Maintain the massively multiplayer Masquerade
The spring is looking packed with vampiric activity. Developer Sharkmob announced today that its free-to-play battle royaleBloodhunt, based in theVampire: The Masqueradeuniverse, is launching out of early access on April 27.
Bloodhuntis coming to both PlayStation 5 and PC in April. This followsseveral months in early access, as the battle royale has been sharpening its fangs on PC.
Sharkmob’s take on theVampire: The Masqueradedoes expand out into a more multiplayer, action-oriented experience. The pillars of the universe remain, though: clans, vampiric superpowers, and upholding the Masquerade.
The PlayStation 5 version will get someDualSense haptic feedback. It will also make use of high-end headphones and the PS5 Tempest 3D Audio tech.
Bloodhuntis maybe not theVampireexperience that fans might expect from the series. The tabletop franchise became a cult classic in the video game world withVampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. The sequel,Bloodlines 2, haspretty much dropped off the gridat this point.
That hasn’t stopped moreVampiregames from steadily rolling out, though. Several visual novels have been published under theVampire: The Masqueradelabel, the World of Darkness team held aVampiregame jam, andnarrative adventureSwansongis due out in May.
Bloodhuntfeels, to me, like part of that growing and expanding video gameVampirepresence. We’ll see how months of early access have worked out for it, and whether vampires can hold their own againWarzone,Apex, and the like. But it certainly seems like theVampirevideo game train is full steam ahead. If you want to down some blood in Prague and hunt other denizens of the night,Bloodhunthits full launch on PS5 and PC on April 27.
