Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York (not to be confused with the equally punctuation-heavy Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2) has finally gotten an official release date. The game will be released on PC on December 4th, 2019.
Coteries of New York is a game based on White Wolf Publishing’s tabletop role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, and takes place in the World of Darkness setting. This setting is shared with other upcoming video games, including the previously mentioned sequel to the 2004 RPG Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines and Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood. It draws upon the same themes of intrigue and hidden identities that were found in the original tabletop game, following one of three fledgౠling vampires as they learn to navigate the clan politics o꧂f New York vampire society.
So far, has been set. The game’s release on the Nintendo Switch will happen slightly later, in the first quarter of 2020. Developer Draw Distance has also announced that they are in talks with Paradox Interactive, current owner of White Wolf Publishing and publisher of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, about releasing versions of Coteries of New York for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The reception to the announcement was mostly positive but surprised. Many fans mentioned that they were excited, but had no idea that Coteries of New York was coming out. It seems to have been overshadowed by Bloodlines 2, which makes sense; the two games are coming out within a year of each other and are based on the same original game, but Bloodlines 2 is a sequel and is being published by Paradox Interactive, who own the original tabletop RPG, so it makes sense that it would eclipse Coteries of New York.
Still, even if many fans were only learning about the game for the first time, the response was overall one of anticipation. It looks like this will be another memorable addition to the World of Darkness. Or at least it will be able to sate fans’ thirst for Vampire: The Masquerade until Bloodlines 2 is released in March of next year.