This CAN'T be HAPPENING!!!
Oh no oh no oh no oh noMafia 2 Delayed or Cancelled????
Yes, it's a rumor at this point, but it doesn't look good at all.
The rumor started here, in the GamersHell.com forums on August 12.
The reputible Gamespot.com commented on the rumor as the fourth item in their Rumor Control column on August 21.
Excerpt:
The official story: Gathering did not comment.
What we heard: According to the post, internal strife at Mafia developer Illusion Softworks has led to the firing of head programmer Daniel Vavra--and to Mafia 2 being "indefinitely postponed." The post also quotes Petr Vochozka, founder of the Czech studio, as saying, "It is a shame that the game won't be finished anytime soon." That sounds like an open-and-shut case--except Mafia 2 hasn't even been officially announced yet, and neither Illusion nor Mafia publisher Gathering are commenting on it.
Bogus or not bogus?: Technically bogus, though given the disappointing sales of Mafia for consoles, it's likely the game will be stillborn.
These magazines and online sites are really console centered in some ways. That's how the GTA games get rated higher than Mafia, which is quite possibly the best video game of it's time.
There are a lot of tragedies in media that we can't do anything about, music that doesn't get enough support, tv shows cancelled before their time, movie scripts that sit on studio shelves for no apparent reason. If the rumor is true, this would be right up there.
It's enough to make me want to chuck gaming altogether.
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