Mafia: The Old Country delivers one of the best stories in a video game this year, but not much else. This series from Borderlands publisher 2K has a fascinating history and four games that are ...

During the development of Mafia: The Old Country, Hangar 13 president Nick Baynes said the studio wanted to "go back to the roots of what fans love about the Mafia franchise" with a "deep linear ...

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.

While Mafia: The Old Country is the fourth entry in the franchise, it is a prequel that takes place in the fictional town of San Celeste in Sicily in the 1900’s, beginning 1904. Already, this sets the ...

These 120-year-old cars have primitive engines, whining chain drives, and open cabins with no sound deadening, and The Old Country has captured their raw and lumpy burbles immaculately. It definitely ...

Before I sat down to play about three hours of Mafia: The Old Country, Hangar 13 president Nick Baynes repeatedly mentioned his team’s desire for players to finish this prequel’s story. And so with ...

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

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 ...

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 when she was five years old. Since then, she ...