A lot of mob stories are formulaic by design. The audience meets a criminal protagonist, watches them rise from street-level thug to a position of wealth and power, then sees their inevitable fall ...

Since its debut, the Mafia series has steadily marched forward through the decades – the original is set in the 1930s, its sequel spans the ’40s and ’50s, and Mafia III unfolds during the late ’60s.

The Mafia franchise has been somewhat overlooked. Though it attracted a loyal following with its first two games, it was also unfairly criticized as a Grand Theft Auto clone, routinely overshadowed by ...

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...