Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 release date and latest news

When is the Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 release date? Well, that's a question we've been asking for a long, long time. Now we finally have a launch date, there's a lot to get excited about. Arise, Kindred, there's blood to be spilled and a power vacuum that's in desperate need of filling.

After all, we've been looking for a good vampire game to sink our teeth into for some time, hoping for any word on Paradox's Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2, the sequel to White Wolf's iconic 2004 VTM RPG. The RPG game has been passed between two different developers, but we finally have gameplay footage to sink our teeth into, and a release date, too.

The Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 release date is October 21, 2025. VTM Bloodlines 2 will be released on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

It was originally scheduled for Fall 2024 and then early 2025, but the delay was a decision by The Chinese Room to "prioritize polish." Although the game is allegedly in a state where the developer could have maintained the original release window of Fall 2024, it has decided to delay to add the finishing touches to a game that it reports is already in "a good enough place". The Chinese Room also reports that it is using the extra time to add content to the game, including doubling the number of possible endings when compared to its predecessor.

In September 2023, it was announced that Bloodlines 2 had changed hands from Hardsuit Labs to The Chinese Room. The Chinese Room started out modding Half-Life 2 and went on to be acquired by Sumo Digital in 2018. It uploaded its reveal of Bloodlines 2 and how it came to fruition. The studio promised "immersive, wonderful worlds" for players before describing it as "powerful, dark, violent, thrilling, twisty, visceral, challenging," and more.

Bloodlines 2 classes and clans

We now know that you play as an elder vampire, known as the "Phyre", and your clan, appearance, gender, and origin story are chosen at the beginning of the game. There are six confirmed Bloodlines 2 clans you can choose from, but two clans are locked behind a paid DLC, Shadows and Silk.

• Brujah
• Tremere
• Banu Haqim
• Ventrue
• Toreador (Shadows and Silk DLC)
• Lasombra (Shadows and Silk DLC)

Bloodlines 2 gameplay

Bloodlines 2 is primarily a vampire RPG, and your choice of clan will heavily influence your character's progression and gameplay. Brujah, for example, is a tanky brawler, whereas Tremere is more akin to spell-slinging mages.

On January 31, 2024, we got our first proper look at an extended gameplay trailer. In it, we're introduced to 'Phyre', our main protagonist, who in the final game can be one of the many selectable vampire clans and gender identities. They are an elder in the vampiric community, and the version we see in the trailer is a female-identifying Brujah. While they're suited to combat, they're also quite impatient, which shows in the intimidating and aggressive dialogue choices available.

The early mission we see has Phyre investigating a mark in her hand that's holding back her powers since her arrival in Seattle. She gets a tipoff about a Nosferatu called Willem, who may know the answers. She tracks him down to a GTN Distribution warehouse, and in the trailer, we see her confront him.

Not only that, but she can communicate telepathically with an ally, Fabien, during the mission. While picking up a newspaper, we see that there are options for outfit choices and an ability tree, which will no doubt be unique for each clan.

One of these powers is a vampiric sense that changes her view to highlight key objects, similar to Detective Mode in the Batman Arkham games. This is how she finds one of the collectibles in the game. Eventually, the sound of music leads her to Willem, who laments that she arrived before the song he was playing finished.

During her conversation with Willem, we learn that another Kindred, known as Ysabella, is using the mark to sap Phyre's power, strongly hinting at a possible main antagonist and that he might know something about that. He is hiding information, of which the player has three approaches to get the info out of him. Phyre opts to remind him who she is, which sort of backfires as Willem leaps onto her and yells at her, causing her to wipe out.

She wakes back where she started, commenting that he knows how to use the mark against her. On the journey back, though, she finds that there are now ghouls inside patrolling the corridors, but notes after feeding on one of them that these are illusions. After stealthily killing several ghouls, she's discovered and enters melee combat, where her brute strength is enough to decapitate foes. She also has a charge attack that can stun enemies that hit a wall. Feeding allows you to recover power and health, so it is encouraged.

Feeding is always at the core of Vampire: The Masquerade videogames - blood. In the original Bloodlines, you would feed on unassuming humans to regain health and discipline (or your 'mana'). Humans living poor lifestyles drain more quickly, whereas high-flying society types drain slower, meaning you can take more blood from them. As your health and discipline bars decrease, you have to feed again and again.

Eventually, however, Willem screams at her again and sends her back to the beginning. This time, however, it seems the mannequins are alive. Once again, it's the illusionary powers of the Nosferatu at work, and she's quickly outnumbered, but she leads them to a narrow corridor where her charging attack picks up all the mannequins and smashes them against a wall.

The rest of the trailer is noted as rather spoiler-heavy, so we won't go too far into the story details, but music plays a key part in some of the puzzle-solving. We also learn about the main villain and their clan.

In an extended narrative trailer, which features further gameplay and interviews with the developer team, we meet Phyre once more and see the third-person animated close-up conversational style. "We put in a  rule that the non-combat gameplay should be about something only a vampire could do," The Chinese Room comments. This is demonstrated when Phyre is shown using her vampire senses and skills to solve a puzzle by breaking an illusion. We're also shown the narrative systems, where the player has the option of multiple dialogue options in response to conversations with NPCs.

Phyre is noted as being "one version" of our protagonist - an elder kindred who has been asleep for 100 years and has woken up to modern-day Seattle. There are "consequences" to being an elder in a city full of kindreds - Phyre is experienced, a hunter, a stalker, but knows nothing of the modern world she has awoken in. Phyre has constraints that The Chinese Room doesn't want to spoil just yet, but has puzzles and mysteries to solve around what she once was, indicated by the markings on her neck and hands.

A further Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 trailer was released in November 2024 and gave a brief look at the gameplay in action, including characters such as Benny, Tolly, Lou, and Safia, and combat. It doesn't dive deep into the story or spoilers, but the hauntingly dark environment and vampires look seriously impressive already.

The rest is a mystery that we are keen to dive into, but until then, you can find out the latest on any Bloodlines 2 Game Pass news. It's also worth checking out our list of the best horror games if you fancy delving into the night, as well as our upcoming PC games calendar for 2025 and beyond.