More Publishers Should Be Refunding Pre-Orders (But Of Course They Won't)
It’s not often that a game stuck in development hell reemerges, with the publisher saying ‘the game is still happening, and we’ve got big news coming!’, before almost simultaneously refunding existing preorders for the game in question. Well, it’s happened now. The publisher in question is Paradox Interactive, and the game isVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Originally announced in 2019, the sequel to the cult classic (but itself very troubled) 2004 RPG has since gone through several major staff changes, culminating in developer Hardsuit Labs getting removed from the project....