Sharkmob has quite a treat for those partaking in the carnage for Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodhunt, as the studio has announced the Bloodhunt Summer Update is due for release this July 14! Not only will it bring new cosmetics into the game, but players will also see the introduction of the 8v8 Team Deathmatch mode as well.

In the press release, Sharkmob gave an overview of what players can expect from the upcoming update to the free-to-play battle royale alongside a new trailer.

Summer Update overview

• New Game mode – Team DeathMatch (Beta) coming 14th July 2022. Two teams of 8v8 will battle each other with unlimited respawns and the first team to reach the score limit wins. This new game mode will have five unique areas in Prague as battle grounds including; Slaughterhouse, Disco, Hotel, Construction and Harbor.
• Special SUMMER PASS offer – 100+ new items for 600 Tokens (around 5,99 USD)
• New map locations – Ventrue train added to the Train Station location and Rudolfinum got the attic opened up with 3 new roof entrances and some other smaller tweaks to the interior layout.
• Elysium – The Ventrue area, previously locked in Elysium, is now open. Players will be able to meet Em, the Ventrue primogen, and to get quests from her. Toreador Maia’s nightclub has opened, this is a perfect area for players to show off their vampire persona.
• New Melee weapons – Knife and crowbar
• Minor and major bug fixes – These will include the infamous reload and red gas bugs, higher graphical fidelity, updated character rigging, PS5 controller improvements and performance improvements.

Sharkmob has also announced that they are moving away from the traditional seasonal model found in other battle royale games. Instead, the studio will focus on rolling out smaller, more regular updates. 

Here’s what David Sirland, Live Producer of Bloodhunt, had to say:

“As a team, we have decided to move away from the traditional seasons model within Battle Royale games, and instead we will be focussing on giving players smaller, more regular updates. “We feel that sustaining seasons in the typical way is not what works for our relatively small team so we want to challenge the norm by releasing updates much faster than previously planned but in smaller chunks.”

Bloodhunt is out now on the PS5 and PC.