Mafia The Old Country brings the series back to its roots

Gamescom Opening Night Live is surrounded by two big surprises – while Borderlands 4 kicked things off, a new Mafia game closed things out – but it’s not the Mafia 4 you might be expecting. Instead, you can look forward to Mafia The Old Countrywhich goes back to the origins of the mafia.

While the original trio of Mafia games took us through the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s, Mafia The Old Country takes you back to the series’ earliest setting, the turn of the last century. It’s described by developer Hangar 19 as “a gritty mafia tale set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily.” This will revolve around the “origins of the mafia” as they rose to prominence.

“We’re going back to the roots of what fans love about the Mafia franchise, creating a deeply linear story with that classic mafia movie feel,” said Nick Baynes, president of Hangar 19. Whether this means a departure from the open-world game formula of the second and third games remains to be seen. Mafia 3’s repetitive and unoriginal missions were particularly criticized when that game launched eight years ago.

Check out the atmospheric new trailer below, which certainly sets the tone. Buzzwords include “brotherhood,” “family,” and “deceit.” So yes, very Mafia indeed.

Mafia The Old Country is scheduled for release in 2025. More information about the game will follow in December of this year. If you can’t contain your excitement, you can head over to the Steam page now to wishlist the game.

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