Summer is approaching and with it a season of major video game announcements. 2020, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, is going to be a bigger year than most. The next generation of consoles, thePS5 and Xbox Series X, arrive this holiday. Teasers for new games are already being shared online, with today being no different. Sunday morning saw a tease for a newMafiaproject, of all things.
TheMafiafranchise has been absent since 2016 whenMafia 3was launched. It would be the onlyMafiagame released this generation, which is in line with the originalMafiaand its sequel. NowMafiamay be back in some form or another, as the officialMafiaTwitter account has once again become active. A single tweet was posted Sunday morning with a single word. “Family,” is the lone tweet, which has now been pinned at the top of the account’s feed.
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This is the first post made to the officialMafiaTwitter account since August 2018. That should make clear that this account was entirely inactive up to now. It also implies that the account being brought back to life signifies something big.SomethingMafiathis way comes.
Expectations should absolutely be managed at this point, however. There’s no further evidence of a game announcement or any upcoming reveals or teasers at this moment. That means that whatever the account has reactivated for could range from a brand newMafiagame to the release of a soundtrack orMafia 3coming toXbox Game Pass.
One recent rumor worth taking into consideration is that in August Take-Two registered three trademarks. The registrations could simply be Take-Two refreshing existing trademarks. However, some speculated that they could hint at several remaster projects, including for both the originalMafiaand its sequel. A brand newMafiagame being in development was also considered. This past month, bothMafia 2andMafia 3 Remasteredreceived ratings from the Korean rating board for games, too.
For now, there’s no official announcement that anewMafiaproject is in the works. But the mounting evidence thatMafiais coming back, either via remasters or a new game, is increasingly persuasive.Mafiafans should definitely be keeping an eye on the series' official Twitter account going forward.
