It's finally official: Mafia 4 is in development, even though it's still in a very early development phase. That's particularly gratifying because it used to be said that there would be no more new titles.
The Hangar 13 studio manager, Roman Hladík, revealed in a Q&A on the official Mafia website that the game is in development. However, he did not reveal any further information.
After the failures of recent years, it only makes sense that Hangar 13 is developing a new Mafia game. In recent years, several titles have been abandoned after a long development period. These include "Rhapsody" and "Volt". Volt was a financial failure in particular, as it is said to have consumed 53 million dollars in development costs.
Leaks about the Engine and Story
The gaming portal Kotaku is said to have received some new information about Mafia 4 according to its own statement. So the internal working title of Mafia 4 should be "Nero". Mafia 4 is being developed on the Unreal Engine 5.
In addition to the engine, the story of Mafia 4 is likely to inspire many. The game is said to be a prequel to Mafia 1 and will focus on the rise of the Salieri family.
First time in Italy
This could mean that you play for the first time in Italy, more precisely in Sicily in the late 1890s. This is slightly reminiscent of the Godfather trilogy, which also included a prequel in the second part and showed the way from Italy to America. And let's be honest, after the last part you long for a much stronger Mafia story with Italian flair.
