Good news for the Mafia fans out there! It looks like Mafia 4 is in an early development phase over at developer Hangar 13, and it's expected to be a prequel to the Mafia trilogy. It's also being built using Unreal Engine 5.
This is according to a report from Kotaku, which is also confirming that Studio Head Haden Blackman is leaving after seven years at the studio, along with Chief Operating Officer Matthew Urban. The replacement for Blackman is Nick Baynes, who is currently Studio Head at Hangar 13's Brighton, UK office.
Here's what 2K reportedly told staff about Baynes earlier this week:
“With 30 years of industry leadership experience, Nick joined Hangar 13 in 2018 to establish Hangar 13 Brighton, and has spent the last four years growing the team, building up the studio’s capabilities, and launching terrific projects like Mafia: Definitive Edition and the Mafia Trilogy."
There might be a bit of turbulence behind the scenes, then, but in regards to Mafia 4 specifically, all we know is that it's supposedly a prequel being built in Unreal Engine 5, and everything else is up in the air for now.
Happy to see a new Mafia game in the works? Let us know down in the comments below.
[source kotaku.com]
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Yes please. Loved Mafia II and have Mafia Definitive ready to start soon. 3 was okay but never finished it.
Yes fantastic news
Excited for it but plz no race track level ,that one was a nightmare to beat on the hardest difficulty for me
That song in Mafia 2… one of the best moments in video games.
that is a great news it's one of my favourite crime fantasy franchise i wish the story will be better than mafia III and they will make us rank up the familly to reach the godfather statue, just gave us a strong criminal story driven with good characters and good story, i love mafia 2 and the godfather 2 made by EA
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