THE GODFATHER II videogame from EA and Paramount Digital Ent. will be shipping on February 24 in North America and on February 27 in Europe.
THE GODFATHER II allows players to both act like a mobster and think like a Don, by immersing them in a 1960's organized crime world. As a Don, players can build a crew and grow their family in an effort to become the most powerful mob syndicate in America. Players will be able to choose how and when to use their Made men, either by commanding them directly in battle as part of their crew, or by sending them to do a job in another part of the world -- bombing rival family rackets, attacking their businesses, or defending your own.
Players who pre-order THE GODFATHER II at participating retailers worldwide will receive an exclusive crew member, named Tommy Cipolla, to hire into their family. While the other soldiers at the start of the game come equipped with one specialty and level-one firearms, Tommy will be the only crew member to possess two specialties -- arsonist and medic -- as well as carry a level-two double-barreled shotgun. With Tommy in your family, players will have a strategic advantage in the game, using his advanced skills either directly in battle, or sending him to take over and defend rackets on his own.
While at its heart THE GODFATHER II remains an action game, it also features deep new strategic gameplay mechanics never before seen in an open-world game. The strategic elements to the game allow you to extend the fantasy of building and running your own organized crime family. This means that you have to build and invest in your family, manage your businesses, and reach out to corrupt officials -- all of which is done through the revolutionary Don's View.
The Don's View is a 3D representation of your criminal empire in all three cities; it allows you to coordinate your strategy, plan hits on rival Made men, attack enemy rackets, and much more. THE GODFATHER II delivers the ultimate organized crime experience by allowing you to call the shots.
Developed at the EA Redwood Stores studio, THE GODFATHER II will be coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. THE GODFATHER II has been rated M for Mature by the ESRB and 18+ for PEGI.
