So, what's happening with the WoD IPs?

[romothecus]

Paradox,

So you guys purchased White Wolf Publishing from CCP in October. But since then we haven't heard anything about it. Is there a game in active development, or are you just banging ideas around at this point?

 

[Moocats]

oo Another corny as hell Vampire the Masquerade title? Lets face it, CCP who gave us Eve Online would never have given us Vampire TM 3 lol.

 

[Mudcrab]

The Mittani already has eleborate plans to infiltrate and destroy the I.P. He's currently disguised as a quiet mild-mannered PDX employee with a false moustache.

 

[NeverHelm]

Could be related to Wiz's new project.

 

[romothecus]

Could be related to Wiz's new project.

Maybe, but the consensus seems to be that Wiz will be going over to Victoria 3 once he finishes up the Stellaris AI and HOI4 AI.

 

[TinyWiking]

It's not uncommon for companies to keep things quiet until an announcement is ready, we are no different .

Are things in the works? Ofc!
Are we ready to talk about it? No, not at the moment.
When will we talk about it? When we are ready .

Fear not, great minds are in charge of the brand, patience is a virtue and all that .

 

[Jamey]

It's not uncommon for companies to keep things quiet until an announcement is ready, we are no different .

Are things in the works? Ofc!
Are we ready to talk about it? No, not at the moment.
When will we talk about it? When we are ready .

Fear not, great minds are in charge of the brand, patience is a virtue and all that .

Patience is a virtue.

I do hope that those in charge of the IP have played VTM: Bloodlines. While buggy as heck, it has a spectacular game design. So many things were done right in it.

 

[Zarine]

In the past, PI communicated too early some games that were finally not good enough for them and were dropped (bye bye the Nordic heroes of might and magic like game - sorry can't remember the name given).

So better if they communicate when they are sure the game will be out than to announce it and see it fail (Hello Duke Nukem for never)

 

[solamyas]

(bye bye the Nordic heroes of might and magic like game - sorry can't remember the name given).

Runemaster

 

[Moocats]

The Mittani already has eleborate plans to infiltrate and destroy the I.P. He's currently disguised as a quiet mild-mannered PDX employee with a false moustache.

Hah very good.

 

[Wagonlitz]

In the past, PI communicated too early some games that were finally not good enough for them and were dropped (bye bye the Nordic heroes of might and magic like game - sorry can't remember the name given).

So better if they communicate when they are sure the game will be out than to announce it and see it fail (Hello Duke Nukem for never)

There also were Magna Mundi the Game and East versus West; and yes all the fallout in particular the two games I mentioned gave when canceled (and especially the cancellation of Magna Mundi) has made them less willing to announce things ahead of time; things got quite nasty when Magna Mundi was canceled due to it having been so awaited.

 

[Anthedon]

Paradox needs to track down these guys if they plan on making another RPG with this license.

 

[Eöl]

Paradox needs to track down these guys if they plan on making another RPG with this license.

Or at least the voice actors.

 

[Azriel7]

Paradox needs to track down these guys if they plan on making another RPG with this license.

This, a thousand times. PI needs to play Vampire the masquerade: bloodlines if they have not done it. It might be buggy as hell, but it is a masterpiece of work and actually feels like you are in the wod universe. While the graphics might be dated, the work itself is fantastic, a near perfect blend of first person and RPG gameplay that doesn't feel dummed down or streamlined in any way. I would kill for a VTM:B 2 and I bet PI could put up a kickstarter for it and it would easily reach its goals.

Whatever PI does, just make it awesome, sexy, bloody and mature. I will say that I would not have a wod game in the modern setting, but keep it in the 80's/early 90's at the latest to keep that gothic punk feel which is so much part of the WOD setting. Modern times just doesn't work for the gothic punk feel. On a side note, would P.I. consider leasing out the license to other game devs? Would love to see what other companies would do with a wod license (looking at you CDPR).

 

[Eöl]

I don't think keeping it in the 80's 90's early 00's is strictly necessary, the Gothic style is just that, a stylistic choice, Paradox could carry on with classic World of Darkness setting if they really wanted to narratively speaking by going with the "Cain enforcing the status-quo" ending to Gehenna.
Which would still have massive aftershocks, something I would definitely be curious about...

 

[Carmilla]

I don't think keeping it in the 80's 90's early 00's is strictly necessary, the Gothic style is just that, a stylistic choice, Paradox could carry on with classic World of Darkness setting if they really wanted to narratively speaking by going with the "Cain enforcing the status-quo" ending to Gehenna.
Which would still have massive aftershocks, something I would definitely be curious about...

Its been ages since I read about the endings(and even then I didn't see all of them due to not owning tabletop stuff back then). Remind me what happened in that one precisely?

 

[TinyWiking]

Just a little tidbit to still your curiosity

http://imagonem.org/2016/02/15/white-wolfs-lead-storyteller-there-will-be-a-release-in-2016/

 

[Eöl]

Its been ages since I read about the endings (and even then I didn't see all of them due to not owning tabletop stuff back then). Remind me what happened in that one precisely?

I don't really remember either, you can find most of the information via google/duckduckgo (albeit a tad more in depth than usual). That said, my hazy memory is that getting Cain to enforce the status quo is basically kind of a narrative stretch.

 

[Carmilla]

I don't really remember either, you can find most of the information via google/duckduckgo (albeit a tad more in depth than usual). That said, my hazy memory is that getting Cain to enforce the status quo is basically kind of a narrative stretch.

To give DMs a way out if the players turn out to loathe what he went with I guess or to give some fashion to end it without dooming all(or most) life.

 

[DanubianCossak]

So, ill let you know a secret.

There is this new Paradox building, right?

Well inside, hidden in some dark place, there is a secret vault (personally i suspect its bellow Johan's desk but thats mere speculation).

Inside this vault are all secret, semi secret and super secret projects, stuff they are working on or plan to work on in the near future.

It is my life's goal to break into Paradox Vault and steal all their secrets.

I even dreamed about it once.