Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 publisher Paradox Interactive has written down SEK 355 million ($37.4 million) in capitalised development costs after the long-gestating sequel underperformed. 

The Swedish publisher said the write-down is based on an updated sales forecast made 30 days after the title launched. 

Paradox said it is pleased with the work of Bloodlines 2 developer Sumo Digital—which took charge of the project in 2023 after multiple studios had been relieved of development duties—but confirmed the title has fallen short of expectations.

“We’ve had high expectations for a long time, since we saw that it was a good game with a strong IP in a genre with a broad appeal. A month after release we can sadly see that sales do not match our projections, which necessitates the write-down,” said Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester in a note to investors.

“The responsibility lies fully with us as the publisher. The game is outside of our core areas, in hindsight it is clear that this has made it difficult for us to gauge sales. Going forward, we focus our capital to our core segments and, at the same time, we’ll evaluate how we best develop World of Darkness’ strong brand catalogue in the future.”

You shouldn’t worry if you are playing this game, there is more content coming. Paradox still intends to release two expansions for Bloodlines 2 in the coming year. “Our post-release plan remains firm,” added Wester.