Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been delayed again. Publisher Paradox Interactive announced today that it is now targeting release in October 2025 instead of the first half of this year. "Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room are committed to delivering this game, and we believe that ensuring great technical quality is more important than sticking to a specific date," the company said. Creating the sequel has been a trial of endurance that would test even an immortal undead's patience. Paradox parted ways with the game's original developer, Hardsuit Labs, in 2021.

The Oscar-winning studio has produced visual effects for movies like "Titantic," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and several Marvel films. To create the photorealistic characters seen in "The Quarry," it used the AI facial capture system Masquerade, which was developed to replicate Josh Brolin's likeness for his character Thanos in "Avengers: Infinity War." Masquerade was originally designed to do one thing: to take the performance from a head-mounted camera and translate it into a digital mesh that could then be rendered in a movie. For "The Quarry," the VFX team needed something that could track the movement and facial expressions of actors and create digital characters that could be edited in real time. So they built Masquerade 2.0.

Then again, even after 19 films in Disney's superhero universe, it's not as if he's had much strong competition. Aside from the puckish Loki and tragic Killmonger, most Marvel villains have been pretty forgettable. Now, after years of build up (we first caught a glimpse of Thanos in 2012's The Avengers) he finally took center stage in this summer's Avengers: Infinity War. But what's most intriguing about Thanos isn't that he wants to wipe out half of life across the universe -- instead, it's that he's a big purple alien who feels genuine emotion. He cries when he's forced to sacrifice Gamora, his adopted daughter.

Back in March, Facebook acquired the quirky face-tracking app MSQRD, allowing users to try on masks and swap faces with friends and even celebrities. Now, you'll be able to do this in a live broadcast. Announced at VidCon on Thursday, Facebook users will soon be able to go live directly through the MSQRD app. Back in March, Facebook acquired the quirky face-tracking app MSQRD, allowing users to try on masks and swap faces with friends and even celebrities. Now, you'll be able to do this in a live broadcast Free app called Masquerade has dozens of live filters, which can be used for videos and still photos.

Facebook is developing a stand-alone camera app similar to Snapchat, it has been claimed. The firm hopes the app will increase user engagement, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. The app is being developed by Facebook's'friend-sharing' team in London. Earlier this year Facebook bought Masquerade, an app that overlays silly live filters to your selfies. Now, it is developing a stand-alone camera app, similar to disappearing photo app Snapchat.

Face-swapped selfies have recently taken the world by storm, and they're about to get even more popular. The company behind Masquerade, an app that overlays silly live filters to your selfies, has now revealed that it has been bought by Facebook. Facebook will integrate the technology into its own capabilities in a bid to take on Snapchat, but the Masquerade app will also continue running as its own entity. The company behind Masquerade, an app that overlays silly live filters to your selfies, has now revealed that it has been bought by Facebook as the social network takes on Snapchat. Free app called Masquerade has dozens of live filters, which can be used for videos and still photos.