Developer Hardsuit Labs to release Vampire: The Masquerade - About a week ago, when Hardsuit Labs postponed the release of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 to 2021, the company "reorganized" to achieve its goal of a 2021 release. The company also mentioned.

The organizational change has now been revealed in a short statement published on the official Bloodlines 2 website: lead writer Brian Mitsoda and creative director Ka'ai Cluney are no longer part of the Hardsuit Labs team. no longer part of the Hardsuit Labs team. The statement further states that this is a "joint decision by the leadership of Hardsuit Labs and Paradox Interactive."

Mitsuda, who was the lead writer for the first "Bloodlines" at Troika Games, told Rock Paper Shotgun candidly that he was "suddenly fired" and "shocked" on July 16. As someone who was heavily involved in the development of the first series, Mitsuda had been heavily featured in its promotion, giving many interviews. He said, "I lent my legacy to the franchise, my name, and my involvement in the marketing efforts of the game, even if it was mentally and physically taxing and hard. This was all because I wanted to do what was best for the game and the team," he says.

Mitsuda further states that he was not informed of the reasons for the game's repeated delays and that "I was not part of the conversations that led to the decision to delay production, and to my knowledge, there were no delays due to scenario development for Bloodline 2."

Hardsuit Labs has hired game design consultant Alexandre Mandryka, who has worked as a creative consultant on titles such as Assassin's Creed and Far Cry, as creative director. After several delays, the loss of two developers who were integral to the project is indicative of Hardsuit Labs' troubles. The letting go of Mitsoda and Ka'ai in particular does not inspire confidence, even if the changes do not appear to be a major overhaul.