Developer The Chinese Room has released a new trailer for its upcoming urban horror action RPG Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. The trailer, which you can check out below, introduces the voice cast of the title, letting us check out how its various characters will sound, from both the male and female Phyre being voiced by Tommy Sim’aan and Hara Yannas respectively, to Jane Perry’s take on the character of Lou Graham, and Safia Ulusoy as voiced by Amrita Acharia,.
Since the trailer is essentially a largely-disjointed series of dialogue lines spoken by various characters from throughout Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, there isn’t really much here in terms of story revelations or even gameplay showcases. We do, however, see hints of the kinds of personalities that all of these characters will have when we eventually get to meet them in-game.
The trailer comes just a few weeks before the October 21 release date of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. The title is making its way to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. PC players that are curious about whether or not their gaming systems can handle the action RPG can check out the relatively-modest system requirements revealed just last month, which also confirmed that the title will only take up 30 GB of storage.
The announcement of the release date was met with quite a bit of controversy since pre-orders opening up revealed that publisher Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room were planning on locking two of the playable vampire clans behind an add-on pack, which could either be picked up for $21.99 on its own, or as part of a more expensive Premium Edition of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2.
The two clans – Toreador and Lasombra – were originally planned to be part of the Shadows & Silk add-on pack. Aside from this, the base game was only going to have four playable clans – Brujah, Banu Haqim, Tremere and Ventrue. Since clans serve a very important purpose in the world of Vampire: The Masquerade – essentially being equivalent to a player’s “class” in the tabletop RPG – there was quite a bit of backlash to this reveal.
Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room eventually walked back on the decision, announcing that both Toreador and La Sombra would be available through the base edition of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. Instead, DLC plans for the RPG changed with the addition of two new Story Packs, dubbed Loose Cannon and The Flower & The Flame. The two Story Packs would have players take on the roles of Camarilla Sheriff Benny Muldoon and Primogen Ysabella Moore respectively. Both Story Packs are part of the Premium Edition, and will be out in 2026.
While you wait for the release of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 later this month, check out the trailer from back in August that gave us a look at some of the story and gameplay from the 1920s sections of the game, which will have players take on the role of a Malkavian detective named Fabien who is stuck in protagonist Phyre’s head.
