Mafia III, 2K’s third installment of its open-world sandbox series will be hitting shelves on October 7 of this year. This time around, you’ll be stomping around New Bordeaux, a fictionalized version of late 1960s New Orleans in the battle-hardened combat boots of Vietnam vet Lincoln Clay. The game’s premise reads like something straight out of an old-school action/crime drama your parents would probably be into. Here’s an excerpt from 2K Asia’s press release:
Mafia III is set in the open world of 1968 New Bordeaux, a reimagined version of New Orleans ustling with activity and complete with era-inspired cars, fashion and music. After years of combat in Vietnam, Lincoln Clay knows this truth: family isn’t who you’re born with, it’s who you die for. Now, back home in New Bordeaux, Lincoln is set on escaping his criminal past. But when his surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and wiped out by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family from the ashes of the old and blazes a path of military-grade revenge through those responsible. Intense gun fights, visceral hand-to-hand combat, white-knuckle driving, hard choices and street smarts will all be required to survive the mean streets of New Bordeaux. But with the right crew, it’s possible to make it to the top of the city’s underworld.
Now doesn’t that sound like it has “vintage revenge flick” written all over it? We’ll be soaking in jazz, bullets, and vintage automobiles on Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC this less than six months from now. In the meantime, enjoy this story trailer from 2K Asia:
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