World of Darkness Names Renegade Game Studios Publishing Partner for its Catalogue of Tabletop RPGs
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Free Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Companion PDF, adding additional clans, powers, coming this December
STOCKHOLM – November 12, 2020 –World of Darkness, the transmedia entertainment brand behind celebrated fantasy horror properties including Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse, announced today that Renegade Game Studios is now the Publishing Partner for its catalogue of tabletop role playing games (TTRPG). World of Darkness also revealed it is bringing IP development of its story universes in-house and is kicking off this change with Vampire: The Masquerade Companion, a free digital supplement that brings new playable clans to Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition, that will be available this December.
"Renegade and World of Darkness worked closely together on Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals and the team proved their passion for our brands and alignment with our values in that collaboration," said Sean Greaney, Brand Manager for World of Darkness at Paradox Interactive. "Our joint goal is to ensure that there will be no disruption of service for fans looking to get their hands on Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition books."
"We're thrilled to work with the World of Darkness team and create exciting content for this rich universe of supernatural horror." said Scott Gaeta, President and Publisher at Renegade Game Studios. "We look forward to supporting the existing community and welcoming in new players very soon."
Check out this video where the World of Darkness team discusses the Renegade Game Studios partnership, future development of tabletop products, and deep dives into the Vampire: The Masquerade Companion book.
World of Darkness is taking over IP development of its story universes, including Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse. Led by World of Darkness Creative Lead Justin Achilli, they will create the foundational material – including core TTRPG books – for all stories set in a World of Darkness franchise, including video games, comics, and other forms of media. Renegade Game Studios, working with local partners globally, will broaden the offering with additional TTRPG products. Additionally, all World of Darkness books will continue to include sensitivity reviews as part of the development process.
"Bringing IP development in-house is one of the many reasons why the World of Darkness team hired me and I'm thrilled to take on this responsibility. I'll be working with handpicked teams to set the lore, atmosphere, and tone that players have come to expect, and working with partners like Renegade to create compelling stories within that framework," Achilli said. "Even though I'm leading this process, we'll continue to work with teams of writers and freelancers. Our goal is to ensure that book development happens with teams that include a diversity of voices."
While World of Darkness will take over IP development of its core TTRPG books, as publisher, Renegade Game Studios will handle publishing and marketing of these products. Everything that falls outside of the core story setting, as determined by World of Darkness, will be developed and published by Renegade Game Studios.
To learn more about how World of Darkness will develop content, its partnership with Renegade Game Studios, and what all of this means for the future of its TTRPG line up, head over to this blog post: https://www.worldofdarkness.com/news/vampire-the-masquerade-companion-releases-in-december
The Vampire: The Masquerade Companion book brings highly-anticipated Vampire clans from the community into tabletop play and gives Storytellers more tools to enhance their narratives. To download completely free of charge, fans will simply need to visit the World of Darkness website (https://worldofdarkness.com) and log in with a Paradox account.
Vampire: The Masquerade Companion Key Features:
Three vampire clans: Tzimisce, Ravnos, Salubri
Discipline powers representing each of the new clans
How to play rules for ghouls and mortals
Details on each clan's view on vampire coteries
Additional Merits for players' characters
Updates to Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition core rulebook
"World of Darkness fans have been asking us for more Vampire: The Masquerade content since we launched the 5th edition core book in 2018. Vampire: The Masquerade Companion is our answer, adding in some of their most-requested features like clan Tzimisce and rules for Mortals", said Martyna Zych, Brand Community Developer for World of Darkness. "We are listening to our players, and now that we are developing IP in-house, we are equipped to respond to their feedback and produce content like the Companion. This is just one of many products we have in the pipeline, and while we can't reveal anything else now, I will say that it is a great time to be a World of Darkness fan."
World of Darkness will share more information about its lineup of announced products including, Second Inquisition, Vampire: The Masquerade Player's Guide, Werewolf: The Apocalypse core book and more in the coming weeks. The first TTRPG book to release under this new process will be the Sabbat Sect Book. Stay tuned to www.worldofdarkness.com for updates.
About World of Darkness
World of Darkness is a transmedia entertainment brand encompassing a number of modern fantasy horror franchises, including Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and more. Through tabletop roleplaying games, video games, board games, literature, comic books, and more, these franchises tell mature stories in a dark supernatural fantasy layered over our modern world. Since 1991, World of Darkness has defined monster-perspective entertainment for a generation of fans. For more information visit www.worldofdarkness.com.
About Renegade Game Studios
Renegade Game Studios was established in 2014 by game industry veteran Scott Gaeta to publish engaging, unique, and fun tabletop games and has published a catalog full of award-winning titles. Renegade's catalog of games includes numerous popular titles such as Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid, Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Card Game, Gudetama: The Tricky Egg Card Game and award-winning titles such as Raiders of the North Sea, Clank! A Deck-Building Game, and The Fox in the Forest.
About Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive is a leading global publisher of strategy games for PC and console. The company has developed and published a world-renowned catalog stretching back to 1999, with players hailing from all around the world.
The publisher's steadily-growing portfolio includes firmly established franchises such as the critically acclaimed Europa Universalis, Crusader Kings, Hearts of Iron, and Stellaris series created by Paradox Development Studio, the Age of Wonders series created by Triumph Studios, as well as award-winning titles such as Cities: Skylines, Pillars of Eternity, and more from a network of partner studios. Paradox is the owner of the World of Darkness IPs and is publishing Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. Today, over four million people play a Paradox game each month, and the number of registered Paradox users is over twelve million.
Paradox's head offices are located in Stockholm, Sweden. Our development studios are located in Stockholm, Malmö and Umeå, Sweden, in Delft, The Netherlands, in Seattle, Washington, and in Berkeley, California. We share a passion for gaming and gamers, and our goal is to provide deep and challenging games with hours of gameplay and endless variety to our ever-growing community.
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