A lot of mob stories are formulaic by design. The audience meets a criminal protagonist, watches them rise from street-level thug to a position of wealth and power, then sees their inevitable fall ...

The initial teaser trailer for Mafia: The Old Country came during Opening Night Live in 2024 and was purely cinematic. It shows us the game’s new setting of 1900s Sicily, though it doesn’t give us a ...

LB Beistad is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN. Her love of gaming began with her cousin introducing her to Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter when she was five years old. It was love at ...

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GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The Mafia series has long been a contemporary of franchises like GTA ...

Mafia: The Old Country not only takes players back in time to the early 1900s, but also to a new place in Sicily. Game director Alex Cox recently talked about why the team at Hangar 13 chose that ...

Mafia: The Old Country delivers one of the best stories in a video game this year, but not much else. This series from Borderlands publisher 2K has a fascinating history and four games that are ...

A poignant line from the early hours of Mafia: The Old Country states that we can choose who we are, not what we do. I kept that line in my head as I experienced this historical take on the crime ...

2K Games and developer Hangar 13 revealed a longer look at gameplay from Mafia: The Old Country on Thursday, showing how the origin story for the Mafia franchise stands apart from the open-world, ...

Descend into Sicily’s criminal underworld in true Cosa Nostra style with a variety of bonus items. This edition includes the “Padrino Pack,” featuring “Lupara Speciale” Shotgun, “Vendetti Speciale” ...

Mafia maker Hangar 13 is returning to the iconic franchise with Mafia: The Old Country, the developer announced during Gamescom on Tuesday. Check out Polygon’s Gamescom 2024 hub page for all our ...

I’ve heard a lot of chatter lately about a certain kind of nostalgia, one that yearns for a particular era of gaming—let’s call it when the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 reigned supreme. Today, the same ...