Check out the latest trailer for the recently announced
Mafia II, from 2K Games right here, for a 'leeetle taster' of the gritty underworld of the mob.
Mafia II is being developed by Illusion Softworks and is set to feature a deep, mobster-driven narrative packed with both behind-the-wheel and on-foot action.
2K advises us that
Mafia II features the "Hollywood movie style action and gameplay illustrate the intensity of the mob’s criminal world." Pardon us for being pedants, but Hollywood movies don't 'have' gameplay do they?
Nitpicking aside,
Mafia II is the sequel to the successful
Mafia, set in the mob underworld of a fictitious late 1940’s-early 1950’s and we are assured that:
"Players will quickly become engaged in the game’s cinematic movie experience with strong, believable characters in a living, breathing city. By fusing high octane gunplay with white knuckle driving and an engaging narrative, Mafia II looks to be the industry’s most compelling Mafia title to date."
Frankly, from what we saw at Leipzig, this is indeed an offer you probably shouldn't refuse...
Mafia II will be available for next generation consoles and PC sometime in 2008.