The team then presumably moved into developing Voltron before it was shortened to Volt. It moved to a game codenamed Rhapsody, which hit its share of troubles. Hangar 13 tackled this new IP instead of Mafia IV after Mafia III‘s disappointing sales and middling critical reception. But now that everyone takes faster internet speeds for granted, if your website loads at the pace of the. A FEARED Colombian cartel believed to be working with the mafia in a 'Supergang' drugs partnership is allegedly behind a record 4.3 tonne haul of cocaine worth more than £200million seized in Italy. You are back in the Italian mob, this time as a new character with no words of any old. Maybe you remember the days of dial-up and having to wait impatiently for websites to load slowly. The leak suggests that Mafia 4 will be set in Las Vegas in the ’70s and will be a straight sequel to Mafia 3. It also had the game’s codename, which Kotaku’s report explains was short for “Voltron” since the game had tech that would allow enemies to “combine together into more challenging foes.” There was also supposed to be typical class roles like DPS, tank, and healer and was supposed to heavily feature traversal mechanics. And make sure the X to cancel out the ad or pop-up is big enough that they can easily find and select it. That Reddit leak ended up describing both Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands and Midnight Suns before they were announced.
GamesBeat’s Jeff Grubb also chimed in, saying this game was the “Cthulu meets Saints Row project” that had been floating around since June on Reddit. RELATED: PlayStation Now November 2021 Games Include Mafia: Definitive Edition & More
Kotaku added to the report with its own sources, saying that it was supposed “to be a live service, third-person action game in the vein of Destiny.” The outlet then got a peek at an internal email from Haden Blackman, studio head and founder, as he talked about the surprise cancelation before vaguely explaining that Take-Two said that “industry challenges” would make it “commercially unviable.” However, he said that 2K stated that it still believed that Hangar 13 can “deliver a critical and commercial success” and the team would be “developing future projects soon.” The studio is also said to be meeting on November 4 to further discuss everything. It was also supposed to feature superheroes (although they would likely be original creations and not based on licensed characters). Bloomberg then reported that Hangar 13’s Volt was the game in question and suffered from being rebooted, Covid-related challenges, and technical problems. RELATED: Square Enix Admits Crystal Dynamics Wasn’t a Good Fit for Avengers GameĢK revealed this in a roundabout way during earnings call by saying it was deciding “to not proceed with further development of an unannounced title in its pipeline” after stating that this mystery project sucked down $53 million. The game had no official title, but was codenamed Volt. Mafia III and Mafia: Definitive Edition developer Hangar 13 didn’t formally announce its next title, but 2K Games has reportedly canceled it.