Mafia II demo due out in August

By Tom Bramwell Published 9 June, 2010

Settling all of the formats' business.

2K Games has announced that a Mafia II demo will be released in August.

The game itself is out on 27th August and 2K's tweet said that the demo would be for all formats.

"It's official! A Mafia II demo is headed your way on PS3, 360, and PC this August. Stay tuned for an exact date!"

Mafia II is an open-world action-adventure with a difference - it's more of a period drama with a Grand Theft Auto-esque structure than a sandbox.

2K Czech has set out a serious story and keeps control of key ambient elements like the day-and-night cycle in order to accentuate the narrative.

Check out our Mafia II hands-on from this year's GDC for more details, or check out the footage below.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000. Follow him on Twitter.

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  • Haloboy #1 2 years ago

    iodsnkldnklsnkasnkasnaGTAIVKILLAsna;nf;knfknfkanfklanfkl

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    I wish I had your supreme willpower.

  • geeza2020 #2 2 years ago

    red dead might have some competition for the most immersive sandbox game this year it looks like :)

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  • Darren #3 2 years ago

    Great that all formats are getting a demo. The 360 version I've seen footage from looks amazing but I've got the PC version pre-ordered. It'll be nice to see how it performs before the game's release.

  • KreyAtiv #4 2 years ago

    Definitely looking forward to the demo. Like to see how the cars handle.

  • Boomerang #5 2 years ago

    The cars look very driveable and the swiss-cheeseing of that shack was cool. Definitely one to watch.

  • Soton4084 #6 2 years ago

    I have to say, my hopes for this game were greatly diminished when I heard it would be the size of just one of the islands from GTA IV. Graphically it will have to be impressively detailed and full of LOTS of side missions/activities if it's going to be any good. However, I loved the original Mafia and it nailed the time period and storyline perfectly. I still vividly remember the brilliant last few missions of betrayal and the ending was quite a shock!

  • Syrette #7 2 years ago

    GOTY 2010.

  • glaeken #8 2 years ago

    @Soton4084 I actually think a smaller more focussed city might be better than the GTA IV approach. I found with GTA IV the city was so big I never really learnt the lay out that well of the roads. There were also many many areas I barely ever went too so it seems like a bit of waste really to put all that time into creating such large play areas if there is actually no reason to visit most of it.

  • Acrid #9 2 years ago

    Can't wait to get my grubby little mitts on this

  • sn7007 #10 1 year ago

    Personally I think this was a big letdown. Even worse than Biggest Loser if that's possible.