In the XboxEra podcast, one of the hosts (whose name we can never get right the first time…), Shpeshal Nick, talked about what Hangar 13 and 2K (=Take-Two) are working on. There’s going to be a new episode of Mafia, and according to him, it’s going to serve as a prequel to the franchise, so the fourth Mafia will take place before the first game, which was released on PC a good two decades ago.

According to the insider, we’ll control Don Salieri as he rises through the ranks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries… and he won’t be doing it in the United States (unlike the previous three instalments), but in Sicily, where he’ll be a person of significant influence. So the Mafia can be said to be “returning home” since the name itself follows the Italian spelling. The family of Don Salieri is also said to be important in the story.

There will be another difference. Mafia 3 was relatively linear, but the fourth part will follow this line even more closely and will therefore follow the design of the first two parts. Of course, that’s no guarantee of success: the first Mafia was successful for a reason; there, the player got such a kick up the arse for disrespecting elements of the game. There was no difficulty level setting (there was in the remake…), no regenerating HP (another addition to the remake…), and you had to learn: the Thompson machine gun was a vast sprayer if you kept firing, and the shotgun wasn’t exactly designed for long-range shooting. Precise, careful gameplay was the key to survival…

It’s not official, of course, but knowing Take-Two, something is definitely in the works, but it’s still early days in the development of Mafia 4. So it won’t be out anytime soon, but it’s safe to guess that it will be for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC.

Source: WCCFTech