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White Wolf Appoints Jess Lanzillo as Creative Director for World of Darkness

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White Wolf, the official licensing and publishing entity for World of Darkness, announced that the previous VP for Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering, Jess Lanzillo, has joined as Creative Director for World of Darkness. Lanzillo leads IP development for all World of Darkness story worlds, including Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Hunter: The Reckoning, and others. A veteran crafter of world-renowned transmedia brands, Lanzillo joins at a pivotal moment as White Wolf enters its next era of licensing and publishing products.

From her proven creative experience with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering, Lanzillo understands the power of maintaining a core IP identity while expanding its roots as a horror TTRPG setting. She is also a long-time fan of Vampire: The Masquerade, making her uniquely positioned to understand World of Darkness players and help the brand evolve for modern audiences. With both fandom and franchise expertise, she’s equipped to guide World of Darkness’ growth and expansion with products that consumers crave.

World of Darkness Partners with Demiplane to Create a Digital TTRPG Toolset

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Demiplane has announced today a multi-year licensing agreement with World of Darkness to create World of
Darkness Nexus, the official digital toolset for the best-selling series of tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPG) that includes Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and the recently-announced Hunter: The Reckoning. World of Darkness Nexus is set to release in 2022 with an Early Access phase targeted to release beforehand where community feedback will be collected that will help shape its development. Players can sign up for email updates and to be notified when Early Access is available.

World of Darkness Nexus enhances the brand’s tabletop roleplaying games with planned features such as a digital reader, rules and lore compendium, character builder, and interactive character sheet. World of Darkness Nexus will also feature a playspace with matchmaking and video chat where all the other features are fully integrated.

Demiplane is a new and innovative platform that provides an ever-expanding experience that brings fans of tabletop roleplaying games together in one place with high-quality tools at your fingertips—including the recently-announced Pathfinder Nexus, the official digital toolset for Pathfinder.

Paradox Interactive Buys World of Darkness

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white_wolf_publishingGame developer and publisher Paradox Interactive has announced that they’ve purchased White Wolf Publishing from CCP Games in an all-cash deal. CEO Tobias Sjögren will lead White Wolf Publishing, which will operate as an independent entity with a dedicated team. White Wolf Publishing is a licensing business that owns and manages intellectual properties including World of Darkness, Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

White Wolf has a long history in the game industry mostly known for roleplaying games and books, the company has also produced card games, video games, and more. Even today, the company has a dedicated base of fans and a significant LARPing community. The deal includes all of White Wolf’s brands.

The all-cash deal was for “several tens of millions,” according to Paradox boss Fred Wester. It should be noted that those “tens of millions” is in Swedish Krona which is about 10 to 1 to US dollars. So 10m SEK is about $1.2 million.

In interviews Wester also noted that Vampire is “the world’s second best-selling role-playing (game) and is special because half of all players are women.”

With demographics mentioned, it’s likely this was a positive factor and shows how women are a major force in geek culture. Our Facebook demographics stats has fans of White Wolf just over 50% female.