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‘Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2’ Delayed to Late 2020

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While surprising in some ways, but when you look at the fact that we’ve not had much in terms of gameplay footage, Paraodox Interactive’s decision to delay Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 shouldn’t come as a shock.

The developer announced the decision via Twitter earlier today, while also posting more information on their blog.

“For the last three and a half years, we’ve worked hard to bring you a worthy successor to Bloodlines 1. To us, that meant not only making good on the ambitions of this remarkable game, but also a duty to ensure we would not repeat its mistakes. Today, we have to tell you that we need some more time to get you the game you’ve been waiting for. Although Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will still launch in 2020, we have decided to value quality over making the Q1 launch window.”

This should come as a relief for fans of the original game, as that title, while fun, had questionable gameplay decisions and lacked polish. Even Hardsuit Labs acknowledged that the original Bloodlines was “famously launched too early.”

Nevertheless, despite the delay, Paradox, along with developer Hardsuit Labs, will be at PDXCON in Berlin to show off where they are in terms of development. They’ll also be part of the PDXCON Announcement stream on Saturday the 21st.

Bloodlines 2 will be available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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Final Post-launch Update “Master of Fate” Now Available for ‘Lords of the Fallen’ [Trailer]

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April 24, 2024

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CI Games and HEXWORKS have today launched v1.5 for their dark fantasy action-RPG Lords of the Fallen, titled “Master of Fate”. This latest content update for Lords of the Fallen is available on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Series, and delivers the final milestone of the game’s post-launch roadmap in the form of the advanced game modifier system.

Master of Fate imbues power directly into players’ hands, allowing them to fully customise their game experience. Among the seven different modifiers available to players, for example, are randomised enemy spawns and loot drops, and an Ironman mode. These three modifiers effectively turn Lords of the Fallen into a roguelite.

“We’d like to thank the many players who have embarked upon Mournstead since we launched six months ago; their belief in our vision has been a real driving force for us,” explains Saul Gascon, Executive Producer and Head of Studio, HEXWORKS. “In response to their support for the game, we expanded the period of live support for Lords of the Fallen with an ambitious post-launch roadmap. This was built around four significant content updates, alongside numerous smaller releases, which included tons of new content and quality of life patches. Reaching v1.5 with the Master of Fate update and its genuinely groundbreaking modifier system marks the completion of that roadmap, making the Lords of the Fallen experience the best it’s ever been.”

Master of Fate features a wide range of modifiers, enabling players to tweak and customise playthroughs for a truly unique experience every time, including:

  • Random enemy spawn: Every encounter becomes completely unpredictable with every playthrough, with any of the 70+ enemy types capable of appearing at any point
  • Random loot spawn: Players will never know what item they’ll pick up next, as any weapon, piece of armour, or item can be randomly found throughout Mournstead
  • Ironman: For the ultimate “git gud” challenge; get slain in Umbral with this modifier enabled and players will have to start their journey again, albeit with items and character level intact.
  • Withered healing: Health items and spells will only replenish as withered healing, which can only be regained fully by dealing damage to enemies, encouraging aggressive play to survive.
  • Mob density modifier: Adjust the density of enemy mobs encountered through the journey across Mournstead in both Axiom and Umbral

If all of that wasn’t enough, To celebrate the launch of Master of Fate, PlayStation players can currently enjoy a 50% discount on the game for a limited time, while both standard and deluxe editions of Lords of the Fallen will be available on Steam at a 50% discount starting on April 29th as part of CI Games’ Steam Publisher Sale.

And just in case you needed a refresher, check out Harrison’s review of Lords of the Fallen.

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