{"id":57295,"date":"2020-08-19T21:55:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T21:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-creative-leads-fired\/"},"modified":"2020-08-19T21:55:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T21:55:03","slug":"vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-creative-director-and-narrative-lead-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/08\/19\/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-creative-director-and-narrative-lead-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Creative Director and Narrative Lead Fired"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

Today, Paradox Interactive and Hardsuit Labs released an announcement regarding its highly anticipated World of Darkness<\/em> game, and fans are in shock.\u00a0Two members of the Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2<\/em><\/strong> team, Creative Director Ka’ai Cluney and Narrative Designer Brian Mitsoda, have been let go.<\/p>\n

It was, apparently, a joint decision between the Swedish publisher and the studio developing the\u00a0World of Darkness<\/em><\/a> game. “We appreciate, and value, the contributions of Brian and Ka\u2019ai,” says the announcement. “We wish them both the best in their future endeavors.” It then welcomed to the team Creative Consultant\u00a0Alexandre Mandryka, whose experience includes Assassin’s Creed<\/em>, Far Cry<\/em>, and Warhammer 40k<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0Tera Studio En Masse Entertainment is Shutting Down<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Brian Mitsoda released a statement to Rock Paper Shotgun. “That this came as a shock to me is underselling it,” he began, then described the experience of investing five years of his life into the development process. “I\u2019ve been in charge of the narrative since the beginning, working long days and sometimes weekends to deliver a successor to Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines<\/em><\/a>, and I\u2019ve never been led to believe that I hadn\u2019t succeeded.”<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

Just last year Mitsoda and Kipling made the announcement\u00a0delaying\u00a0Bloodlines 2<\/em> together<\/a>, talking about how the first\u00a0Bloodlines<\/em> had “famously launched too early,” and they wanted to “ensure we would not repeat its mistakes.” It seemed at the time to be a prudent move, and fans were more than willing to be patient for the successor to their favorite\u00a0World of Darkness<\/em> video game.<\/p>\n

The sudden inexplicable termination of the two long-standing team members casts a dark shadow over the whole project. This decision may have something to do with the call last week to\u00a0delay the release of Bloodlines 2<\/em>\u00a0even further until 2021<\/a>\u00a0because of the “quality bar and ambitions.” Mitsoda said he was not part of the discussion that led to this particular delay, nor the decision to let them go.<\/p>\n

Fans are harshly criticizing the move to replace Cluney and Mitsoda since it is a massive change that comes too close to the end of Bloodlines 2<\/em> development,\u00a0saying it could be a bad sign for the game, or even the whole franchise going forward. World of Darkness<\/em> relies heavily on narrative and cooperative storytelling<\/a>, and it takes a certain kind of mind to conceive the complex network of plot lines and characters that fans have come to expect from\u00a0Vampire: The Masquerade<\/em><\/a>. To drop not just one, but two\u00a0founding\u00a0team members less than a year from release is foreboding, even without taking into account the multiple delays.<\/p>\n

For the sake of\u00a0Mitsoda at least, it\u00a0may be a good idea to let this event pass with minimal fuss. “I\u2019m a pretty private person,” he wrote. “Press and crowds tend to heavily trigger my social anxiety.” Being fired unexpectedly definitely doesn’t help, but hopefully, he can be comforted by the fact a lot of fans are willing to come to\u00a0his and Cluney’s defense. “It\u2019s meant a lot to hear from the Bloodlines community and I do hope that what\u2019s finally delivered is as satisfying as I intended it to be.”<\/p>\n

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>will release in 2021 on the PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Vampire the Masquerade: Shadows of New York Gets New Trailer<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Source: Rock Paper Shotgun<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n

\\\"IT\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2
\u7acb\u523b\u8a3b\u518a\u53ca\u5831\u540d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\u8ab2\u7a0b\u5427!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/br>Find A Teacher Form:\r\n<\/br>https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1vREBnX5n262umf4wU5U2pyTwvk9O-JrAgblA-wH9GFQ\/viewform?edit_requested=true#responses\r\n<\/br><\/br>Email:\r\n<\/br>public1989two@gmail.com






\r\nwww.itsec.hk<\/a>
\r\nwww.itsec.vip<\/a>
\r\nwww.itseceu.uk<\/a>
<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

World of Darkness is well known for sudden and dark plot twists, but the mysterious firing of two Bloodlines 2 creative leads leaves fans shocked.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":500,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Creative Director and Narrative Lead Fired - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"World of Darkness is well known for sudden and dark plot twists, but the mysterious firing of two Bloodlines 2 creative leads leaves fans shocked."},"footnotes":""},"categories":[607],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/500"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57296,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57295\/revisions\/57296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}