I hope you're in a mood...to groove. Because the Mafia III collector's edition has some rockin' tracks on its LPs.

Mafia 3 is a game that, like one of the best songs ever performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival, was born on the Bayou.

Mafia 3 is going to be an action game with some heavy ideas regarding race, gangsterism and family, it’s also going to be the kind of game that wants to make driving feel real yet accessible.

Get your first extended lookat Mafia 3 with a full twelve minutes inside New Orleans in the politically tense 1980s.

Despite the change of protagonist and the new the scenic locale of New Orleans, developer Hangar 13 is insistent on Mafia III being a "true" Mafia game that doesn’t ignore the events of Mafia II and will in fact bring closure to that first sequel when it ties up a few dangling plot threads.

Mafia 3 arrives next year, with an emphasis on brutality, race and crime. All wrapped up in a neat sandbox genre that is populated with civilians, fast cars and tons of guns. Kind of like that other game that Take Two Interactive publishes.

Mafia has always been about narrative, but a short hands-off demo of the third entry boldly explores some incredibly interesting themes.

When you think Mafia, you most likely think of a very specific stereotype. Namely a wiseguy with slick hair, an even slicker suit and some sort of Sicilian heritage. That’s your typical Mafia goon. But Mafia 3 is ditching that kind of protagonist, for some new blood.