A rumor (opens in new tab) surfaced earlier this yr claiming that 2K Video games’ studio Hangar 13 was engaged on a brand new Mafia sport below new management, following the departure of longtime president and chief inventive 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, normal supervisor Roman Hladík lastly confirmed that it is occurring.
“I am comfortable to verify we have began work on an all-new Mafia challenge!” Hladík stated. “Whereas it is a number of years away and we will not 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 sport might be inbuilt Unreal Engine 5 quite than the proprietary engine used for the earlier video games, and extra apparently it is going to reportedly be a prequel to the present trilogy. The sequence has hopped round traditionally between video games, from the early Thirties of the unique sport to the turbulent late-’60s of Mafia 3, so it is not totally surprising that the studio would go for yet one more period for the fourth sport. There is definitely fertile floor for it: The Prohibition period is the traditional Mafia setting however there was loads happening (opens in new tab) across the flip of the twentieth century, too.
It is equally unsurprising {that a} new Mafia sport, no matter particulars, is going on: 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.”
In the event 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 value—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