In the game, players will play as a fledgling vampire who will belong to one of seven vampire clans, each of which has its own distinctive strengths and abilities, including superhuman strength and speed, invisibility, and mind control, to name a few. The character system, rendering abilities, and contextual AI features of Source, combined with the veteran RPG design talent at Troika, is a great representation of the innovation we hope to enable with this technology.' According to Valve Software cofounder Gabe Newell, 'With Vampire, Troika is proving Source can reach beyond the world of FPS games. The game will be powered by Valve Software's Source engine, which is also being used by Valve to develop Half-Life 2. Bloodlines will combine first-person action with role-playing elements, and it is being developed by Troika Games, the studio that was responsible for the 2001 RPG Arcanum, and which was also founded by RPG veterans Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, and Jason Anderson, who helped create the Fallout role-playing game series. We have the first details from Activision on the company's upcoming role-playing game, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines.
