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‘Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York’ Pushed to December 11 Release
Developers Draw Distance have announced that their part-visual novel, part-RPG game based in the World of Darkness universe, Vampire: The Masquerade — Coteries of New York, will be delayed. Not long, mind you. Only a week. According to the devs on the title’s Steam Community page, the reasoning for the shift from December 4 to December 11 was to grant them “more time to get rid of bugs and further polish the visual side of our game”.
In fact, you can check out some of those visuals in the latest trailer for the game, alongside four of the NPC companions you’ll be meeting in New York by night: Tamika the Gangrel, Agathon the Tremere, D’angelo the Nosferatu, and Hope the Malkavian. In Coteries of New York, you assume the role of a character from one of seven vampire clans in the conflict between two vampiric factions: the traditionalist Camarilla and the fiercely independent Anarchs.
GSC Game World will be bringing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl fans the first expansion next month when “Cost of Hope” launches on August 20. The release will coincide with a new 2.0 update for the game. The devs will release more info on the expansion and the update in the coming weeks.
In Cost of Hope, players once again step into the role of Skif — the protagonist of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — as a mysterious PDA signal draws him into events unfolding alongside the main game’s story. Players will explore uncharted locations, encounter unexpected allies and enemies, discover powerful weapons, and experience a new story. With dozens of hours of content, your choices will shape the future of the Zone in this major new chapter of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. saga.
Launching in line with Cost of Hope will be a “massive” Update 2.0 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Available as a free update to all owners of the game, the update will upgrade the game to a new version of Unreal Engine 5, as well as bring a variety of new content and improvements.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will launch for PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store and GOG.com, the Xbox Series and PlayStation 5.