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MAFIA II: DEFINITIVE EDITION

Standing in the snow under the glowing sign for Stella’s Diner as flakes drift all around and Dean Martin croons Let It Snow, all Vito Scaletta wants to do is get home. It’s 1944 and we’re back from the war in Italy with no intention of returning to Europe. Our new battles will be fought on the streets of Empire Bay.

The opening chapters of Mafia II: Definitive Edition, a remake of the 2010 PS3 release, reveal all you need to know. Earlier we shot up an Italian church during Operation Husky, drank whisky with old friends, and took in the city’s

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