The news comes from a blog post on the game’s official website (via Eurogamer), where Hardsuit Labs’ CEO Andy Kipling and writer Brian Mitsoda said the delay was to provide further polish to the game ahead of release.
While the delay is certainly unfortunate news for those excitedly awaiting the game’s previous release of March 2020, it’s heartening to see Hardsuit Labs pushing for a well-polished product at launch.
On the flip side, there’s the responsibility to avoid some of the issues that plagued the first game, which was famously launched too early. Over the last few months, it became clear that to stick to our original date would risk repeating that mistake. We won’t do that. In the end, everyone working on this game wants to offer you the best Bloodlines 2 we can.
This hasn’t been an easy — nor our first choice. Throughout 2019 we have been improving our processes and growing our teams, however it soon became clear that this alone won’t allow us to deliver the quality we want at the date we promised.
Neither Hardsuit Labs nor publisher Paradox Interactive provided a new launch date for the game. As of now, Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 is set to release later in 2020 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. A release close to Halloween would be delicious …
Stay tuned to GameSkinny for more Vampire news and information as it breaks. While you wait, be sure to check out 28 minutes of gameplay shown at Gamescom 2019.
Sources: Eurogamer, Hardsuit Labs
