Set within the fictional Empire Bay (based on New York City, as well as aspects of Los Angeles and Chicago), the story follows a gangster and his efforts to climb through the ranks of the Mafia crime families.
The game is the sequel to 2002's Mafia and the second game in the Mafia series.
It was released in August 2010 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows Mafia II: Director's Cut was released by Feral Interactive in December 2011. Mafia II is an open world action-adventure video game developed by 2K Czech and published by 2K Games.
