Mafia II Will Have Steamworks Support

If you’re anything like me you’re a sucker for fancy intefaces, sleek smooth looks and tidiness when it comes to your computer. Well 2K Games has made by day by announcing that Mafia II will ship with Steamworks support. PC Gamers the world over can now look forward to auto-updating, Steam achievements, online leaderboards and online downloadable content.

“Using Steamworks to power Mafia II has been a great benefit for 2K Games and our development team,” Christoph Hartmann, the President of 2K Games said “It’s meant that we can spend more time creating content and a great experience for our customers because we know that Steam and Steamworks are enabling these important features within the game.”

Gabe Newell, the the President and evil mastermind at Valve added;

“Mafia II is joining Sid Meier’s Civilization V as the next title to use Steamworks from 2K Games, our focus for Steam is on building services that create value for our customers and for creators, and Mafia II, with its all-new game engine and inclusion of Steamworks, is a great example of that.”

And as an added bonus for anyone that pre-orders the digital edition from online retailers you will get a copy of the original Mafia for free to play right now. So what are you waiting for, get pre-orderin’!

[Source: E4G]