With Mafia II's August 24 release date inching closer, 2K Games gave us the keys to the Studabaker so we could cruise through 1940s Empire Bay, the setting for protagonist Vito Scaletta's rise from errand boy to made man. The demo starts with an impressively edited cinematic that cuts between... More

Several open-world action games sprang up in the wake of Rockstar's innovative Grand Theft Auto III, but the original Mafia stood out from the pack with its unique sense of place and dedication to cinematic conventions. For the sequel, developer 2K Czech is taking its Hollywood approach to the next... More

Critics showered accolades upon Mafia for its intricately detailed missions, but the sparse open world failed to captivate gamers in the same way as other sandbox games like Grand Theft Auto and Saints Row. For the sequel, 2K Games and its Eastern Europe-based developer 2K Czech (formerly Illusion Softworks... More