This has been the busiest December this editor can remember in quite a while. As if PlayStation Experience wasn’t enough at the start of the month, our inbox has been inundated with press releases over the past seven days – does no one want to take some time off? This latest tidbit isn’t an official confirmation, but it has got us pretending to be Al Capone around the office: Mafia III has been listed for the PlayStation 4 on online retailer Play Asia’s website.
This may not sound like much in isolation, but the plaza has accidentally outed a number of titles in recent weeks – including Resident Evil Revelations 2. Unsurprisingly, the product page doesn’t include much content – well, aside from a bunch of adapted flavour text originally attributed to Mafia II. However, this is a title that’s been in production for a while, with early rumours suggesting that it was aiming to release alongside Sony’s next-gen system last year.
That clearly didn’t pan out, as original creator 2K Czech was purportedly dropped from the project. The word on the grapevine is that Hangar 13, a new 2K studio based in Novato, California, has taken up the reins, with an announcement imminent if this listing is to be believed. The company’s website notes that it’s currently working on “creating an intense action game set in an immersive world”, which seems to fit the bill as far as we’re concerned.
We quite enjoyed the previous Mafia title on the PlayStation 3, but while it boasted a great mood and story, its world felt empty and its story missions were fairly forgettable. Still, if this new developer can improve upon the foundations already established by 2K Czech, then there’s the potential for something special here. Is this a sequel that you’d be interested in, or do you reckon that this franchise would be better off sleeping with the fishes? Let us know in the comments section below.
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[source play-asia.com, via neogaf.com]
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Well being a fan of that time period I did enjoy the first two games in this series, so I will be checking this one out for sure.
Mafia II was awesome.
I remember the opening sequence of Mafia II when you walk down the back alleys and stuff. Was really well crafted.
loved second mafia but there was no side stuff as it got removed from the ps3 version. hopefully it takes a leaf from the likes of gta and sleeping dogs
Mafia II was the best 'mob' game I played!
Can't wait for III
Mafia 2 was amazing! One of my favorite games of all time. Psyched for #3.
Loved the story in the second one. Agree needs better use of the open world. Looking forward to III.
Mafia 2 was an interesting one. Hope can hear more from this soon.
Awesome, and it ain't even news Monday
Would it damage the experience at all if I play Mafia II and literally just do the main story missions and nothing else? It's sitting in my backlog and I'm trying to work out if there are any games there I can blow through quickly, ignoring side content, without it actually detracting from the experience!
This is great news if true, but I just wish the first Mafia game was available cheap new on PS3 like Mafia II still is.
Amazon's asking for $100+ New Mafia 1 PS3, while Mafia II PS3 is still $20ish New.
(I know Mafia 1's cheap on Steam etc, but I lack a PC capable of playing PS3 era games)
Well it's another one to add to my "I want" list
Not played any of this franchise, why not, let's see what happens.
@SteveButler2210
No you're fine. That's the thing with mafia 2, there's no side content in it. So u can zip right through the campaign.
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