The Mafia game series has been well known for being a kind of competition for GTA depending on the players. Although really these two franchises are developed by the same company, 2K, a lot of casual gamers don’t pay attention to that detail. Mafia went on to have 4 installments to mixed reviews, but managed to stand out from other games thanks to its open world premise starring a mafia organization. For its part, due to the twentieth anniversary of the saga, the original Mafia is now free on Steam, you can claim it for your library until September 5.
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2K released the free-to-play promotion to coincide with the title’s 20th anniversary and the announcement that a new entry in the open-world crime series is in development. ‘I am happy to confirm that we have started work on a new mafia project‘ Roman Hladík, general manager of 2K’s Hangar 13 studio, said this week.
The original Mafia is now free on Steam
‘While we are a few years away and cannot share anything else at this time, we are very excited to continue working on this beloved franchise and entertain our players with new stories.‘. The game will be a prequel and is being developed using Unreal Engine 5, according to a Kotaku report published earlier this year. Mafia: Definitive Edition was released for PC and consoles in 2020. The remake of the original game featured an updated script, expanded backstories, and additional cutscenes.