Editing White Wolf Publishing (section)

==Overview==
White Wolf published a line of several different but overlapping games set in the "[[World of Darkness]]", a "modern [[gothic fiction|gothic]]" world that, while seemingly similar to the real world, is home to supernatural terrors, ancient conspiracies, and several approaching [[apocalypse]]s. The company also published the high fantasy ''[[Exalted]]'' RPG, the modern mythic [[Scion (role-playing game)|''Scion'']], and [[d20 system]] material under their [[Sword and Sorcery Studios|Sword & Sorcery]] imprint, including such titles as the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' gothic horror campaign setting ''[[Ravenloft]]'', and [[Monte Cook]]'s ''[[Arcana Unearthed]]'' series. In order to complement the ''World of Darkness'' game line, a [[live action role-playing game|LARP]] system dubbed ''[[Mind's Eye Theatre]]'' has been published.

White Wolf also released several series of novels based on the [[Old World of Darkness]], all of which are currently out of print (although many are coming back into availability via print-on-demand).

White Wolf also ventured in the [[collectible card game]] market with [[Arcadia (card game)|''Arcadia'']], [[Rage (collectible card game)|''Rage'']], and ''[[Vampire: The Eternal Struggle]]'' (formerly ''Jyhad''). ''V:TES'', perhaps the most successful card game, was originally published by [[Wizards of the Coast]] in 1994, but was abandoned just two years later after a revamped base set, name change and three expansions were published. White Wolf acquired the rights to the game in 2000, even though no new material had been produced for the game in over four years. Since then, several ''V:TES'' expansions have been released, and the game was the only official source of material for the [[Old World of Darkness]], until 2011 when the 20th Anniversary Edition of ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' was published and the [[Onyx Path]] was announced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.white-wolf.com/community/news/white-wolf-release-schedule-2011-2012| title=White Wolf Release Schedule 2011-2012| publisher=White Wolf Publishing|access-date=2011-08-09}}</ref>

[[Video game]]s such as ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption]]'' and ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines]]'' are based on White Wolf's role-playing game ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]''. There are also several [[Hunter: The Reckoning#Video games|''Hunter: The Reckoning'' video games]].

===Merger and MMO===
On Saturday, 11 November 2006, White Wolf and [[CCP Games]], the Icelandic MMO development company responsible for [[EVE Online]], announced a merger between the two companies during the keynote address at the EVE Online Fanfest 2006. It was also revealed that a World of Darkness [[MMORPG]] was already in the planning stages.<ref name="MergerAnnouncement"/> This game was cancelled in April 2014 after nine years of development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/05/world-of-darkness-the-inside-story-mmo-ccp-white-wolf|title=World of Darkness - the inside story on the death of a game|author=Ian G Williams|work=the Guardian|date=5 June 2014}}</ref>

===The Onyx Path===
{{Main|Onyx Path Publishing}}
At [[GenCon]] 2012 it was announced that CCP Games/White Wolf would not continue to produce table-top RPGs {{citation needed|date=October 2013}}. Onyx Path Publishing, a new company by White Wolf Creative Director Richard Thomas, purchased the Trinity games and Scion from CCP and became licensee for the production of World of Darkness titles (classic and new), as well as [[Exalted]]. Onyx Path does not, however, hold a license to the [[Mind's Eye Theatre]] titles.

===Purchase by Paradox Interactive===
On Thursday, 29 October 2015, [[Paradox Interactive]] and CCP announced that Paradox had purchased White Wolf and all of its intellectual properties. Tobias Sjögren would serve as the CEO of the revived company, which would remain a subsidiary of Paradox. Martin Ericsson, formerly a developer on the World of Darkness MMO, served in the "Lead Storyteller" role for the company.<ref name="Paradox"/>

In November 2018, as a result of backlash generated by material pertaining to "[[Anti-gay purges in Chechnya|murder of gay Chechens]]" published in a ''Vampire: The Masquerade Fifth Edition'' source book as well as the inclusion of optional neo-Nazi aesthetic in the Brujah vampire clan,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/13/17565898/vampire-the-masquerade-white-wolf-neo-nazi-accusations|title=Vampire: The Masquerade maker responds to accusations it caters to neo-Nazi groups|last=Hall|first=Charlie|date=2018-07-13|website=Polygon|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> it was announced that White Wolf would no longer function as an entity separate from its parent company, and would cease developing and publishing products internally.<ref>Shams Jorjani. [https://www.white-wolf.com/newsblog/a-message-from-white-wolf "A Message From White Wolf"]. White Wolf.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-11-19-paradox-taking-control-of-white-wolf-after-vampire-the-masquerade-lgbtq-controversy|title=Paradox taking control of White Wolf after Vampire: The Masquerade LGBTQ+ controversy|last=Batchelor|first=James|date=19 November 2018|website=GamesIndustry.biz|language=en|access-date=2019-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/22/18152146/white-wolf-vampire-the-masquerade-modiphius-entertainment|title=White Wolf hands over Vampire tabletop RPG to new leadership|last=Hall|first=Charlie|date=22 December 2018|website=Polygon|access-date=2019-02-14}}</ref>