Late last month it was confirmed by 2K Games that Mafia 3 is being developed and that it will have more to share soon. 2K Games promised to provide more information at Gamescom which kicked off today in Cologne, Germany. The new title has been formally announced today and a reveal trailer has also been released.
This new Mafia trailer comes after quite some time seeing as how the previous title, Mafia 2, was released in August 2010. The sequel to the original Mafia game was released eight years after the first one came out.
We first heard about the possibility of a new Mafia game in January this year when voice actor Rick Pasqualone tweeted that “exciting news” in inbound for fans of this franchise, many instantly believed that this meant a new title was in the works.
Mafia 3 is set in 1968 and it starts Lincoln Clay, a Vietnam vet who goes out to perform a hit for his family in this trailer. This title is being developed by 2K Studio Hangar 13, Mafia 2 was developed by 2K Czech studio which closed its Prague office last year as part of a restructuring effort.
While no precise release date has been offered yet 2K Games does say that Mafia 3 is going to be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC in 2016.
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