Under the shadow of the $80 game controversy, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is technically only $60, it’ll cost you $90 for a Premium Edition with two more playable classes

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is really, officially, definitely going to launch on October 21, as announced during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025. After a wait that stretched into absurdity, you might expect Bloodlines 2 to command an especially premium price, but it's launching at just $60 across all platforms. Yet if you want to spend more money, there are several options for you.

Bloodlines 2 pre-orders went live alongside the release date announcement and new trailer today, confirming that – whether you're playing on PC, PS5, or Xbox Series X – you'll be able to buy in for $60. Whether or not the threat of a new $80 standard for game prices ever truly materializes, getting a $60 launch for a highly anticipated new RPG feels like an absolute throwback.

But that's the secret behind the $80 game furor – the average price of games has been above $70 for years now, as analyst Mat Piscatella told us earlier this year, thanks to these expensive upgrade editions. As much as the gaming world grouses about high prices, fans are still buying, and that's unlikely to change for a game people have been waiting for as long as they've been anticipating Bloodlines 2.

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Dustin Bailey
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.

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