Mafia II

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Mafia II
Developer(s)2K Czech
Massive Bear Studios (PS3)
Publisher(s)2K Games
Designer(s)Daniel Vávra Edit this on Wikidata
SeriesMafia
EnginePhysX Edit this on Wikidata
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, OnLive
Release
  • NA: August 24, 2010
  • PAL: August 27, 2010
Genre(s)third-person shooter, action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player Edit this on Wikidata

Mafia II is the 2010 sequel to Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven.[3] It was released on August 24, 2010 in North America and August 27, 2010 in the PAL region. The game is set in Empire Bay which is a parody of The Empire State, the nickname for New York in the years 1945 to 1951. Mafia II was protested by an Italian-American group because they thought the game was portraying ethnic stereotypes.[4]

Second sequel[change | change source]

A third game and final sequel to Mafia is Mafia III, it has been released in 2016.

Other websites[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Mafia II rated 18 by the BBFC". British Board of Film Classification. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  2. "Mafia Boobs Censored In Japan". Kotaku.com. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. "2K Games Announces Mafia 2, First Screenshots". news.teamxbox.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  4. Thorsen, Tor (20 August 2010). "Italian-American group protests Mafia II stereotypes".