Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Publisher Is Refunding All Physical Edition Pre-Orders

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All Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 physical pre-orders will be refunded to customers. After years of silence, publisher Paradox Interactive came forward in a blog post, claiming that its unnamed studio has been hard at work on the RPG horror sequel, while acknowledging that it had been a long time since fans received a proper update. Bloodlines 2 was originally announced with a 2020 release window, only to get delayed several times until 2021, when Paradox removed studio Hardsuit Labs from the project. Since then, the game hasn't had a definite launch window, with no word on who replaced the team.

Fans can now rejoice as Paradox Interactive has teased a ‘big announcement' for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 in September. No specifics were given as to whether it will be a live event or a trailer, but we received some new environmental screenshots to hint at ongoing development. In the meantime, the publisher is offering refunds to those who pre-ordered the game, in light of the content changes. “We acknowledge it was a long time ago that many of you pre-ordered Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2,” the post reads. “As development continues, we will be updating the game's editions and bonus content, and we want to provide the best value to those of you who supported us via digital pre-order after all this time.”

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All editions, including the physical Collector's Edition, will be ‘proactively' refunded as the bonus content has now been updated. The previously advertised items in the physical editions are no longer representative of the current game's build. This excludes digital versions of the First Blood Edition,