Hangar 13 hasn’t formally introduced any particulars for Mafia 4 nevertheless it looks like they could be getting ready so as to add multiplayer and dwell service options to the sport. The developer is recruiting for numerous roles inside the improvement group and people job descriptions trace the sport might not solely be a single-player expertise.
Is a multiplayer Mafia 4 recreation in improvement?
The job itemizing for a Senior Techniques Designer at Brighton, the situation for the event of the following Mafia recreation, asks for an individual with AAA recreation improvement expertise and the corporate would favor somebody with “multiplayer video games and/or dwell recreation design expertise.” The function additionally requires information of economic system methods and design, hinting extra in direction of a possible live-service system reasonably than co-op or aggressive multiplayer.
These hoping to get a single-player expertise needn’t lose all hope, although. Not like different job listings noticed by Reddit, this one doesn’t really point out the Mafia franchise. This opening might even be for the rumored revival of the Prime Spin franchise or one other recreation altogether.
Different job listings do point out “the following iteration of the Mafia franchise” in addition to the supply of “partaking Stealth and Fight gameplay loops”, suggesting an analogous fight system to that seen in Mafia 3. Little else is thought concerning the recreation, though earlier rumors have speculated it is going to be a prequel to Mafia that’s set in Sicily and can give attention to the household of Don Salieri. Both approach, the sport is more likely to be a number of years away from launch.