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Who, exactly? Not true. The only companies who had anything to do with VtM:B2 are Paradox (the rights owners) and Hardsuit Labs, neither of which is a subsidiary of PWE. Also likely nonsense, Blacklight Retribution was shut down years ago because it had too small of a playerbase to be worth...

Again: what? The Publisher is Paradox, which isn't even a subsidiary of another company, let alone a Chinese one.

Woke narrative and setting? What?

It's less incompetence and more that Paradox has no experience doing something like this. Their highest budget title ever is probably Crusader Kings 3, and making something like Bloodlines 2 a critical and commercial success probably requires five times the budget of Crusader Kings 3...

Saddest news I've heard all day. It was my most anticipated game of 2021. This, Hogwarts Legacy... I'm holding out for Ghostwire Tokyo, Halo Infinite. Maybe even a surprise December 2021 Starfield release. At least I have more time to finish the original Bloodlines.

Paradox owns the IP and Hardsuit is a tiny studio, I guarantee Paradox is exercising a great deal of control over the game's creation.

rolls eyes More than likely its simply a mess because Paradox has never made a game like this before and has no experience doing it. Paradox develops low budget complex strategy games with tons of DLC that they can sell at a high price because its such a niche that they have the entire market...