Mafia Video Game Series

A series of third-person action games telling the story of the world of organized crime. The brand was created by the Czech Illusion Softworks, later renamed 2K Czech (now the studio is part of Hangar 13).

The first game in the series - Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven - was released in 2002 in a PC version. The production was highly acclaimed by gamers and critics, as evidenced by an average rating of 88/100 (according to metacritic.com). Two years later, developers from Illusion Softworks prepared its conversion for PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles. The port was not as successful as the PC original, but it helped solidify the brand's market position. Fans had to wait until 2010 for the full-fledged sequel. Game Mafia II was released for PC and Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles, and the sequel was met with mixed reactions. In particular, the idea of moving the action to the 1950s and truncated content for future DLC add-ons were controversial. The third full-fledged installment, Mafia III, was released in 2016. Its plot was placed in an even later period: the 1960s and 1970s. The overall style and the nature of the organizations depicted changed - the main character no longer belonged to the Italian Mafia, but to a criminal network composed mainly of the black population of Louisiana. The title was met with a rather negative reception, much worse than that of the previous parts. The mobile spin-off of the series fared similarly, Mafia III: Rivals, a strategic RPG with action set in the same time period as "three".