Vampire: The Masquerade (Sharkmob)

An untitled Vampire: The Masquerade video game in the battle royale genre is in development by Sharkmob, and planned for release in Q3/Q4 2021 by Paradox Interactive as a free-to-play game. It is based on White Wolf Publishing's 1991 tabletop role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, and is part of the larger World of Darkness series.

Untitled Vampire: The Masquerade game
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Developer(s)Sharkmob
Publisher(s)Paradox Interactive
SeriesVampire: The Masquerade
ReleaseQ3/Q4 2021
Genre(s)Battle royale
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Overview

The game is a battle royale game set in the streets and on the rooftops in Prague, in the World of Darkness.[1] It takes place following a vampire gathering in the city, after which war between the vampire sects broke out and the Second Inquisition became involved.[2] Players take the roles of vampires who try to survive the sect war,[2] battling both each other and an entity who tries to exterminate vampires. They can choose to fight on their own or in a team, and use ranged weapons, melee weapons, and vampiric powers.[1][3] Players also need to conceal their identities as vampires from humans, a practice called the Masquerade.[2]

Development
The game is based on the tabletop role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade.

The game is developed by Sharkmob, a Tencent-owned game developer based in Malmö and London, founded in 2017 by former staff from Massive Entertainment and IO Interactive, as one of three video games they are developing simultaneously.[4][5][6] The game is an adaptation of White Wolf Publishing's 1991 tabletop role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade,[5] and was known internally under the codename Tiger [Project Lonely Fish].[7] Because of the source material, the developers did research on the Vampire: The Masquerade setting to see how to create an event and location that could enable battle royale gameplay while going against the setting's established lore as little as possible, and portraying Prague accurately to how it appears within the World of Darkness setting.[2]

The game was announced in October 2020 with a teaser trailer,[4] following the leak of a video of the game,[7] and is planned to be published by Paradox Interactive in Q3/Q4 2021[3][4] as a free-to-play game.[2] The developers expect to release the game for multiple platforms;[8] they did not announced which, but wrote on their website at the time that they are developing games for personal computers and "next-gen consoles".[4]

Reception

PC Gamer and Destructoid considered the project odd for its combination of the battle royale genre and the Vampire: The Masquerade setting, with PC Gamer calling it "baffling to fans and non-fans alike";[1][9] Game Informer called it intriguing and full of potential, however,[10] and PC Gamer said that they thought the game could turn out well considering the development staff's experience.[1]

References
  1. Bolding, Jonathan (2020-11-01). "There's going to be a Vampire: The Masquerade Battle Royale". PC Gamer. Future plc. Archived from the original on 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  2. Lochiatto, Jonathan (2020-11-13). "Vampire: The Masquerade - Everything We Know About the New Battle Royale". Comic Book Resources. Valnet, Inc. Archived from the original on 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  3. Peppiatt, Dom (2020-11-01). "Vampire: The Masquerade battle royale coming in 2021". VG247. Archived from the original on 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  4. Oloman, Jordan (2020-11-02). "Vampire: The Masquerade Battle Royale Game Revealed For 2021". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  5. Sintorn, Niklas (2020-10-31). "Speljätten tar sig an kultförklarat rollspel" [Game giant takes on cult classic role-playing game]. Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Bonnier Group. Archived from the original on 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  6. Wilson, Mike (2020-11-02). "Sharkmob Announces Battle Royale Title Using 'Vampire: The Masquerade' License". Bloody Disgusting. The Collective. Archived from the original on 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  7. "Wyciekły informacje o Vampire: The Masquerade Battle Royale" [Information leaked about Vampire: The Masquerade battle royale]. Gry Online (in Polish). 2020-10-31. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  8. Takahashi, Dean (2020-10-14). "Tencent-owned Sharkmob opens triple-A game studio in London". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  9. Moyse, Chris (2020-11-02). "Vampire: The Masquerade battle royale title coming in 2021". Destructoid. Enthusiast Gaming. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  10. Ruppert, Liana (2020-11-02). "A Battle Royale Vampire: The Masquerade Game Announced". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
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