A rumor (opens in new tab) surfaced earlier this 12 months claiming that 2K Video games’ studio Hangar 13 was engaged on a brand new Mafia recreation below new management, following the departure of longtime president and chief artistic officer Haden Blackman. Now it is official: In an interview posted at mafiagame.com (opens in new tab) to mark the twentieth anniversary of the unique Mafia, common supervisor Roman Hladík lastly confirmed that it is taking place.
“I am comfortable to verify we have began work on an all-new Mafia mission!” Hladík stated. “Whereas it is just a few years away and we won’t share something extra proper now, we’re actually excited to maintain engaged on this beloved franchise and to entertain our gamers with new tales.”
The Could rumor indicated that the brand new Mafia recreation can be in-built Unreal Engine 5 relatively than the proprietary engine used for the earlier video games, and extra curiously it can reportedly be a prequel to the prevailing trilogy. The sequence has hopped round traditionally between video games, from the early Nineteen Thirties of the unique recreation to the turbulent late-’60s of Mafia 3, so it isn’t fully sudden that the studio would go for yet one more period for the fourth recreation. There is definitely fertile floor for it: The Prohibition period is the basic Mafia setting however there was lots occurring (opens in new tab) across the flip of the twentieth century, too.
It is equally unsurprising {that a} new Mafia recreation, no matter particulars, is occurring: Mafia 3 did not precisely knock our socks off, however it’s a profitable and well-liked sequence, and that makes the query of a sequel not an “if,” however a “when.”
When you’ve by no means performed Mafia and need to see the place all of it started, 2K Video games is giving freely the unique on St (opens in new tab)eam over the weekend, starting on September 1. The up to date Mafia Definitive Version (opens in new tab) can also be on sale for $14/£12/€14—65% off the common worth—till September 8.
In honor of #Mafia20 let’s return to the place it began 🏙Get the unique Mafia (digital) for FREE on @Steam from Sept. 1 – 5 pic.twitter.com/ZdxSFZrLwhAugust 29, 2022
