay trailer due next week.

Jan. 26, 2024 Matt Wales

Montage of images from four games: Animal Well, Star Wars Dark Forces remaster, Harold Halibut, and FF7, behind the number 2024

Feature

The most exciting games of 2024

Year we go.

Jan. 4, 2024 Christian Donlan

A screenshot of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 showing a female version of the game's playable protagonist.

News

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 introduces voiced main character Phyre

As part of latest video update.

Oct. 31, 2023 Matt Wales

A promotional image for Bloodlines 2 showing a female vampire in close-up, staring confidently at the camera as she sits in shadow in the seat of a car.

News

The Chinese Room says it's building Bloodlines 2 around 'doing things only a vampire can'

As new developer blog is launched.

Sept. 20, 2023 Matt Wales

ampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is Back

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The Chinese Room is developing Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2

Fangtastic.

Sept. 3, 2023 Vikki Blake

Paradox offers refunds for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 pre-orders, updating editions

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Paradox offers refunds for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 pre-orders, updating editions

Decoffinated.

June 7, 2023 Victoria Phillips Kennedy

Development on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 continues but it won't be at this year's PDXCon

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Development on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 continues but it won't be at this year's PDXCon

Paradox CEO says project is "in good hands".

July 19, 2022 Matt Wales

Paradox says it's "happy" with progress of Bloodlines 2 under new developer

News

Paradox says it's "happy" with progress of Bloodlines 2 under new developer

But won't talk release dates for "quite some time".

Nov. 16, 2021 Matt Wales

Paradox says it almost cancelled Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 earlier this year

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Paradox says it almost cancelled Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 earlier this year

Following removal of original developer.

Oct. 14, 2021 Matt Wales

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