Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Launching October 21, Malkavian Detective Fabien Revealed as Playable Character
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2025 2:25 pm
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Launching October 21, Malkavian Detective Fabien Revealed as Playable Character
Pre-order Bloodlines 2 for a nostalgic in-game jukebox featuring music by Rik Schaffer; additional playable clans, Lasombra and Toreador, are available with the Premium Edition
STOCKHOLM and COLOGNE – August 19, 2025 – Today at gamescom Opening Night Live, co-publishers Paradox Interactive and White Wolf, alongside developer The Chinese Room, announced that Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will launch on October 21, 2025. They also announced that players will experience parts of the game’s narrative as Fabien, the mysterious Malkvian detective and voice inside Phyre’s mind. Together, the Kindred solve a neo-noir murder mystery that threatens to alter modern Seattle’s vampire society. Players can pre-order Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 today on Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 for a suggested retail price of $59.99/£49.99/€59.99. Those who pre-order Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will receive the Bloodlines Nostalgia Jukebox, a Haven decor item featuring a curated playlist of in-game music by iconic composer of the original Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Rik Schaffer.
Alongside the release date, the digital Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Deluxe Edition and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Premium Edition were announced. Pre-orders for the Deluxe Edition (SRP $69.99/£58.50/€69.99) and the Premium Edition (SRP $89.99/£74.99/€89.99) are now available on Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5.
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 digital editions include:
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Deluxe Edition: Santa Monica Memories, a cosmetic pack featuring decor items inspired by the original cult classic Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines to adorn Phyre’s in-game apartment.
Santa Monica Memories can be purchased separately for SRP $11.99/£9.99/€11.99
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Premium Edition: Santa Monica Memories and Shadows & Silk, a content add-on that enables players to choose the Lasombra or Toreador clans for Phyre. Each clan offers unique abilities, playstyles, and distinct outfits.
Shadows & Silk can be purchased separately for SRP $21.99/£18.69/€21.99
All additional content in the Deluxe and Premium Editions will be immediately available to those who purchase when Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 launches on October 21, 2025.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 physical editions, created in collaboration with PLAION, will be available for purchase at select retailers.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 players will experience the game's narrative through two alternating playable characters: Elder vampire Phyre and Malkavian detective Fabien. After centuries of torpor, a deep state of vampiric slumber, Phyre awakens in modern-day Seattle with a mysterious mark that has locked away their Elder abilities and Fabien’s voice echoing in their head. As Phyre, players meet the city’s ruling Kindred vampires, each with their own motivations, and uncover Seattle’s dark secrets while reclaiming their lost vampiric powers.
Between nights, as Phyre rests, dreams and voices from Fabien's past take hold. Emerging as Fabien, players enter a neo-noir 1920s Seattle and use his Malkavian abilities to unravel the mystery behind his murder. Solving the case proves challenging, as Fabien's fractured perception of reality, a trait of his Malkavian blood, makes it difficult to distinguish fact from fiction.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is the successor to the cult-classic Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (2004). Bloodlines 2 plunges players into Seattle's dark underbelly, where vampires struggle for survival and supremacy. Players meet compelling characters, navigate complex political relationships, stalk the city streets for prey, and engage in intense combat while balancing their thirst for mortal blood.
The base game includes four clans, each with its own distinct playstyles, outfits, and Disciplines: the rebellious Brujah, blood sorcery masters Tremere, justice-driven Banu Haqim, and the persuasive Ventrue. Players must remain mindful of their surroundings or risk breaking the Masquerade – the absolute law of secrecy that keeps vampire society hidden from humanity.
To stay up-to-date with the latest news and updates about Bloodlines 2, visit the website and follow the game's official social media channels: Discord, Facebook, X/Twitter, and Instagram.
About Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive is one of the premier developers and publishers of strategy and management games for PC and consoles. The players are located all over the world but some of the biggest markets are North America, Western Europe and Asia.
The game portfolio consists of popular franchises such as Stellaris, Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect, the Surviving games, Age of Wonders and Victoria. Paradox Interactive also owns the World of Darkness brand catalog.
For more information, please visit http://www.paradoxinteractive.com
About White Wolf
White Wolf is World of Darkness’s official licensing and publishing entity under Paradox Interactive, responsible for the tabletop role-playing games, video games, books, streaming shows, digital entertainment, physical products, and more. As White Wolf enters its next chapter, it brings World of Darkness’ IP closer to fans and empowers a new generation of storytellers to explore and expand its rich universe.
About World of Darkness
World of Darkness is a transmedia entertainment setting encompassing a number of modern fantasy horror franchises, including Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Hunter: The Reckoning, and more. Through tabletop role-playing games, video games, board games, literature, comic books, and more, these franchises tell mature stories in a dark supernatural fantasy layered over our modern world. Since 1991, World of Darkness has defined monster-perspective entertainment for a generation of fans. For more information, visit www.worldofdarkness.com.
About The Chinese Room
The Chinese Room is an award-winning independent game development studio based in Brighton, UK. Since 2012, the studio has built a reputation for innovative first-person gaming with titles that include the ground-breaking Dear Esther (2012); the cult horror Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013); the internationally acclaimed Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (2015), and the multiple BAFTA-winning horror Still Wakes the Deep (2024).
The Chinese Room has been hard at work building on its reputation for creative excellence in game development and is busy with projects that merge TCR storytelling with new directions, new genres, and new ambitions.
Pre-order Bloodlines 2 for a nostalgic in-game jukebox featuring music by Rik Schaffer; additional playable clans, Lasombra and Toreador, are available with the Premium Edition
STOCKHOLM and COLOGNE – August 19, 2025 – Today at gamescom Opening Night Live, co-publishers Paradox Interactive and White Wolf, alongside developer The Chinese Room, announced that Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will launch on October 21, 2025. They also announced that players will experience parts of the game’s narrative as Fabien, the mysterious Malkvian detective and voice inside Phyre’s mind. Together, the Kindred solve a neo-noir murder mystery that threatens to alter modern Seattle’s vampire society. Players can pre-order Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 today on Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 for a suggested retail price of $59.99/£49.99/€59.99. Those who pre-order Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will receive the Bloodlines Nostalgia Jukebox, a Haven decor item featuring a curated playlist of in-game music by iconic composer of the original Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Rik Schaffer.
Alongside the release date, the digital Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Deluxe Edition and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Premium Edition were announced. Pre-orders for the Deluxe Edition (SRP $69.99/£58.50/€69.99) and the Premium Edition (SRP $89.99/£74.99/€89.99) are now available on Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5.
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 digital editions include:
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Deluxe Edition: Santa Monica Memories, a cosmetic pack featuring decor items inspired by the original cult classic Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines to adorn Phyre’s in-game apartment.
Santa Monica Memories can be purchased separately for SRP $11.99/£9.99/€11.99
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Premium Edition: Santa Monica Memories and Shadows & Silk, a content add-on that enables players to choose the Lasombra or Toreador clans for Phyre. Each clan offers unique abilities, playstyles, and distinct outfits.
Shadows & Silk can be purchased separately for SRP $21.99/£18.69/€21.99
All additional content in the Deluxe and Premium Editions will be immediately available to those who purchase when Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 launches on October 21, 2025.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 physical editions, created in collaboration with PLAION, will be available for purchase at select retailers.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 players will experience the game's narrative through two alternating playable characters: Elder vampire Phyre and Malkavian detective Fabien. After centuries of torpor, a deep state of vampiric slumber, Phyre awakens in modern-day Seattle with a mysterious mark that has locked away their Elder abilities and Fabien’s voice echoing in their head. As Phyre, players meet the city’s ruling Kindred vampires, each with their own motivations, and uncover Seattle’s dark secrets while reclaiming their lost vampiric powers.
Between nights, as Phyre rests, dreams and voices from Fabien's past take hold. Emerging as Fabien, players enter a neo-noir 1920s Seattle and use his Malkavian abilities to unravel the mystery behind his murder. Solving the case proves challenging, as Fabien's fractured perception of reality, a trait of his Malkavian blood, makes it difficult to distinguish fact from fiction.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is the successor to the cult-classic Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (2004). Bloodlines 2 plunges players into Seattle's dark underbelly, where vampires struggle for survival and supremacy. Players meet compelling characters, navigate complex political relationships, stalk the city streets for prey, and engage in intense combat while balancing their thirst for mortal blood.
The base game includes four clans, each with its own distinct playstyles, outfits, and Disciplines: the rebellious Brujah, blood sorcery masters Tremere, justice-driven Banu Haqim, and the persuasive Ventrue. Players must remain mindful of their surroundings or risk breaking the Masquerade – the absolute law of secrecy that keeps vampire society hidden from humanity.
To stay up-to-date with the latest news and updates about Bloodlines 2, visit the website and follow the game's official social media channels: Discord, Facebook, X/Twitter, and Instagram.
About Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive is one of the premier developers and publishers of strategy and management games for PC and consoles. The players are located all over the world but some of the biggest markets are North America, Western Europe and Asia.
The game portfolio consists of popular franchises such as Stellaris, Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect, the Surviving games, Age of Wonders and Victoria. Paradox Interactive also owns the World of Darkness brand catalog.
For more information, please visit http://www.paradoxinteractive.com
About White Wolf
White Wolf is World of Darkness’s official licensing and publishing entity under Paradox Interactive, responsible for the tabletop role-playing games, video games, books, streaming shows, digital entertainment, physical products, and more. As White Wolf enters its next chapter, it brings World of Darkness’ IP closer to fans and empowers a new generation of storytellers to explore and expand its rich universe.
About World of Darkness
World of Darkness is a transmedia entertainment setting encompassing a number of modern fantasy horror franchises, including Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Hunter: The Reckoning, and more. Through tabletop role-playing games, video games, board games, literature, comic books, and more, these franchises tell mature stories in a dark supernatural fantasy layered over our modern world. Since 1991, World of Darkness has defined monster-perspective entertainment for a generation of fans. For more information, visit www.worldofdarkness.com.
About The Chinese Room
The Chinese Room is an award-winning independent game development studio based in Brighton, UK. Since 2012, the studio has built a reputation for innovative first-person gaming with titles that include the ground-breaking Dear Esther (2012); the cult horror Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013); the internationally acclaimed Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (2015), and the multiple BAFTA-winning horror Still Wakes the Deep (2024).
The Chinese Room has been hard at work building on its reputation for creative excellence in game development and is busy with projects that merge TCR storytelling with new directions, new genres, and new ambitions.