Mafia III is set in a re-imagined New Orleans in 1968, one of the most tumultuous years in American history. This version of New Orleans is bustling with activity, complete with era-inspired cars, fashion and music. During this turbulent time, a cloud of corruption hangs in the air and the city has become a haven for organized crime. The Italian mob controls illegal gambling, drugs, and prostitution, while corrupt police and politicians line their pockets with the proceeds.

Mafia III follows the story of Lincoln Clay, a disenfranchised Vietnam veteran, returning from combat and looking for a home and a place to belong. Orphaned as a child, Lincoln at last achieves a semblance of family with the city’s black mob, finding the surrogate father and brother he has longed for. But when Lincoln’s new family is betrayed and slaughtered by the Italian mob, he becomes fixated on revenge and wages a brutal war against the Italians, disrupting the balance of power in the seedy underworld of New Orleans. As the story progresses, Lincoln allies himself with other criminals and builds an empire and a new family of his own that transforms the city.

Throughout the riveting story of Mafia III, players choose their path to revenge and build their own crime empire using cunning, stalking and deception, or through overwhelming force and firepower. Mafia III combines the best of cinematic storytelling with a dynamic narrative structure that responds to player choices, set in a vibrant city that responds to Lincoln’s actions.

Family isn’t who you’re born with, it's who you die for. It's been 10 years since Mafia III made its debut on October 7, 2016, following Lincoln Clay as he blazes a violent path of revenge through the mob-run city of New Bordeaux in 1968. To celebrate, we're honoring a decade of Lincoln's legacy with a new Steam update bringing quality-of-life enhancements to Mafia III: Definitive Edition, live now.

In addition, as part of our ongoing efforts to bring Mafia: The Omertà Collection current-gen updates, Mafia III: Definitive Edition is now available on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S with 60 FPS gameplay and technical improvements. For a limited time, players can also save 80% on Mafia III: Definitive Edition for PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam as part of an ongoing Mafia franchise sale. 

Mafia III: Definitive Edition Steam Update Notes

Highlights

• Smoother mission progression: We addressed several spots where players reported getting stuck and unable to make progress in missions like "Get Enzo Conti," "Kill Tommy Marcano," and the Epilogue. No more dead ends when you're trying to finish the story. We also addressed reported crashes that could happen while driving into the Wharf, shooting a gas canister during "Destroy Boosted Car Shipment," or unlocking certain achievements mid-drive.
• Improvements to Achievement tracking: Addressed reported issues with progress towards certain Achievements to ensure that your accomplishments are accurately tracked.
• Better NPC and companion behavior: Characters like Alcee, Father James, and others didn't always behave as expected during missions, sometimes blocking your progress. We've cleaned up their behavior so missions flow the way they're meant to.

Gameplay

• Improved mission progression and checkpoint reload behavior across several story missions.
• Addressed a reported issue where previously completed objectives could remain marked as incomplete.
• Addressed a reported issue preventing the district map from displaying correctly after certain objectives.
• Addressed wiretap map data and junction box functionality loss after completing the Stones Unturned DLC.
• Improved vehicle spawning behavior to prevent unintended collisions during specific objectives.
• Addressed achievement progress loss if the game was closed mid-session.
• Addressed various reported issues related to weapons and weapon upgrades
• Addressed a reported issue causing the game to remain in slow motion after certain sequences.
• Addressed several reported instances of instability, including issues during specific cutscenes, save loading, and combat scenarios.
• Various additional improvements to mission scripting, AI behavior, and overall gameplay stability.

Visuals

• Addressed multiple instances of incorrect or flickering lighting in interior and exterior environments.
• Addressed certain objects and environmental assets rendering with an unintended metallic or overexposed appearance.
• Improved lighting draw distance for buildings, streetlights, and gas stations to reduce visible pop-in while driving.
• Addressed unnatural square artifacts appearing during gameplay.
• Addressed inconsistent shadow and lighting behavior on Lincoln and nearby NPCs.
• Addressed various reported instances of missing audio, graphical artifacts, and unnatural animation found in cutscenes.
• Added an option to toggle off game window borders.
• Added new FPS lock options (120, 144, 180, 240).
• Improved multi-monitor setup handling in windowed mode.
• Addressed physics issues when playing in windowed mode with Vsync on.
• Various improvements to visual fidelity and environmental stability.

UI

• Addressed several reported instances of missing or incorrectly placed waypoints during story objectives.
• Corrected outdated and placeholder text appearing in specific UI elements.
• Addressed subtitle settings resetting when launching the game.
• Addressed a reported issue where the mouse cursor could move outside the game window when using multiple monitors.
• Addressed various issues with crosshair functionality and visualization
• Addressed debug texts appearing at the end of cinematics.
• Improved consistency of UI feedback, including damage indicators, item icons, and upgrade confirmations.
• Addressed various instances of missing or corrupted text in non-English languages
• Various additional improvements to UI clarity and consistency across menus and HUD elements.

Mafia III: Definitive Edition on PlayStation®5 and XBOX Series X|S

As mentioned, Mafia III: Definitive Edition is now available on PlayStation®5 and XBOX Series X|S with 60 FPS gameplay and technical improvements, including:

Highlights

• Increased framerate during gameplay: Mafia III: Definitive Edition on PlayStation®5 and XBOX Series X|S supports 60 FPS gameplay. Please note that many of the cinematics in Mafia III: Definitive Edition on PlayStation®5 and XBOX Series X|S are rendered in real time, and as such will play at 60 FPS just like the gameplay. Some cinematics, however, are pre-rendered movies that will play at 30 FPS.
• Improvements to Trophy and Achievement tracking: Addressed reported issues with progress towards Trophies and Achievements to ensure that your accomplishments are accurately tracked.
• Improved story mission progression: Addressed several reported instances where players could become stuck or unable to progress during specific checkpoints, cutscenes, and objectives across the campaign and DLC content.
• Improved visual consistency across the game world: Addressed reported issues with lighting, texture rendering, and vegetation streaming that could cause unintended visual artifacts in select areas.

Gameplay

• Addressed several reported instances of instability during gameplay.
• Improved stability following certain cutscenes, including vehicle behavior and loading transitions.
• Improved AI and NPC behavior during select combat encounters and world events.
• Addressed various driving and vehicle-related issues across multiple missions.
• Addressed various reported issues related to weapons and weapon upgrades.
• Addressed wiretap map data and junction box functionality loss after completing the Stones Unturned DLC.
• Improved Trophy and Achievement tracking reliability, ensuring progress and unlocks are properly recorded and saved.

Visuals

• Improved visual stability, addressing reported issues with unintended texture and lighting behavior in select areas.
• Improved vegetation rendering and streaming to reduce visual pop-in during gameplay and driving.
• Improved animation reliability during select cutscene dialogue.

UI

• Improved map, waypoint, and objective icon accuracy across multiple missions.
• Improved menu and control prompt display reliability, including during tutorials.
• Improved subtitle layout and localized text display.
• Various improvements to menu functionality, information accuracy, and additional UI polish.

If you already own a physical or digital version of Mafia III: Definitive Edition on PlayStation®4, you'll receive the digital version of Mafia III: Definitive Edition on PS5® for free, which will be downloadable via the PlayStation Store; you can find step-by-step instructions here. If you already own a digital version of Mafia III: Definitive Edition on XBOX One, you'll receive the digital version of Mafia III: Definitive Edition on XBOX Series X|S for free, which will be downloadable via the Microsoft Store.**

If you own a digital copy of Mafia III: Definitive Edition on PlayStation or XBOX, whether you got it as the standalone game, or as part of the Mafia: The Omertà Collection or Mafia: Trilogy bundles, please search for Mafia III: Definitive Edition on your platform's storefront to ensure that you have the PlayStation®5 or XBOX Series X|S version in your library. Depending on your platform and when you got Mafia III: Definitive Edition, you may need to add it to your library at no additional cost via the store page in order to play this new version. If your platform's storefront doesn't recognize your ownership of the PlayStation®5 or XBOX Series X|S version of Mafia III: Definitive Edition, please submit a 2K Support ticket for further assistance.  

Please note that existing players unfortunately won't be able to transfer save files from Mafia III: Definitive Edition on PS4® or Xbox One to Mafia III: Definitive Edition on PS5® and XBOX Series X|S respectively. Please see our FAQ page for full details.

See you in New Bordeaux

To everyone who stepped into Lincoln's boots over the last 10 years, or those who are just now seeing the sights and seedy underbelly of New Bordeaux for the first time, we're incredibly thankful for the support. We hope you enjoy the improvements made to Mafia III: Definitive Edition and its gritty rendition of the American south in the late '60s.