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The long and fraught journey of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines' sequel is adding another entry today. Developer The Chinese Room and Paradox Interactive have confirmed Bloodlines 2 is pushed to the first half of 2025, out of this year. The news arrives via a development update from the developer and publisher, showing some more in-development and behind-the-scenes footage of the game. Alex Skidmore, creative director at The Chinese Room, says the team is in the late production phase, "iterating and polishing" what's there. But as Paradox's Deputy CEO Mattias Lilja states, the publisher has "reaffirmed" its commitments to delivering quality games, and that does apply to Bloodlines 2. "We have learned a lot through the past year, and that is why we are putting our words into action," said Lilja. "Jointly with Chinese Room, we have decided to extend development. This decision gives Chinese Room extra time to spend on the game, to deliver the best Bloodlines 2 they can." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxFk0g11a6c As Lilja states, The Chinese Room is "prioritizing polish over release date," and it sounds like the delay could result in more than just fine-tuning. While the team is incorporating feedback from playtests and dev diaries, Skidmore says The Chinese Room is working on adding more endings to the game as well. A long, cold night Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been on a long, long trek to this point. Originally announced at GDC in 2019, under the direction of Hardsuit Labs, the long-awaited sequel to Troika's classic RPG seemed set for success. Yet delays soon set in, and the departures of high-profile developers—including Bloodlines veteran Brian Mitsoda—foreshadowed harsher developments. Paradox pulled the project from Hardsuit, with layoffs at the studio following soon after, and the project languished without a confirmed developer for a spell until The Chinese Room inherited it in 2023. Known for games like Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, it's a curious choice. Even some elements of the original Bloodlines 2 pitch shifted in the transfer, like changing the player character's role from a thinblood to an awakened elder. If time really can heal all wounds, then maybe a little more development time can help The Chinese Room deliver on a Bloodlines sequel. After years of fraught development, I'm just curious to see what comes out the other side. Bloodlines 2 is now slated for the first half of 2025. The post Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has been delayed out to 2025 appeared first on Destructoid.