Mafia: The Previous Nation arrives on August 8

Mafia: The Previous Nation can be launched on August 8 after being revealed finally 12 months’s The Recreation Awards. The title can be obtainable on PS5, Xbox Collection X/S and PC by way of Steam and NVIDIA GeForce Now. Followers of organized crime simulators can preorder the sport proper now.

It is a prequel to different titles in 2K Video games’ Mafia franchise. It’s set in Sicily within the early 1900s and explores the origins of organized crime. This jogs my memory of the enduring younger Vito Corleone scenes from The Godfather Half II, which start in Sicily in 1901.

Mafia: The Previous Nation is a linear, narrative-driven recreation with stealth and gunplay mechanics. There’s a brand new protagonist referred to as Enzo who “has the chance to affix Don Torrisi's crime household.”

As normal with fashionable releases, there are a few variations to select from. The Customary Version simply consists of the bottom recreation and prices $50, which is a cut price in at this time’s gaming panorama. The Deluxe Version presents a bunch of bonus gadgets, like new weapons and outfits. It additionally comes with the digital rating and a digital artwork guide. This one prices $60.

The Mafia sequence began in 2002 and supplied a severe tackle the GTA components. There have solely been three actual video games within the franchise in all of that point, with Mafia III being launched in 2017.

2K Video games has so much on its plate proper now. Borderlands 4 comes out on September 12 and there’s prone to be a brand new NBA 2K version this 12 months. After all, it’s additionally serving to to publish the long-awaited GTA 6, which has been delayed till Could 26, 2026.

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