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Paradox Announces $37 Million Write-Down After Bloodlines 2 Fails to Meet Sales Estimates, But the DLCs Are Still Happening

Three Paradox vampire characters are featured in promotional art for the 'Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 Halloween Update.'

In a press release shared late yesterday evening, Swedish publisher Paradox Interactive announced that Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 failed to meet its sales estimates. Due to the game’s underperformance, the publisher has been forced to make a non-cash write-down of around $37 million in ‘capitalized development costs’. Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester said that the company is proud of the work done by The Chinese Room (which replaced the original developer, Hardsuit Labs), but also admitted that the sales will not match the projections. In a refreshing move, the executive took the blame on the publisher’s side instead of […]

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