Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Update Adds Custom Difficulty

Paradox Interactive and developer The Chinese Room released a “winter update” for first-person action RPG Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. The update features a new custom difficulty mode, which allows players to adjust various settings grouped into HUD, Player, Enemies, and Progression sections, including a new Iron Vamp permadeath mode. Other additions include holiday-themed cosmetics and quality-of-life upgrades. More details can be found on the game’s official website.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is a follow-up to 2004 PC title Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, and is available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Bloodlines 2 returns players to the world of the Masquerade, an agreement between all the vampire clans that requires vampires do not reveal themselves to the world. Players control a customisable, fully-voiced protagonist named Phyre, an Elder Kindred who has been asleep for 100 years before waking up in modern-day Seattle. Players also control Malkavian detective Fabien while Phyre rests between nights, witnessing Fabien’s past in 1920s Seattle, and using his abilities to uncover the mysteries behind his murder.