After a YouTube advert leaked the discharge window, Hangar 13 showcased Mafia: The Outdated Nation throughout The Recreation Awards with some cinematics and gameplay. The clear elephant within the room is Grand Theft Auto 6, which launches in Fall 2025 and is the most recent in a collection that Mafia has invited comparisons to because the first recreation.
Nonetheless, when chatting with IGN in a brand new interview, recreation director Alex Cox and Hangar 13 president Nick Baynes clarified that they’re completely different titles. Baynes described The Outdated Nation as “comparable” to Mafia 1 and 2 as an alternative of Mafia 3.
“I believe the way in which that we might describe Mafia 1 and 2, and I believe a number of followers would, is it’s a linear journey that’s set in a world round you you could go off the crushed path and discover, however actually the sport’s taking you down that path of the story. So I believe in case you use Mafia 1 or 2 as contact factors of what it’s like, that’s actually nearer than Mafia 3.”
And sure, meaning it’s not fairly an open-world title, a minimum of not within the “strictest sense”, per Cox. Baynes added, “The way in which I describe it’s you’re not going to be enjoying Mafia: The Outdated Nation and going off and doing limitless facet quests and doing actions on the earth.
“We would like gamers to undergo and expertise a narrative, however set on this lovely world. And in case you are going alongside a path and wish to go over right here and discover, in lots of instances, you are able to do that as a result of the world exists round you. However we’re encouraging you to undergo the story.
“One of many issues I like about these video games is individuals have a tendency to finish them as a result of they wish to discover out what occurs. And once more, this can be a development with this recreation as effectively. We would like individuals to undergo and expertise the entire story.”
It gained’t say the sport is “purely linear” because it sounds “too tight” or that it’s “open-world” which is “too broad,” therefore the comparability to the primary two Mafia video games. “Open-world is a really loaded time period, and it’s a dialog we’ve had many occasions concerning, ‘Ought to we use this phrase or not?’ And the reply is type of sure and no. I hope that helps you!”
Mafia: The Outdated Nation is out in Summer time 2025 for Xbox Collection X/S, PS5, and PC. As a prequel set in 1900s Sicily, it focuses on Enzo Favara, an indentured laborer who joins the Don Torrisi household for a greater life. In fact, meaning committing quite a lot of crimes. Keep tuned for extra particulars within the coming months.
