Mafia (video game)
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Mafia is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Illusion Softworks and published by Gathering of Developers. The game was released for Windows in August 2002, and later ported to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2004. It is the first installment in the Mafia series. Set within the fictional city of Lost Heaven, Illinois, during the 1930s, the story follows the rise and fall of taxi driver-turned-mobster Tommy Angelo within the Salieri crime family.
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Developer(s) | Illusion Softworks |
Publisher(s) | Gathering of Developers[lower-alpha 1] |
Director(s) |
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Producer(s) | Lukáš Kuře |
Programmer(s) | Dan Doležel |
Artist(s) | Pavel Čížek |
Writer(s) | Daniel Vávra |
Composer(s) | Vladimír Šimůnek |
Series | Mafia |
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Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Mafia received critical acclaim for the Windows version, with critics praising the game for its complex narrative and realism, while the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions both received mixed reviews. A sequel, Mafia II by 2K Czech, was released in August 2010, and a third game, Mafia III by Hangar 13, was released in October 2016. A remake of the game, Mafia: Definitive Edition, also developed by Hangar 13, was released in September 2020.