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Don and Blackhand editions.

EA has announced The Godfather: The Don's Edition for PS3, and The Godfather: Blackhand Edition for Wii.

The games will be developed by EA's Redwood Studios and are scheduled for release in March.

Both versions will offer brand new content, with two extra rival family compounds to destroy, five additional contract killings to carry out, and larger Corleone hit-squads at your disposal.

There are also new Shipyard and Railyard transportation hubs to explore and exploit, as well as the option to chat up specific characters to get the "skinny"on dirty cops.

Rest assured that each of the console's unique controller options will be catered for.

Those of you with a PS3 will now be able to "manhandle your controller to manhandle your opponent," while the Wiimote wavers among you can "use gesture with the Wii-mote and Nunchuck to really beat down your opposition". (Man.)

We're not quite sure how you're supposed to manhandle a controller, but we're excited nonetheless. So excited in fact, that we're going to lock ourselves in the trunk of a car and drive it over a cliff.

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dllord #1 5 years ago

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Whats the bet that the Wii version is a PS2 conversion!
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lambtron #2 5 years ago

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Or cube.

Fairly high I would say.
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krudster #3 5 years ago

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Having reviewed two versions already, suffice to say I won't be doing these.
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rauper Verified Managing Director, Eurogamer Network #4 5 years ago

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If Francis Ford Coppola was dead he'd be rolling in his grave about now.
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IAmBatman #5 5 years ago

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If a game's worth making average-ish, it's worth making average-ish again and again and again.

Has the 360 version gone proper cheap yet?
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smelly #6 5 years ago

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Meh.. Im just happy seeing the wii with some "mature" games to shut the kids up.
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smoison #7 5 years ago

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The Godfather Blackhand Edition.
Changes made to the game include 'Blackhand Control,' which allows the gamer to use gesture-based movement in combat and aim their firearm with the Wiimote

Hmmm.... I don't think this will be getting played on my Wii...
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Tomo #8 5 years ago

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Mildly interested for some reason...

Someone put me in my place please.
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JediMasterMalik #9 5 years ago

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Isn't the game crap? So who cares?
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spongebob #10 5 years ago

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Seriously. Leave The Godfather alone NOW. Thank god Taxi Driver game project didn't materialise.
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smelly #11 5 years ago

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I am suprised there arent more people in here saying stuff like the wii is for kids, etc though.
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matrim83 #12 5 years ago

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@ spongebob : Stop giving them ideas FFS.
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Psi #13 5 years ago

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"If Francis Ford Coppola was dead he'd be rolling in his grave about now."

then we could wrap him in copper wire and place two magnets either side of him and have him power the EA offices.
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Blerk #14 5 years ago

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Those of you with a PS3 will now be able to "manhandle your controller to manhandle your opponent," while the Wiimote wavers among you can "use gesture with the Wii-mote and Nunchuck to really beat down your opposition".

Do all these PS3 games with stupid-arsed control fudges allow you to turn it all off and play with 'buttons' instead? Y'know, like normal people?
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IAmBatman #15 5 years ago

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I could see some of the fighting controls working pretty well, and not being a fudge at all. Instead of using a slightly poor combination of presses for bashing people into things you can just grab them as normal and then jerk the controller in the right direction.

(If you're unfamiliar with the Godfather controls you already grab people by holding left & right shoulder buttons, the idea being that you're then gripping he controller as if it were the target's lapels.)
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Blerk #16 5 years ago

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Anyone who believes that their chosen platform of choice doesn't need EA games to succeed is only fooling themselves.
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