It was Hladík, who has worked on every Mafia installment yet since the beginning, who confirmed the existence of a new game with the following words. I’m happy to confirm we’ve started work on an all-new Mafia project! While it’s a few years away and we can’t share anything more right now, we’re really excited to keep working on this beloved franchise and to entertain our players with new stories. Hangar 13 hasn’t been sailing on the smoothest winds. The game studio had already canceled a Cold War-themed Project Rhapsody before making Mafia III; in late 2021, we learned of another big cancellation as Take-Two revealed that it had to write off $53 million in costs because of the latest Hangar 13 project codenamed Volt (after they released Mafia: Definitive Edition in 2020). Sadly, there was also a round of layoffs just a few months ago, and even the studio head Haden Blackman stepped down. We also learned that the studio would be working on a Top Spin revival and a Mafia prequel made with Unreal Engine 5, which is likely the game the developers confirmed today.
