Mafia: The Old Country dev isn't scared its crime caper will be swallowed by GTA 6, because the two series have been growing apart since GTA 3, 22 years ago: "it's not something that we ever talk about"
I don't think the games are fundamentally that similar other than they have a shared theme
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Mafia: The Old Country devs aren’t worried about it being compared to GTA 6, because the two series have been diverging for the past 22 years.
In an interview withIGN,Mafia: The Old Countrygame director Alex Cox and Hangar 13 president Nick Baynes were asked how they felt about their sprawling crime caper releasing in the same year asGTA 6, especially since the two games come from the same publisher. In response, Baynes suggested that the timeframe involved in making modern games is now so long that “you just create the best thing you can and you hope it stands on its own two feet.”
In fact, he suggests he’s not really worried about any games coming out next treading on his turf, because “we’re making it for Mafia fans, it’s the story we want to tell in the Mafia universe. Honestly, outside of the chat down the pub about how …
