Publisher Paradox Interactive and developer The Chinese Room shared a new trailer for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2.
The new trailer was released in time for Halloween season and shows off Ventrue vampires Benny, Tolly, Safia, and Lou from the Camarilla Courts, one of the game’s main vampire clans.
“Between Benny’s potty mouth, Tolly’s quirks, Safia’s flighty nature, and Lou’s demanding presence, players must learn how to interact with them to get precisely what they need,” the developer said. “Learn more about how players interact with these characters in a previous dev diary, where TCR’s Senior Narrative Designer and Writer, Sarah Longthorne, shared more about the dynamic dialogue systems.”
Here’s a rundown on the game, plus the new trailer:
Fight your way through a modern-day Seattle on the brink of an open war as an elder Vampire. Meet the power-players, ally yourself and decide who will rule and what the city will become.
A three-front siege on Seattle, a power vacuum in the vampire court and an awakened elder at odds with the voice in their head, realized by BAFTA award winning studio, The Chinese Room.
Features
- You Are the Monster – Blood sustains you and powers your vampiric Disciplines. You’ll stalk and feed on the city’s population by night. Use your supernatural powers or raw persuasion on civilians and lure them into deep, dark alleys to sate your Hunger. Beware of breaking the Masquerade though: do not reveal what you are or you risk reprisals – at first from law enforcement and then, well, remember you are not all that goes bump in this night.
- Explore Visceral, Immersive Combat – Explore visceral, immersive combat rewarding entirely different playstyles and approaches based on your choice of vampire clan. Will you wade into the fray with supernatural fists, harangue from afar or rebalance your odds by thinning the herd like the apex predator you are? Clan choice supports these playstyles and more.
- A World of Darkness – Enter the World of Darkness and rise through vampire society or rail against it. Experience Seattle – a city full of alluring, dangerous characters and factions, not to mention the mortals at stake in the clash of powers beyond their knowing. In this sequel to the cult classic, your choices, plots and schemes will determine the balance of power and what becomes of the city and its people.
Vampire: the Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is set to launch in the first half of 2025 for Windows PC (via Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, and PS5.