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Publisher 2K Games has confirmed thatMafia: The Old Countrywill appear at the 2024 Game Awards on December 12. Going live later this week, the tenth annual Geoff Keighley-hosted Game Awards is looking to celebrate this past year of video games with a number of prestigious awards, including the grand prize, Game of the Year. The Game Awards is also a stage for big new game reveals. Aside from the freshly confirmedMafia: The Old Country, fellow 2K titleBorderlands 4will also show face at the big event later this week.
After the reveal ofBorderlands 4opened, 2K’s announcement ofMafia: The Old Countryserved as the closer to this year’s Gamescom Opening Night Live back in August. A short cinematic teaser, the trailer conveyed to fans thatMafiais going back to the origins of the Italian mobin early 1900s Sicily. While little else is known about the prequel, fans have been abuzz wondering whether characters from past games, like Don Salieri or Don Morello from the originalMafia, will be involved inThe Old Countryas their younger selves. Since its reveal,Mafia: The Old Countryhas become one of the most highly anticipated games of 2025.
With over three months having passed since its initial reveal, and with onlya few days left until the 2024 Game Awards,Mafiatook to Twitter to urge fans to tune in to the show on December 12. 2K made it clear to mentionMafia: The Old Countryspecifically, both in a hashtag and in the attached graphic, as some fans have been wishing for news of aMafia 2remake after 2020’sMafia: Definitive Editionwas so well received. AMafia: The Old Countryappearance at this year’s Game Awards was to be expected after the original reveal trailer ended with “See more December 2024.”
Mafia: The Old Country Will Show Up At The Game Awards on December 12
As for exactly what 2K will have in store forMafia: The Old Country, since the game has already been stamped with a 2025 release window, it’s easy to imagine it getting a full-blown gameplay reveal at The Game Awards, potentially followed by a release date. With the early months of 2025 already so packed, particularly February, it would be wise to expectMafia: The Old Countryto aim for later in the spring or perhaps even summer. However, it’s hard to see 2K looking at a Fall 2025 release withGrand Theft Auto 6reportedly circling that part of the calendar. Nevertheless, this will surely be a big moment forMafiafans.
The Game Awards are set to go live on Thursday, December 12 at 7:30 PM Eastern time and will be viewable via YouTube, Twitch, and Twitter. Conversations are swirling around the coveted Game of the Year category, which is home to six nominees:Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth,Astro Bot,Metaphor: ReFantazio,Black Myth: Wukong,Balatro, and evenElden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Many are debating whether DLC should be able to be nominated for the award; gamers will need to wait until Thursday to see whether it takes home the prize.
Uncover the origins of organized crime in Mafia: The Old Country, a gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily.Mafia: Definitive EditionRe-made from the ground up, rise through the ranks of the mafia during the Prohibition-era. After an inadvertent brush with the mob, Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, the rewards become too big to ignore.Mafia II: Definitive EditionRemastered in HD, live the life of a gangster during the Golden-era of organized crime. War hero Vito Scaletta becomes entangled with the mob in hopes of paying his father’s debts. Alongside his buddy Joe, Vito works to prove himself, climbing the family ladder with crimes of larger reward, status and consequence.Mafia III: Definitive EditionAfter years of combat in Vietnam, Lincoln Clay’s surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia. Lincoln builds a new family on the ashes of the old, blazing a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.
