The publisher and developer of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 have fired the creative director and lead writer of the game, and it does not sound like it was a friendly room.
Paradox Interactive and Hardsuit Labs announced the dismissals in a blog post on Wednesday, saying that Brian Mitsoda, who also co-wrote the original game in 2004, and director Ka’ai Cluney “are no longer part of the team at Hardsuit Labs. . “
“This was a joint decision made by the leadership of Hardsuit Labs and Paradox Interactive,” the statement said.
In a statement to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Mitsoda called the changes an unusual surprise. “That this came as a shock to me is selling it,” Mitsoda said, noting his five years of work on the game. “I am incredibly disappointed and frustrated to say that this is where it ends for me on the project.”
“I was not part of the talks that led to the decision to slow down production,” Mitsoda said. He was fired July 16. “To my knowledge, there were no delays caused by the Bloodlines 2 narrative development. ”
Hardsuit Labs announced this on August 11th Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 was delayed in 2021. The studio said it took more time to complete a stable and polished product. Bloodlines 2 will launch on PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One, with versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X also in development.
Polygon reached out to a Paradox Interactive representative to ask for further comment on why Mitsoda and Cluney were fired. The publisher declined to comment.
