Mafia has been around for decades, but we haven’t seen a new game in the video game franchise in nine years. Mafia III took place in the 60s’ in a fictional version of New Orleans, marking a major ...

LB Beistad is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN. Her love of gaming began with her cousin introducing her to Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter. It was love at first play. Since then, she has ...

Usama Mehmood is a writer who has done extensive work for previous publications, including Ranking Lists, Reviews, and even Featured Pieces. This allowed him to quickly pursue a position as an Editor ...

LB Beistad is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN. Her love of gaming began with her cousin introducing her to Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter. It was love at first play. Since then, she has ...

The Mafia franchise has been somewhat overlooked. Though it attracted a loyal following with its first two games, it was also unfairly criticized as a Grand Theft Auto clone, routinely overshadowed by ...

“Mafia: The Old Country” may have debuted with solid reviews, but its player count on Steam tells another story. Despite being celebrated as the second-best-reviewed game in the Mafia series, it has ...

A lot of mob stories are formulaic by design. The audience meets a criminal protagonist, watches them rise from street-level thug to a position of wealth and power, then sees their inevitable fall ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Mafia: The Old Country, from developer Hangar 13, is the fourth entry in the Mafia ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Mafia: The Old Country is not following Mafia III's open-world format but will instead take the shape of a "linear, narrative-driven" experience, ...

Since its debut, the Mafia series has steadily marched forward through the decades – the original is set in the 1930s, its sequel spans the ’40s and ’50s, and Mafia III unfolds during the late ’60s.