Here is the first official trailer for Mafia 2 which will released for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Currently, there hasn’t been a release date announced for Mafia 2.

To do well, Mafia 2 will have to be an exceptional game to distinguish itself from other lackluster mafia-themed games (The Godfather, The Sopranos, etc). Details about the plot of Mafia 2 have not been given, but I wonder if Mafia 2 will be largely plot driven, or if it will follow in the footsteps of the other mobster games which featured derivative elements of the Grand Theft Auto series.

Mafia 2 is being published by Take-Two Interactive (Railroad Tycoon 2, Max Payne, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer) and developed by Illusion Softworks (Mafia, Vietcong: Purple Haze).