EA and Paramount Make Gamers an Offer they Can’t Refuse with The Godfather II

EA and Paramount Digital Entertainment have delivered details on the upcoming videogame, The Godfather II. According to the press release on Business Wire, the storyline is based on the original Godfather II film and Mario Puzo’s Corleone family drama expanding the narrative into 1960’s Florida, Cuba and New York. The Godfather II videogame offers gamers a fully open-world environment to explore as you expand your empire from the Big Apple to the streets of Florida and Cuba.

After being promoted by Michael Corleone to Don of New York, players expand to new cities, as they build up their families through extorting businesses, monopolizing illegal crime rings and defeating new families in an effort to become the most powerful mob family in America. To help players manage their empire, The Godfather II introduces “The Don’s View” – an innovative strategy meta-game that allows players to oversee the entire world as they grow the family business. Using the Don’s View, players will be able to build, defend and expand their crime rings, while keeping an eye on the movements and plans of the rival families. Players will also learn to master the business of organized crime by building a family of Made Men, hiring crew, handing out orders, and promoting their best men up the ranks.

SpikeTV will be offering an exclusive look at The Godfather II on GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley on Friday, August 15th. The segment includes a behind-the-scenes look at the videogame with the development team and the debut of the game trailer as well as a look at the game itself. If you can’t catch it live and don’t have tivo, the video will be available on The Godfather II website August 18th.