The game was due to launch in 2020, but two delays saw it pushed back into 2021. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been in development hell over the past couple of years. In Paradox's financial end-of-year report, CEO Ebba Ljungerud said that Paradox has partnered with a new studio to finish work on the game, but doesn't mention who this new developer is. On the surface, it seems there's no bad blood between the two, but it's unclear why Hardsuit has been dropped as Bloodlines 2's developer. Paradox also thanked Hardsuit Labs for its efforts and for laying the foundations of the game.
In order to meet our goals for it, we’ve come to the conclusion that a change is needed and, as a result, more development time is required.'
'This game is very important to us, and it has been an ambitious project from the very start. Since we cannot at this time communicate a new release date, we've also decided to stop accepting pre-orders for the time being.
A development update from publisher Paradox Interactive reads, 'We have made the hard decision that Hardsuit Labs will no longer be leading the development of Bloodlines 2 - which also means that we will not be releasing in 2021 as previously planned.