Vampire: tM - Bloodlines

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines Retrospective

Games On Net has treated us to a retrospective feature for Troika’s Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, though the article spends more time pointing out the game’s flaws than its strengths.  But as anyone who has played Bloodlines will tell…

Vampire: Bloodlines v7.1 Unofficial Patch Released

Wesp5 continues to support Troika’s Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines by releasing unofficial patches, with the latest entry bringing the version number to 7.1. The full changelog, as usual: ‘¢ +Added lower player sell values to all weapons which were…

Dead State Interview

Plot is Gameplay’s Bitch (good name) sits down with developer Brian Mitsoda to talk some Vampire: Bloodlines, but also to talk about his upcoming project, Dead State. Okay, let’s talk about Dead State [previously known under codename, ZRPG]! The reason…

Choice and Consequence in Games

After pointing out some glaring flaws in the way choice and consequence is handled in Fable and Mass Effect, That Gaming Site briefly covers one game that managed to get it right: Troika’s Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. Vampire: The…

GB Feature: World of Darkness Interview

White Wolf is keeping a tight lid on any video game-related announcements they intend to make at The Grand Masquerade, but that didn’t stop me from quizzing community developer Shane DeFreest about their World of Darkness plans. Since most of my…

The Grand Masquerade Announced

In celebration of twenty years of World of Darkness tabletop games, White Wolf has revealed plans to host their first-ever “The Grand Masquerade” convention on September 23rd-September 26th in New Orleans, LA. This interview with our old friend Shane DeFreest…

Five Great Games That Killed Great Studios

Explicit Gamer has profiled five “great” video games that ended up being the final nail in the coffin for the studios that developed them. Troika’s Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is an obvious mention, though I’m not sure why they…

Vampire: Bloodlines v7.0 Unofficial Patch Released

If Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is still installed on your hard drive, you’ll want to check out version 7.0 of Wesp’s unofficial patch for Troika’s World of Darkness-based masterpiece. The latest changelog: ‘¢ +Repaired Tourette ammo and added XP…

Vampire: Bloodlines Clan Quest Mod 2.0 Released

GameBanshee member “hk00107” stopped by our Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines forums to announce the release of version 2.0 of his “Clan Quest” modification. Not only does the mod include the latest version of Wesp’s unofficial patch, but it also…

How CRPGs Warped My Brain, Part Four

Tales of the Rampant Coyote’s Jay Barnson once again summarizes what he’s learned from several CRPGs, though this time most of the games he profiles are somewhat recent. Fallout, Fallout 2, Baldur’s Gate II, Vampire: Redemption, Vampire: Bloodlines, Wizardry 8,…