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News Mafia 3's Definitive Edition Patch Somehow Removes PS4 Pro Support

Dev team is working on a fix

As if the absolutely terrible remaster that is Mafia II: Definitive Edition wasn't enough, Mafia III has also been handed a raw deal on PS4 Pro. Following the game's 'Definitive Edition' update, the title now reportedly runs worse than ever on Sony's enhanced system. According to this detailed Reddit post,

• Wed 27th May 2020
• 2k
• PS4
• PS4 Pro
• Mafia

News Mafia III Story DLC Is Now Free for Everyone

PS Plus comes in handy

Mafia III: Definitive Edition released on PlayStation 4 yesterday for £24.99/$29.99, bundling together the base game and all its DLC packs. That's not a terrible deal, but the thing is, there's a very realistic chance you actually already own the game. Mafia III was a free PlayStation Plus title back in August 2018 and since...

• Wed 20th May 2020
• 2K Games
• PS4
• Mafia
• PlayStation Plus
• PS Plus

News Mafia 3's Original Intro Was So Controversial It Had to Be Erased

New Bord-oh

Mafia III, for all its flaws, delves into some pretty dark subject matter. But developer Hangar 13 originally planned to open the title with an introduction so controversial that it’s since removed all traces of the scene from its servers. “If ever that had come out without any context in any form it would have looked terrible,”...

• Wed 11th Jul 2018
• 2K Games
• PS4
• Mafia

News Give Mafia III a Shot For Free with Its New PS4 Demo

Bite-sized revenge

Mafia III may not have set the open world genre alight as was intended, but by most accounts, it's not that bad overall. The game's obviously been out for a while now, but coinciding with the release of its first expansion, a playable demo has hit the PlayStation Store. If you've had your eye on Mafia III but the lukewarm...

• Tue 28th Mar 2017
• 2K Games
• PS4
• Mafia
• Demos

News Mafia III's Story Expansions Start Dropping Next Month

Can't escape the life

If you're still into Mafia III, you may be interested in knowing that its promised trio of story expansions have been given release windows. Things kick off with the strangely named Faster, Baby!, which is due out at some point next month. Then, in May, we're getting Stones Unturned, followed by Sign of the Times in July...

• Fri 3rd Feb 2017
• 2K Games
• PS4
• Mafia
• DLC

News Mafia III Smuggles a Stealth PS4 Pro Patch

In and out

Its popularity may have fallen off a cliff a few days after it launched, but at least Mafia III is still being supported by developer Hanger 13. As pointed out by Digital Foundry, the sandbox crime sim has very quietly received a PS4 Pro update - there's apparently no mention whatsoever of Pro support in the patch notes, which seems a bit...

• Sat 7th Jan 2017
• 2K Games
• PS4
• PS4 Pro
• Mafia
• Patches

News Mafia III Is Somehow 2K Games' Fastest Selling Release

4.5 million copies shipped in one week

You know those occasions where a bit of news filters out and you almost have to read it twice in order to properly parse it? Yeah, this is one of those times: Mafia III has become 2K Games' fastest selling game of all time, outpacing franchises such as BioShock, NBA 2K, and Borderlands. To be honest, we're as...

• Wed 2nd Nov 2016
• 2K Games
• PS4
• Mafia
• Sales

Round Up Mafia III Takes a Bullet or Two in First Reviews

Fed to the alligators?

Mafia III's off to a bit of a rough start in the reviews department, it would seem. The sandbox mob-'em-up launched last week on PlayStation 4, but critic reviews are only just beginning to roll in due to the fact that publisher 2K Games didn't want to send pre-release review code to anyone that isn't a YouTuber. Some of the...

• Tue 11th Oct 2016
• 2K Games
• PS4
• Mafia
• Round Up
• Features

Video Should You Buy Mafia III for Your PS4?

Mob job

As is widely known already, 2K Games didn't send out advance review code for Mafia III, so we're only just digging into the New Bordeaux-based drama. But should you buy it? Well, we've streamed over an hour of gameplay footage so that you can get a feel for the crime caper – and you can watch the archived footage above. Are you planning...

• Sat 8th Oct 2016
• 2K Games
• PS4
• Mafia
• Videos
• Features

News Pimp Mafia III on Social Media and Have Vinnie Jones Give You 10p Coffee

Served in empty bullet cartridges

We can picture it now: a PR person in a trendy office with a whiteboard desperately trying to think of a fashionable way to promote Mafia III without flinging early access codes at uncompromisingly enthusiastic YouTubers. The only problem is that he has to somehow link the game, which takes place in a fictional...

• Wed 5th Oct 2016
• 2K Games
• PS4
• Mafia III