GamesRadar - Mafia 2

Microsoft to show Mafia II, Borderlands on PC in SF today (News)

Jun 25, 2008

VG247: Microsoft is to show off some new Games for Windows titles later today in San Francisco, apparently including Take-Two duo Mafia II and Borderlands.

Mafia 2 (Screenshots)

May 2, 2008

Another lovely Mafia II screen (News)

May 2, 2008

It's time again to drool over Mafia II as 2K Czech releases another shot from its delicious-looking game.

The free-roaming follow-up is set in the fictional city of Empire circa 1950, and promises to retain the original's less-sandbox mission structure, while also letting you get into scraps with the police for kicks.

We'll be posting a massive Mafia II soon, so keep a look out.

Courtesy of CVG.

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Mafia II: The Interview (Feature)

Apr 23, 2008

We've covered Mafia II extensively over the last week, unveiling all sorts of exclusive new tidbits about the swank 1950s crime drama - but the real highlight was getting to chat with 2K Czech's Daniel Vavra, the game's writer and director, via e-mail. Vavra's script for the original Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven helped win the game critical acclaim and a cult following; with the sequel poised to dwarf it in size, scope and pretty much ...

Mafia II Coming to Xbox 360, PS3, PC (News)

Apr 12, 2008

2K Games confirms that Mafia II is officially under development for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC (under Games for Windows Live).

Mafia II: Meet the goons (Feature)

Apr 11, 2008

As we've pointed out ad nauseam in our coverage of Mafia II this week, the first Mafia set a high bar for storytelling in GTA-style crime games. Assuming it follows through on the standards set by its predecessor, Mafia II will likely be as much about the complex relationships between its deeply flawed criminal leads as it will be about shooting mooks in the face and blowing up storefronts.

To give you an idea of what you can expect from this 1940s-'50s mob drama, here's everything we know about the game's main characters so far: ...

Mafia: the story so far (Feature)

Apr 10, 2008

Mafia opens in 1938, as gangster Thomas Angelo arrives at a little diner to meet with an Irish cop named Detective Norman. Tommy's come to Norman to ask for police protection for himself and his family, but Norman - abrasive and impatient - scoffs at the idea. Tommy insists that he doesn't expect something for nothing, and that what he knows can help bring down a notorious mob boss named Salieri. Norman, still skeptical, demands to hear the ...

Mafia II - first look (Preview)

Apr 9, 2008

2008 is shaping up to be the year of the free-roaming sequel. In the coming months, fans of open-world games can look forward to Grand Theft Auto IV, Saints Row 2, Mercenaries 2 and Just Cause 2, for starters. And assuming its still-unannounced release date happens later this year, one of the biggest will be Mafia II.

Forget what you might remember about the first Mafia's crappy showing on the PS2 and Xbox. When it arrived on ...

EXCLUSIVE Mafia II screens (News)

Apr 8, 2008

Yesterday we unveiled assorted juicy bits regarding what Mafia II was bringing to the checker-clothed table. So as we continue to squeal details like a yellow rat, how’s ‘bout an EXCLUSIVE look at some of the Mafia II’s gameplay and environments. (Sorry for screaming.) We’re of the opinion that these mobster muscle-cars are the absolute bee’s knees, but non-motorheads should at least notice that gangland gamers are in for a considerably faster experience than the early-auto era found in the original Mafia. ...

Mafia II Breakdown from PlayStation: Official Magazine of May 2008 (News)

Apr 8, 2008

The latest issue of PlayStation: The Official Magazine contains an extensive preview of the upcoming Mafia II.

Key Features:

- 3 families
- Cops only call reinforcements if you commited a large enough crime.
- 2 hours of cutscenes
- references to original game/easter eggs
- 3 acts
- all of the 2.5 square mile city open at the start
- can use taxi's to get around
- cars get damaged, dirty, and explode if shot in the gas tank
- can customize cars with your own license plates
- 2 types of context sensitive environment interactions: Standard and Violent
- Can buy food from vendors like hotdogs
- While buying stuff you can't be attacked
- NPC's will smoke, read newspapers, wait for buses, look through trash cans
- several points in the story you can make choices that affect the game
- multiple endings
- police go after other criminals instead of just you
- can buy houses where you store gear
- can take missions for and against competing families
- lots of interactive objects like chairs, bottles, sinks
- map waypoints including sidequests
- checkpoints improved from original game
- no on screen interface
- go to gyms to learn new hand to hand combos
- shooting through doors will possibly be added

Mafia II exposed! (News)

Apr 7, 2008

It's been six years since it won the hearts of PC gamers (and alienated the console crowd with inferior ports), but cult 1930s crime epic Mafia is finally getting a sequel. Set in a new era - the '40s and early '50s - Mafia II will follow the rags-to-riches story of Vito Scaletta, a young hood trying to make it as a mobster in a New York-inspired city lorded over by three rival crime families.

This month's issue of PlayStation: ...

Mafia 2 - Christmas Release? (News)

Apr 1, 2008

Today, subscribers received the German newsletter of 2k Games containing the announcement for Mafia II coming in 2008.
Regarding former news that Mafia II is due to be released in T2's fiscal year 2009, which starts in November 2008, this newsletter could be a hint at Mafia II being released at Christmas time.

T2 Confirms Borderlands, Mafia II for 2009; Midnight Club: Los Angeles This Fall (News)

Mar 11, 2008

Take-Two Interactive clarified the release dates of several upcoming titles that it will be publishing in a conference call today.

The publisher revealed that Gearbox Software's Borderlands (PC, PS3, X360) and 2K Czech's Mafia II (PC, PS3, X360) is positioned for release sometime in Take-Two's 2009 fiscal year, which runs from November 1, 2008 through October 31, 2009.

Five wonderful Mafia 2 screens (News)

Mar 7, 2008

It's been far too long since we last heard anything on Mafia 2, so we're grateful for these five new screenshots. It's actually the first we've seen of the sequel since it was confirmed last August and fans of the classy PC original collapsed in apoplectic heaps of excitement. Mafia 2 immerses players in the mob underworld of a fictitious late 1940s-early 1950s scenario. We're told that we will become engaged in the game's cinematic ...

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Acquires Illusion Softworks (News)

Jan 14, 2008

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. this week announced the acquisition of Illusion Softworks, a premier Central European-based game development studio with operations in Brno and Prague, the Czech Republic. Illusion Softworks has approximately 200 employees and will join Take-Two's 2K Games publishing label as its newest studio, 2K Czech.

Mafia II (Preview)

Jan 4, 2008

Jan 4, 2008 GTAs success means gangster chic will never fade, yet there are few games that place you in the trilby hat and spats of yer actual mobster, rather than an Uzi-toting modern wannabe. Fewer still that offer anything more than pun-heavy ...

Mafia 2 - Trailer 08-31-07 (Video)

Aug 31, 2007

New Mafia 2 trailer - see it here (News)

Aug 31, 2007

Aug 31, 2007 Here it is - the first Mafia 2 trailer (see it below). Like the original Mafia title, Mafia 2 immerses players in the mob underworld of a fictitious late 1940s-early 1950s scenario. We're told that we will become engaged in the game's cinematic Hollywood movie experience with strong, believable characters in a living, breathing city. The sequel's in development for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. ...

Mafia 2 unveiled - first five screens here (News)

Aug 21, 2007

Aug 21, 2007 2K Games will publish Mafia 2, a sequel to the original Mafia title (that sold more than two million copies worldwide no less) that helped popularise the gangster genre. To see some early screens from the game, click on the Images tab at the top of the page. Featuring a deep mobster-driven narrative and both behind-the-wheel and on-foot action, Mafia 2 "is the sequel fans have been clamoring for" says 2K. We bloody hope so. The game is being developed by Illusion Softworks, ...

Mafia 2 In Development, Take 2 Publishing (News)

Aug 21, 2007

Take 2 sent out a press release today to let Loot Ninja know they'll be publishing the sequel to the hit game Mafia.

The sequel, Mafia 2, will be available for all next-gen consoles and PC. No release date has been set.

"Like the original Mafia title, Mafia 2 immerses players in the mob underworld of a fictitious late 1940's-early 1950's scenario. Players will easily become engaged in the game's cinematic Hollywood movie experience with strong, believable characters in a living, breathing city. By fusing high octane gunplay with white knuckle driving and an engaging narrative, Mafia 2 looks to be the industry's most compelling Mafia title to date."