MAFIA 2!
I've finally found some info on the fate of the most complete video game I've ever played, Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven.Oddly, the article is dated September 11, 2004, but I it never showed up in my searches until today. It seems that the greater Mafia community discovered the article sometime in early December. I did my last search for information before Thanksgiving.
Anyway, here is the article.
Most important lines in the article:
TVG: You are very much into the ‘action’ genre. Firstly, do you intend to stick within this area and can we expect to see further additions in the Hidden and Dangerous and possibly Mafia branding?
PV: Yes, we will do only action games in the future, but with all touches of strategy, tactics, adventure, and simulation. And yes, great games deserve sequels and we are working on something.
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TVG: Could you tell us briefly what games are currently in development at your 5 studios?
PV: Yes, the next Vietcong game is well into production, something with Mafia (I can’t tell what), and one game for the new publisher (will be announced within a few months) and 2 unsigned games. All more or less action genres, but exceptional quality and very strong story lines!
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TVG: What does the Take2/Gathering exclusive agreement mean for gamers in terms of the next 2 years?
PV: Our agreement with Take2 is finished, we signed our last project with them, this will be released during next 2 years (2 games only), but we have already signed with another major publisher and we are developing 2 unsigned games. We are currently discussing with a few publishers.
He's obviously being very vague here. He's not promising a sequel, but he's promising (although that may be too strong a word) "something". To me, this suggests an expansion pack, possibly with multiplayer capabilities.
Anything is better than nothing. Keep it alive boys, just keep it alive. If the expansion does well, ...who knows? A real sequel could still be a possibility.
The bad news in the article: they are focusing on console games, not PC games. This likely means that Mafia 2 may be less elegant than the original, but beggars can't be choosers.
On another note, all those long hours at EA games must be paying off. Perhaps seeing an obvious opening in the market, EA has announced a game based on the Godfather movies.
Almost nothing is known about the game yet. Hopefully the developers played and loved Mafia.
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