I still can’t quite believe Vampire Survivors popularised a subgenre. I’m not mad at it – I adore it. But who would have predicted such a simple-looking and simple-playing thing would inspire such a following? A game in which all you do is move an auto-attacking character around while avoiding the swarms of enemies chasing after you. A game about …
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‘Vampire Diaries’ Star Nina Dobrev On Fight For Equal Pay To Male Co-Leads
Nina Dobrev is opening up about her fight for equal pay to her male co-leads on The Vampire Diaries. Dobrev starred opposite Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder on the CW supernatural teen drama for the first six seasons, playing different characters. The star was the female lead, Elena Gilbert, in the series, and also doubled as the devilish Katherine Pierce. …
Read More »Nina Dobrev Fought for Equal Pay on ‘Vampire Diaries’ for 6 Seasons
Despite being the lead of “The Vampire Diaries,” Nina Dobrev never made as much money as her costars, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley. In “I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of The Vampire Diaries,” Samantha Highfill’s book released on Tuesday, Dobrev fought for seasons for equal pay. “Candice [King], Kat [Graham], and I were the three lowest-paid series regulars …
Read More »Nina Dobrev Talks Fight for Equal Pay to Vampire Diaries Male Co-Stars
Despite being the only actor playing multiple characters during the early seasons of The Vampire Diaries, Nina Dobrev has revealed that she was paid less than her fellow male co-stars Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley. The actress opened up about the behind-the-scenes equal pay battle in Entertainment Weekly editor Samantha Highfill’s new book, I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of The …
Read More »Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 to refund all PS5 Premium Editions following backlash over paywalled clans
From next week, anyone who pre-ordered their Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Premium Edition via the PlayStation Store will be refunded. Community developer DebbieElla told players the refunds were coming as part of recent “adjustments”, and confirmed we’ll get “all the details” on the changes on 17th September. We weren’t allowed to direct capture the preview build but we …
Read More »Good, the grubby paid clan plan for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is being “adjusted”
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 publisher Paradox appears to be rethinking its plan to charge for two of the six playable clans in the game. Community developer DebbieElla told the Bloodlines 2 Discord community last night (spotted by ResetEra): “We are listening to your feedback about the Lasombra and Toreador clan access, and we’re making adjustments ahead of launch …
Read More »Paradox are “making adjustments” to Bloodlines 2’s day-one vampire clan DLC plans, following backlash
Well, there you go. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 publisher Paradox look like they might be sticking a stake in their rather unpopular plans to sell two of the game’s vampire clans as paid day-one DLC. I say “might be” because nothing specific’s been committed to yet, beyond some nebulous making of “adjustments ahead of launch” in response to …
Read More »The Chinese Room defend Bloodlines 2’s paywalled vampire clans: “we have been expanding it from where we originally planned to land it”
You really have to hand it to the publishers of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. They are the absolute masters of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, the doyens of stepping on rakes, even as they near the checkered flag. The long-awaited RPG got a new trailer and what may actually prove to be the final release …
Read More »The first hours of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 uncloak a slick action game, but a limited RPG
I feel for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. If it was named something like Fang Bastard: The Punching Of The Many, the trailers wouldn’t have so many views, but those who’d watched them would probably be quite jazzed for that new bitey-talky game that looks a bit like Dishonored with more story branching. It isn’t, and they aren’t. Instead, …
Read More »Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 finally gets a release date, locks two of its clans behind $22 DLC
The long in-development Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 finally has a release date, but two of its clans are locked behind day-one DLC. After numerous delays, the game will be released on October 21, according to co-publishers Paradox Interactive and White Wolf. The base game will be released on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC at a price of …
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