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Draw Distance Announces New ‘Vampire: The Masquerade’ RPG in ‘Coteries of New York’
In addition Big Bad Wolf working on another entry in the Vampire: The Masquerade series of games, that’s not the only game set in the universe.
Draw Distance’s Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York is a new RPG that will be hitting PC and the Nintendo Switch later this year, and will use the 5th Edition rules of Vampire: The Masquerade.
There’s not much to go on in terms of just what the game will be like, but is billed as a “unique, atmospheric, single-player narrative experience”.
You play as a newly-fledged vampire in New York. You have to learn what it means to be one of the Kindred in a huge, vibrant, contemporary metropolis. On your way you’ll meet different NPCs – other vampires, thin-bloods, ghouls, humans… and more. You will perform tasks that will put test your humanity and take part in a complex and often brutal struggle for power between the Camarilla and the Anarchs.
Right now, you can wishlist the game on Steam, as well as check out the concept art.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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