Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Loses Lead Narrative Designer, Creative Director

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 developer Hardsuit Labs and Paradox Interactive right this moment introduced that Lead Narrative Designer Brian Mitsoda and Creative Director Ka’ai Cluney have left the challenge. Mitsoda had beforehand served as a frontrunner author on the unique video game. While the announcement comes on the heels of the recent delay to 2021, it might seem that these departures occurred again in July. Additionally, it was introduced that Alexandre Mandryka has come aboard the challenge as “Creative Consultant” to functionally fill Cluney’s vacated function on the title.

“We respect, and worth, the contributions of Brian and Ka’ai, which have been instrumental in establishing the game’s storyline and darkish tone and have helped to make sure that we’re making a real successor to the long-lasting Bloodlines,” the assertion on the brand new organizational adjustments reads in part. “We want them each the most effective of their future endeavors.”

In a prolonged assertion provided to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Mitsoda states that his termination in July got here as a shock. “That this got here as a shock to me is underselling it,” the assertion reads partially. “I’ve labored on Bloodlines 2 for nearly 5 years. The story and predominant forged was initially conceived in my front room. I helped develop the pitch for Hardsuit Labs and helped pitch the challenge to Paradox in Las Vegas. I’ve been accountable for the narrative because the starting, working lengthy days and generally weekends to ship a successor to Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, and I’ve by no means been led to consider that I hadn’t succeeded.”

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is now scheduled to launch in 2021 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC. As famous above, it was beforehand set to launch this yr. You can try all of our previous coverage of the upcoming sequel right here.

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