Activision has sent a press release confirming the release date of Vampires is the 16th of November, 2004. Yes, this year. <br> <br><blockquote>Santa Monica, CA – November 9, 2004 – The bloodletting begins on November 16, 2004 with the shipping of Activision, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Vampire®: The Masquerade – Bloodlines™ for the PC. <br> <br>An all-new RPG adventure, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is filled with rich character development, an intriguing storyline set in White Wolf’s World of Darkness®, and mind-blowing graphics powered by Source™ - Valve’s next generation engine technology. It will take a vicious array of vampire disciplines and a healthy penchant for blood, for players to survive the dark and gritty undying world of modern day L.A. Selecting from one of seven clans, gamers will interact with other characters, decide with whom to ally themselves, and watch as darkness takes over their soul while a mysterious plot unfolds.</blockquote> <br> <br>Somewhat surprisingly, this is also happens to be the release date of Half-Life 2. Here's hoping that the game is as bug free as possible, and that it's sales aren't hurt by Half Life 2's release. Hopefully I'll be seeing it in Australia sometime soon. <br> <br>Edit - According to my sources (i.e. my local EB, where I preordered the game) it'll be available on the 19th of November, a mere three days later than the official release. That I can live with. Let's just hope it doesn't turn into 3 months of waiting, like another game I could <a href="http://www.morrowind.com">mention</a> <br> <br>I saw this at the <a href="http://www.rpgcodex.com">Codex</a>, which in turn saw it at <a href="http://www.bluesnews.com">Blue's News</a>.
