This morning we have you informed that the current director and co-founder Haden Blackman is leaving the Hangar 13 studio. The news undoubtedly attracted Czech and Slovak fans, as Hangar 13 took over the reins of the development of the Mafia series, first to bring the third part and then to take care of the final edition of the entire trilogy, including a remake of the original game. A number of various and often contradictory speculations about other projects ran around the studio, among which Mafia IV naturally appeared. However, after the cooling of most tracks and only vague indications that the studio could return to the mafia game after the cancellation of the live-service event codenamed Volt, a renowned magazine is coming. my box claiming that development is still ongoing and the new project should be a prequel to the acclaimed work of Illusion Softworks.
The information was unwittingly concluded at the end of an article about the departure of Haden Blackman, but the way Kotaku presents it suggests that it relies on the magazine’s own resources and can be considered at least in line with similar leaks from the past. interesting. “Blackman will be replaced by Nick Baynes, currently head of the Brighton studio, which, according to Kotaku, is leading the development of the new Mafia,” says Kotaku. He adds that the project is at an early stage of development, its code name is Nero, and as mentioned above, it is intended to precede the events of the original game. “The plan is to create it in Unreal Engine 5 instead of the Mafia III engine (which used a proprietary engine, which was recently used for remasters),” the magazine adds the latest known information.
As we mentioned in the morning article, several titles have been created in the Hangar 13 studio over the years – among them was the project Voltwhich was to be in the spirit of Destiny, but above all Rhapsody, which was not supposed to continue in the Mafia line, but to present a spy plot set in Las Vegas during the 1970s, which could suit the fans of the Czech game. However, it was also to be canceled, and in this respect it was allegedly followed by the third unimagined Mosaic project, which was supposed to be a looting action RPG. Mention of Black however, it is returning speculation back to the Mafia and it will be extremely interesting to see if or when 2K will be proud of the project. Until then, you can at least look at the artwork related to the first part and start thinking about what exactly it might be about.
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