The fourth entry in The 2K Gangster Series is not far. A new advert leaked for Mafia: the old country in advance The Game Awards 2024 reveals a summer 2025 release window and our first real look at the upcoming prequel.

An apparent advertisement for the game was uploaded to YouTube earlier in the day. User X DJari2020 uploaded a recording from the brief clip which shows some cinematic clips, including what appears to be the main character riding through a beautiful Italian countryside on horseback. “This is a family linked by blood,” one of the characters says before operatic songs break out amid knife fights and shootouts. The end of the teaser then reveals that the game will arrive by mid-September next year, presumably before the release of Grand Theft Auto VI.

Mafia: the old countrywhich Kotaku first reported in 2022is carried out by Hangar 13, which carried out Mafia III and was born from the remains of 2K Czech, the group behind the first two games. Hangar 13 suffered several rounds of layoffs in recent years as various projects were canceled and the development of the most recent Mafia is currently managed from the studio’s office in Brighton, UK. The series has received remasters from Mafia I And II back in 2020.

Mafia: the old countryin the meantime, will take place before these games and will take place in 1900s Sicily. As such, cars, motorcycles, guns, radios, and other technology incorporated into the series’ sandbox mechanics will likely be less prevalent. It will be interesting to see how time travel impacts the basic formula, with some fans wondering if Mafia 4 could end up looking like Red Dead Redemption 2 in a way because of the period in which it is set.

We’ll no doubt learn more about the upcoming blockbuster during an in-depth reveal at tonight’s Game Awards. New trailers for Borderlands 4 and other major franchises are too expected to debut at the event.

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