Mafia 4 Bringing Back Don Salieri & Will Be Set In Sicily, Leak Claims
According to a new rumor, 2K Games' unconfirmed Mafia 4 title will take place in Sicily and focus more heavily on Don Salieri's family. This bit of speculation follows on the heels of a Kotaku report claiming Mafia 4 recently entered development at Hangar 13, the production studio responsible for Mafia III as well as the original game's stellar 2020 remake. Hangar 13 and publisher 2K Games have yet to corroborate these details at the time of writing.
The development team's alleged pivot back to the crime-ridden world of Mafia is happening at quite the transformative time. Reportedly, 2K canceled the group's work-in-progress superhero game, which never received so much as a tease despite production beginning sometime in 2017. Hangar 13 has also undergone a bit of shakeup, evidenced by the departure of former Studio Head Haden Blackman who served as Creative Director on 2016's underappreciated Mafia 3. While 2K neglected to mention as much upon confirming Blackman's exit, the Novato, California-based development house also lost its Chief Operating Officer, Matthew Urban.
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In Episode 109 of The XboxEra Podcast (via PlayStation Universe), co-host and industry insider Nick Baker offered more insight about Hangar 13's alleged Mafia 4 project. Unsubstantiated information from one of Baker's sources claims the next Mafia game will revolve around Don Salieri's family in Sicily, Italy, during a period beginning in the late 19th Century and ending in the early 20th Century. Apparently, the experience will also feature a more linear structure akin to the first two entries, eschewing the open-world design that beset the Mafia 3 experience. Baker's Mafia-related
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