World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 from Hardsuit Labs

[vortex]

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/02/11/paradox-vampire-game/

 

[Cael]

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/02/11/paradox-vampire-game/

Don't get too excited. Both paradox and white wolf have been cucked to the point of no return. Remember the white wolf "scandal" last year.

 

[Safav Hamon]

What happened to that Werewolf: The Apocalypse game Cyanide was developing?

 

[vortex]

I just want Arcane Studios to make new Vampire: The Masquerade game.

What happened to that Werewolf: The Apocalypse game Cyanide was developing?

Cyanide and Big Ben are making it. I think.

 

[Cael]

I just want Arcane Studios to make new Vampire: The Masquerade game.

Be careful what you wish for. Battletech fans did that and look what we got...

 

[Safav Hamon]

Cyanide and Big Ben are making it. I think.

It seems to be a linear action game and not an RPG.

https://gamingbolt.com/werewolf-the-apocalypse-interview-what-we-want-is-a-strong-story

 

[Space Satan]

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/02/11/paradox-vampire-game/

Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines follow-up teased by Paradox with ARG

Either Paradox, who these days own Vampire: The Masquerade & World of Darkness publisher White Wolf, are getting into the Netflix & Chill game, or they’re they’re gearing up to reveal a long-awaited follow-up to the legendary Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines.

They’ve come up with Tender, ostensibly a dating site. Whose metadata just so happens to read “Whether you’re looking for meaningful friendships, true love or simply a late night bite with a kindred spirit, Tender is here to help.”

By the pricking of my thumbs…

I signed up nervously for Tender, readying my desperate justifications should my partner walk in and find me creating an online dating profile while she exhaustedly hauled our e’er-vomiting baby around the house. Fortunately, it wasn’t long before Tender became less about strangers honking each other’s pud, and more about nihilism, hobbies including demonology and status updates about eating cats.

As far as I can tell, there’s currently no way to actually communicate with or otherwise progress a relationship with another horny/bloodthirsty soul, outside of being able to choose canned lines approving of their statuses, but that this is a) clearly an alternate reality game and b) is tagged beta and talks about new features coming soon, Satan only knows what it’s got in store for us.

Here’s my auto-generated profile description, after I picked interests including board games and murderers:

Definitely, definitely about boning, and nothing to do with videogames about increasingly corrupted immortal souls, I’m sure you’ll agree.

I’ve done a little burrowing into Tender’s source code, and turned up a few more nuggets of note. First, here’s a video which plays once you’ve completed the initial round of profile-setting tasks and a few short quizzes about e.g. Robert Plutchik’s emotional wheel.


You try and convince me that, for one thing, it isn’t deeply sinister, and for another that the closing music doesn’t positively scream vampires.

My digging also turned up mention of someone named ‘Alice & Smith’ as being responsible for some of these videos. Who, whaddaya know, turn out to be a Canadian developer which specialises in ARGs, including the John Walker-approved The Black Watchmen.

All this means more Vampire: The Masquerade, or I’ll eat my ancient boxed copy of Bloodlines (if I can be bothered to dig it up from the attic). But what form will it take, who’s making it and when we will find out more? Also, when will I get a booty call from an anonymous cat-eater?

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Keeping fingers crossed(upside down)

 

[Infinitron]

I've heard various rumors about a Paradox Vampire RPG in development. Somebody even told me Brian Mitsoda was involved somehow.

This would definitely not be the Codex's favorite way of teasing it though.

 

[Fishy]

Looking forward to the Malkavian DLC pack. After the Nosferatu Portrait DLC pack, the No-More Sunlight Damage Because We Couldn't Balance It patch and the Additional Romantic Background Option DLC pack of course, but it's fine, my backlog ensures I've got time on my side.

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

Can’t wait to play with a trans, wolfgendered, non-binary, pan sexual, non gender conforming vampire. While at the same time fighting for equality between the the vampires and the werewolves and smashing the patriarchy. If you’re a vampire and non a feminist. You’re literally a nazi

 

[Lacrymas]

Pretty sure vampires in this universe are canonically asexual, but can expend bloodpoints to simulate sexual functions. Not sure whether they derive any pleasure from it, I think not? Anyway, perhaps the strength of the setting itself can sustain this game and make it at least playable. Also, are they going to go for the Masquerade or Requiem? Requiem is the weaker setting imo.

 

[Jedi Exile]

"It is a little different, but entirely possible" comes to my mind...

 

[Chippy]

What happened to that Werewolf: The Apocalypse game Cyanide was developing?

Fast forward about 10 years ...

... "So what happened to that Vampire: The Masquerade game they were developing?".

 

[Azalin]

Pretty sure vampires in this universe are canonically asexual, but can expend bloodpoints to simulate sexual functions. .

I always found it lulzy that the rules said that thing but when you started reading the various stories they were full of lesbianism and faggotry(Lucita/Fatima,the Trinity of Constantinople etc),I guess that was just for the normal hetero vampires and didn't apply for the rest.And that was 20 years ago before the bane of sjwism being what it is now,now I suspect hetero vampires are considered Anathema and are hunted down and killed

 

[Humanity has risen!]

White Wolf was extremely SJW from the very beginning. I can't even imagine how in your face the SJWism will be this time.

 

[LESS T_T]

Announcement in GDC?

 

[Egosphere]

I don't trust sweden

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

I don't trust sweden

No one does. Sweden is more a meme than a country right now.

 

[Drax]

 

[karoliner]

Nooooo! Cucks are gonna ruin another of my favorite things.

 

[Drax]

Nooooo! Cucks are gonna ruin another of my favorite things.

 

[Morgoth]

I just want Arcane Studios to make new Vampire: The Masquerade game.

You're out of luck because Arkane is making Arx Fatalis 2.

Spoiler

Just kidding.

 

[Infinitron]

Forced meme ARG: https://www.pcgamer.com/paradox-vampire-the-masquerade-ARG/

Paradox may be teasing a new Vampire: The Masquerade game with a dating app ARG
It asks for your blood type and matches you with sick people in your area.

There's a new dating app that appears to take the term 'thirsty' quite literally. It's called Tender, a "soulmate algorithm", and seeing as how its powered by Paradox Interactive (you can even sign in with an existing Paradox account) it's probably not really trying to set you up on a date. Considering the rather bloody nature of the app's announcement video, the fact that it asks your blood type before inviting you to match with sick people near you, and that Paradox owns White Wolf Publishing (which filed an interesting trademark just last year), this smells a lot like an ARG for a new Vampire: The Masquerade game. Maybe.

It's been a long while since Vampire: The Masquerade—Bloodlines arrived in 2004, which we consider one of the greatest RPGs of all time, and fans are still hungry for another game. Paradox Interactive bought White Wolf 'and all properties' from CCP back in 2015, and a tweet from Paradox's VP of Acquisition & Portfolio Strategy at the time suggested giving it 'fresh blood'. So, yeah, this could be definitely be the beginnings of an announcement for a new RPG in the Vampire series.

The Tender app asks you to describe yourself (angry, sad, hysterical, numb) and gives you a choice of images that best describe you (blood splatters, maggots, an evil clown), and asks your interests, which include choices like video games, fashion, traveling, sports, dogs, murderers, witchcraft, thanatology, and so on. There are also a few 'quests' available to level up your profile, and it sounds like there will be more to come.

PC Gamer also received emails suggesting secret codes are being embedded into certain videos, partially-redacted memos from the fictional CEO of Tender have been leaked, and an investigative website is distributing clues about Tender as well. I'm not much of a sleuth, but maybe you'll be able to crack the case.

 

[Jenkem]

it will be shit

 

[jungl]

its going to suck. I rather trust some a no name indie rpg developer that made a ok game in rpg maker then paradox.