Mafia: The Old Country Dev Confirms Free Ride Mode Is on the Way as Part of a Free Update

Mafia: The Old Country developer Hangar 13 has confirmed Free Ride mode is coming to the crippled arsenic portion of a escaped update for each players.

Hangar 13 besides revealed "new activities and gameplay" are coming arsenic portion of the escaped update, which is owed retired successful "the coming months."

The developer didn't connection immoderate much information, but did contented the image, below, to tease Free Ride:

If The Old Country's Free Ride mode works similar it does successful erstwhile Mafia games, it'll fto players research the game's environments without immoderate ngo objectives. Essentially, it's an accidental to cheque retired the beauteous vistas, trial thrust the vehicles successful your garage, find collectibles retired successful the world, and possibly uncover a fewer secrets.

Free Ride harkens backmost to the 2002 archetypal Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, which fto you research the 1930s scenery astatine your ain pace. "Confusingly, determination were 2 versions of Free Ride successful the archetypal game," Ondřej Vévoda, Lead Designer astatine Hangar 13, explained erstwhile Free Ride came to Mafia: Definitive Edition.

"There was 'Free Ride,' a metropolis tourism mode with precise elemental taxi-driving benignant gameplay, and 'Free Ride Extreme,' which added immoderate brainsick challenges. We combined ideas from some into 1 mode, truthful the Definitive Edition mentation of Free Ride contains some the tourism portion and immoderate hidden bonus contented to discover."

While steadfast 2K is yet to remark connected the game's performance, Mafia: The Old Country surpassed 800,000 portion income crossed Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox successful its archetypal 4 days, according to Sensor Tower data. PlayStation leads the mode with astir 48% of full sales, portion Steam contributes astir one-third of the total.

"The robust aboriginal income underline the enduring entreaty of the Mafia IP and validate the studio’s prime to present a linear, narrative-driven acquisition with cinematic presentation," the expert steadfast said. "The stronger show connected PlayStation whitethorn bespeak the platform’s strategical alignment with story-focused single-player games." Mafia: The Old Country launched priced $50, which volition person besides encouraged sales.

IGN's Mafia: The Old Country reappraisal returned an 8/10. We said: "Mafia: The Old Country is simply a accepted but effectual instrumentality to the linear and tightly story-driven format of the archetypal Mafia and Mafia II, and it boasts a fantastic oculus and receptor for detail."

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