By Luke KarmaliMafia 3 could take place in an open-world Louisiana, if a casting call from Take-Two is to be believed.


 


 


 




The casting call was published online by AGB, and reveals that Take-Two, the parent company of Mafia publisher 2K, is looking for three actors for voice over, motion capture and facial scans. All three characters it's looking to cast were born in Louisiana.


 




The trio of Louisiana natives are Franklin, Tony and Mickey. Franklin is in his early 20s, and "knows how to get a job done at any cost". Tony is in his early 30s, and is apparently "a genius with numbers and statistics who runs sports betting operations". Finally, Mickey is in his late teens, who "likes to run his mouth" and acts as a street hustler. Sadly, he can't back his big talk up with much.


 




Though 2K Games publish a wide number of titles, the focus on crime makes it seem increasingly likely that Mafia 3 is what we're dealing with. Fingers crossed that an open-world New Orleans is on the cards.


 




We heard rumors some time ago that 2K Czech was working on the third installment in the franchise, targeting PS4 and Xbox One. 2K's goal of having the game available for the launch of both systems was likely affected when 2K Czech suffered layoffs in 2011. However, with Mafia 3 remaining an unannounced project, we've never received any official word about its status. Seeing as 2K Czech was massively restructured earlier this year, it's unclear if development was rebooted, though casting seems to be a positive sign.