--- title: "Paradox operating profit dropped 162% year-on-year as it writes down Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2" url: https://daily.dev/posts/paradox-operating-profit-dropped-162-year-on-year-as-it-writes-down-vampire-the-masquerade-bloodli-53pcnzrol source_url: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/paradox-operating-profit-dropped-162-year-on-year-as-it-writes-down-vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2 type: article source: "GamesIndustry.biz" published: 2026-01-29T16:18:06.389Z updated: 2026-01-29T16:20:40.033Z tags: ["business", "game-development", "gaming"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Paradox operating profit dropped 162% year-on-year as it writes down Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Paradox Interactive reported a 162% drop in operating profit for Q4 2025, posting a loss of $27.7 million after writing down $40.1 million for Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2, which failed to meet commercial expectations. Despite this, revenue increased 23% year-on-year to $98.7 million, driven by the successful launch of Europa Universalis V. The company is refocusing its strategy and reallocating resources following the troubled development of Bloodlines 2, which changed developers from Hardsuit Labs to The Chinese Room during its lengthy production. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#business](https://daily.dev/tags/business), [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/paradox-operating-profit-dropped-162-year-on-year-as-it-writes-down-vampire-the-masquerade-bloodli-53pcnzrol)