{"id":941895,"date":"2025-12-30T19:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mafia-is-back-and-heading-to-the-old-country-next-year"},"modified":"2025-12-30T19:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:40:19","slug":"mafia-is-back-and-heading-to-the-old-country-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/mafia-is-back-and-heading-to-the-old-country-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Mafia is back and heading to The Old Country next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mafia-is-back-and-heading-to-the-old-country-next-year.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s been two years since Mafia developer <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/hangar13\">Hangar 13<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mafia-3-developer-confirms-new-mafia-development\">confirmed it was working on a new entry<\/a> in its open-world crime series, and the time has finally come for it to be revealed to the world. It&#8217;s called Mafia: The Old Country and is heading to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC next year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhile 2016&#8217;s <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mafia-iii\">Mafia 3<\/a> shunted the series forward in time to the late 60s (the first two games spanned the 1930s, 40s, and 50s between them), The Old Country is going backward, presenting players with a &#8220;gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Fight to survive in this dangerous and unforgiving era,&#8221; teases the scant bit of blurb accompanying today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=crDUx5suLm4\">teaser trailer<\/a>, &#8220;with action brought to life by the authentic realism and rich storytelling that the critically acclaimed Mafia series is known for.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mafia-is-back-and-heading-to-the-old-country-next-year\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mafia-is-back-and-heading-to-the-old-country-next-year\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been two years since Mafia developer Hangar 13 confirmed it was working on a new entry in its open-world crime series, and the time has finally come for it to be revealed to the world. It&#8217;s called Mafia: The Old Country and is heading to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC next year. 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