Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 was an unmitigated disaster when it limped to release last year, but developer The Chinese Room does seem to be at least willing to try and make the PS5 title worth playing.

It's got the RPG's first expansion, called Loose Cannon, releasing on 27th April 2026, and a roadmap detailing the sort of features and enhancements base game owners can expect.

The first of two planned DLC drops is separate from the main game and puts you in the shoes of Benny Muldoon. Four new quests will flesh out his motivations and relationships, providing more context to the main story. Benny comes with a firearm, meaning there'll be first-person gunplay in the expansion, and there'll be melee weapons to go alongside it.

Play as Benny Muldoon, Seattle lawman and Sheriff of a fractured Court. Ruthless, volatile, and convinced that might makes right, Benny delivers justice at gunpoint and by fist. Who would make such a man Sheriff, and how could they hope to control him?

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 PS5 2

As for the base game, an update will go live alongside the DLC on 27th April that adds an updated save feature, melee combat improvements, and more. The roadmap also teases a summer patch that includes a Photo Mode, Noir Mode, and upgrades to ranged combat.

We called the PS5 effort "a disastrously paced, technical mess of a sequel" in our Bloodlines 2 PS5 review, attaching a 4/10 rating to it. "Its best qualities are always short-lived, buried deep beneath the frustrations of non-existent RPG elements, extreme padding, and diabolical technical issues," we concluded. "Beyond the promise of its opening hours, this is a tragic misfire of a game."

[source paradoxinteractive.com]