Mafia 3 gets release date and new trailer

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The holidays are all about spending time with family, and Mafia 3 will arrive in time to build your own. Your own crime family, that is. 2K Games and Hangar 13 announced on Tuesday that they will release the next game in the historical open-world crime series on October 7 in the US and UK, and you can expect a season pass' worth of DLC to follow after it arrives.

 Mafia 3 takes place in 1968 New Bordeaux, a fictionalized version of New Orleans, and stars Vietnam veteran Lincoln Clay. Clay's  Black Mob is destroyed by the Italian Mafia soon after he returns from active duty, and he decides to use his military training to seek revenge and claw back to the top (or is it bottom?) of the criminal world. He'll recruit the help of several lieutenants on his way there, including Vito Scaletta, the now middle-aged protagonist of Mafia 2. 

However you buy it for PC, PS4, or Xbox One, pre-ordering the game will get you free access to the Family Kick-Back, which will unlock three "exclusive lieutenant-themed vehicle and weapon gifts" once the game launches.

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Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan
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I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar+.