[STEAM] Take-Two Boss Confident in Mafia Franchise After The Old Country Performs 'Well Ahead of Expectations'

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Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick is teasing a bright future for the ****** franchise after this year’s prequel,

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, “performed well ahead of expectations.”

Zelnick spoke about the future of 2K Games’ long-running open-world crime series during an interview with IGN ahead of Take-Two's Q2 financial report (

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). As developer Hangar 13 prepares to release new content and updates following The Old Country’s launch in August, the Take-Two boss teased that fans may eventually have more ****** to look forward to.

“Definitely,” Zelnick said when asked if The Old Country performed well enough to instill confidence to continue the franchise. “We’re really excited about ******, and I think that’s a great question because it is sort of a reset for the franchise. We don’t have anything to announce — that comes from the label — but it definitely performed well ahead of expectations."

It sounds like the decision to sell ******: The Old Country at a cheaper than expected $49.99 price point paid off, then.

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, and publisher 2K and developer Hangar 13 managed expectations by stressing pre-launch that

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Take-Two stopped short of providing exact sales figures but said the early 1900s Sicily-set ****** “quickly surpassed our internal expectations and affirmed our belief that consumer demand remains strong for premium, narrative-driven experiences that over-index on value.” Although it’s unclear when or how another ****** game could materialize in the future, more new content and updates for The Old Country are confirmed to be in the works.

******: The Old Country launched in August as a prequel for the crime drama video game franchise that first got its start with the original ****** in 2002. The series saw semi-regular releases up until the launch of the divisive ****** 3 in 2016, with only a group of

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arriving to break up the wait for more in 2020. After nearly a decade of waiting for a new entry, it sounds like fans won't have to wait quite as long for more.

Hangar 13 and 2K propped The Old Country up as a fresh start for ****** when it released earlier this year, and it appears to be a plan that’s panning out. We called it “Great” in our

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. At the time of its release, we said, “******: The Old Country is a conventional but effective return to the linear and tightly story-driven format of the original ****** and ****** II, and it boasts a wonderful eye and ear for detail.”

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it received as part of a free update a few months back. You can also check out

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Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and

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