The troubled development of the sequel to Vampire: the Masquerade just got a lot more troubled, with publishers Paradox announcing tonight that not only will the game not be released in 2021 as originally planned, but that developers Hardsuit Labs have also been removed from the project.
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In a statement made as part of Paradox’s latest earnings, the publisher says:
Oh boy. Masquerade’s sequel has been beset by problems for years now, from writers and creative directors being fired from the project to repeated (and significant) delays. Still, this is video games, where major speedbumps and delays aren’t exactly unusual (look anywhere from Cyberpunk to Halo Infinite to Anthem for examples).
To remove an entire studio from the game they made (well, started) is something else, though, and it’ll be interesting to see just how much work this “new studio partner” has done by the time this game releases. If it ever releases.
A second statement on the game’s website adds a little more detail, saying, “Since we cannot at this time communicate a new release date, we’ve also decided to stop accepting pre-orders for the time being.”
