Developer Hangar 13 has rolled out a new update for Mafia: The Old Country, which mainly focuses on improving overall stability and squashing NPC-related bugs. This latest installment of the organized crime-fueled narrative action franchise takes fans back to 1900s Sicily, set during the formative years of the Cosa Nostra. Its stunning countryside vistas and lush hills have stunned gamers and critics, and it’s been regarded by some as one of the best-looking games of 2025. Its storytelling is no slouch, either, as the tale of protagonist Enzo Favara and his indoctrination into the Torrisi crime family has impressed, helping Mafia: The Old Country land the second-highest Metacritic score in the series, behind 2020’s Mafia: Definitive Edition remake.
Mafia: The Old Country‘s previous update was rolled out just over a week ago for PC players, which mainly had to do with the game’s cinematics. The hotfix set the default cutscene FPS to Unlimited instead of 30 FPS, making for smoother cutscene-to-gameplay transitions for gamers who prefer overall performance. While Mafia: The Old Country‘s launch was quite polished, especially compared to the previous mainline entry, Mafia 3, which was plagued by bugs at release, The Old Country still has some minor hiccups that Hangar 13 is working on cleaning up.
On Twitter, the official Mafia account announced Mafia: The Old Country‘s “biggest update yet,” which has rolled out to all platforms today. This new update names characters like Luca, Cesare, and others that players often roam around with throughout Mafia: The Old Country‘s story, and addresses issues of players’ progress being blocked due to these characters not carrying out the correct actions needed to proceed in an area. The update also changes an objective in Chapter 3 that asks players to knock out a specific enemy–players are now able to progress in the chapter without having to do so. Enemy pathing and reaction times have been improved as part of the update as well, which is good news for players who like to remain stealthy.
Various improvements to Mafia: The Old Country‘s visuals, UI, audio, and character animations have also been improved as part of this latest update. Near the bottom of the update list, Hangar 13 notes that it improved the game’s stability across Xbox, PlayStation, and PC, so players should run into fewer crashes, which was more of an issue for PC players. Steam gamers are also getting a fix for DLSS Frame Generation, which previously had instances of turning off randomly mid-game.
While Hangar 13 doesn’t currently have any story DLC planned for Mafia: The Old Country, it did recently confirm that a Free Ride mode will be on the way, which is expected to bring new activities to 1900s Sicily as a free update coming sometime soon. Overall, considering how well the game already runs, players should expect fewer and fewer updates to Mafia: The Old Country as time goes on.
Mafia: The Old Country Update Patch Notes (August 28, 2025)
Gameplay
- Addressed various instances of companion characters like Luca, Cesare, and others not performing required actions, resulting in blocked progress. If you encounter this issue, reloading your last checkpoint should resolve it.
- Performing a takedown on a specific guard is no longer a requirement to complete the objective in the Customs Warehouse in Chapter 3 if the player is able to avoid it.
- Addressed reported instances of invisible collisions present in unwanted locations.
- Addressed reported instances of missing or misplaced combat covers.
- General improvements to Enemy AI reaction timing, pathing, and behavior.
- General improvements to Friendly and Neutral NPC pathing, animation, and behavior.
- Various gameplay fixes and improvements.
Visuals
- Addressed reported ghosting issues during certain cinematics when using upscaling.
- Visual improvements to cinematics on ultrawide displays.
- Improved hair physics behavior in various cinematics where flickering could sometimes be observed.
- Visual improvements on various cinematics lighting, VFX, popping, and clipping.
- Various visual fixes and improvements.
UI
- Addressed a reported issue causing the Main Menu background to revert to its initial state when starting a new story playthrough after completing it for the first time.
- Improvement to contextual HUD functionality.
- Addressed several reported instances of missing subtitles throughout the game in all languages.
- Various UI fixes and improvements.
Audio
- Addressed several reported instances of audio (music/ambient/VO) not playing throughout the game.
- Addressed several reported instances of mismatched audio and subtitles throughout the game.
Animation
- Addressed several reported issues of animation popping, warping, and misalignment.
- Addressed several reported instances of Enzo or NPCs being stuck in animation states.
- Addressed several reported instances of incorrect animations playing during conversations.
- Various fixes and improvements to Animation.
Localization
- Addressed the “Protection Agreement” note which contained repeated words.
- Addressed reported inconsistent translations across all languages.
Platform Specific
PlayStation 5
- Various stability improvements when playing on the PlayStation 5.
Xbox Series X|S
- Various stability improvements when playing on the Xbox Series X.
- Various visual and stability improvements when playing on the Xbox Series S.
Steam
- Addressed a reported issue causing DLSS Frame Generation to randomly stop functioning during gameplay, requiring a game restart.
- Various stability and performance improvements on the PC version.
Mafia: The Old Country
5/10
- Released
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August 8, 2025
- Engine
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Unreal Engine 5
- Franchise
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Mafia
- Steam Deck Compatibility
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Unknown
- PC Release Date
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August 8, 2025
