Short article with more information:

https://www.pcgamer.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-has-been-quietly-rebuilt-by-dear-esther-developer-the-chinese-room-with-different-gameplay-mechanics-and-rpg-systems/

TLDR: Dev is The Chinese Room, developer of Dear Esther and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. They still won't say what happened with Hardsuit Labs, the OG dev, and the mechanics and system will be totally different.

Instead of a thin-blood (new, weak vampire), you're an Elder (old, scary vampire) fresh from torpor (long VampNap).

I should be happy it's getting a sequel, but all I can muster is a terrified oh no.

As much as I would love for this to be a hit, my skepticism is through the roof.

(X) Doubt

Mom come pick me up. I'm scared.

I actually had this game pre-ordered a long while back but with the huge upheaval around the developer I canceled it. I haven't played any other games by this developer but I like the concept art. Still, I remain ever apprehensive.

I don’t have a good feeling about this game.

This games development reminds me of Duke Nukem forever. Hope it has a happier ending than that did.

I loved vtmb enough to overlook the late game and I'm very nervous about the tumultuous history of this game. But here's hoping.

Yay!

The Chinese room

Boo

I really hope they have Malkavian (clan of madmen and prophets) with unique content as a starting option, I would love to run through the game for the first time not 100% sure what's real.

While I wasn't hugely excited about Mitsoda's thin-blood idea, I'm even less excited about being an awakened Elder. Also, knowing the heart and soul of the original will be missing does not fill me with optimism.

The content of the trailer gives me nothing to work with really, either. It will have first-person action combat, that's about it, and it's the last thing anyone excited for a Bloodlines sequel would care about.

I know characters, writing and atmosphere can be hard to get across in a trailer but I would have liked something more. The previous trailer at least had similar undertones to the first game, you could tell it had some of the same people involved and it gave me some optimism.

It Paradox wanted me to get me on board for this attempt they could have at least used one of Rik Schaffer's new tracks for the trailer, but I assume he has been scrapped too.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2: The Bloodening (The Michael Scott Story Starring Michael Scott, With Dwight Schrute)

Please don't suck.

They've resumed development on this? Huh, that's interesting. At this point this game has gone through dev hell so I hope it turns out alright.

Wasnt this announced already? With a trailer too?