Busy day at the offices of Hangar 13, the studio responsible for mob 3 and the remasterings of the first two installments of the saga. And it is that just a few hours ago we learned that Haden Blackman, founder and leader of the study, had left Hangar 13 in search of “new passions”, as explained by 2K Games. However, the Kotaku portal has thrown off some more light on the matter. Beyond another important march, the mentioned site assures that a new Mafia would be in development and, in fact, they have already been able to offer the first details about the new episode of a franchise that continues to draw many followers around the world.
According to Kotaku, this new Mafia would still be in a very early stage of its development, but they have already learned from internal sources at Hangar 13 that we are facing a prequel of the three main installments of the saga. The project codename is Wildman and is being developed with the engine Unreal Engine 5apart from the game engine that Hangar 13 used for Mafia 3 and the remasters of Mafia 1 and 2 and that received so much praise after the release of these last two titles.
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This medium comments that in the farewell letter to Blackman that 2K Games has shared among the employees of Hangar 13, it has not been mentioned that the director of operations matthew urban He has also finished his career in the Californian studio. Kotaku concludes the information by saying that Nick Baynes, current office manager for Hangar 13 in BrightonUnited Kingdom, who will take over leadership of the new Mafia, which has already begun its development.