Mafia II to Benefit From NVIDIA Partnership and PhysX Technology

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Richard Walker

NVIDIA PhysX technology will be coming to Mafia II for Xbox 360 when it launches late this August 2010.

The tech creates more realistic physics and particle effects, so when you fire off your Tommy gun or smash a stoolie's face through a pane of glass, it'll splinter and shatter realistically.

There are three new screens to illustrate the impact of the PhysX technology on the game, including a car erupting in an orangey ball of flame, sending shards of twisted metal and debris flying through the air.

Dramatic stuff we think you'll agree.



Comments
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  • This game is really shaping up to be fantastic. Cant wait.
  • Can't wait for this, loved the first game.
  • Now, will those specific shards of shrapnel be traced so that the game knows where it enters the body of an individual so that health damage could be more or less depending on entry point? Cuz THAT would be sweet!
  • im having trouble changing my gt on this site 4 some reason, everytime I click on "edit ur details" in "user cp", can anyone help? OT: im really looking forward to this, looks great.
  • Please be EPIC!!!
  • noice
  • nice but apparently the map is less than 1/3 of the size as Gtas which put me off buying it
  • is this when the xbox will suffer because xbox runs on ATI and they dont handle physix well.
  • Looks like this game could be worth the wait
  • @4 what does it say? mine kept saying insufficient privileges but then i realised you have to post 10 times in forums - this is not a forum
  • can't wait man.
  • So PhysX would work properly on ATI GPU? Nice work Nvidia. The effects would be better on PC anyways so i think i'll stick with PC version.
  • I'm sure the tech-guys developing the game know a lot more than the two idiots on here. Having an ATI chip in the Box will obviously not matter. Shaping up to be a great game. Definitely going to be getting this; loved the first one.
  • sweeeeeeeeeeet!
  • Please not get delayed, please not get delayed, please not get delayed!
  • SHIBBY
  • looks sweet :) will get this game for sure ^^
  • I can't wait for this one. Oh damn, now I want to play the first one again... Too many games to play!
  • @10 yea thanks mate it worked :]
  • @13 thanks for referring to me and the other guy as idiots. its just a common known fact that nvidia graphics handle PhysX better than ati and i was just wondering whether or not that will put the 360 at a disadvantage compared to the other platforms. maybe you should think about things before hurling random abuse to people. Remember you have nothing to prove, you are on the internet so stop acting like a five year old. cheers.
  • I heard the first mafia game wasnt any good, is there any truth to that? I do have to say that all the media I have seen for this game has been great!
  • @21 Whaaaaaat. The first game was awesome
  • Looks great. Anyone happen to know if these are actual 360 screens though?
  • #22 is right, Mafia was fantastic! Not only did you get a really great title that delivered all kinds of new ideas on the sandbox genre (sans the stupid racing portion :/ ) you also get a TON of extras once you complete the game. The value was ridiculous, and for the time the graphics and the tech behind the game was top-notch. I loved being a mobster in the classic prohibition era, so I'm going to miss that aspect. Everything here looks solid though, I just can't believe the number of potential hits we're seeing this year alone!
  • The majority of the people who said Mafia 1 wasn't good were trying to play it like GTA. Mafia wasn't the kind of game that really permitted too much excessive over the top chaos and made you play a bit more realistically
  • I've been excited about this game since it was announced, and as time passes I am more and more reassured that it won't be disappointing! ... Can't wait!!!
  • Hmm okay so they want to implement it now that the game's almost done?
  • looks good
  • I only really want this game this year. C.A.N.N.O.T WAIT.
  • Mafia II is gonna be my good fella, my little friend, and I'm gonna say "Hello!" to it as much as I can. Damn, I want an orange now.. ~MONK3Y
  • Question? How will nVidia physiX work on an Ati GPU? Guess its not my problem. But it will be if it ended up not working or hammering the framerate of the game. Guess, only time will tell. Other than that, the game looks sweet
  • ???? This game not out yet ?? I see 2 player with the Mafia 2 achievement done at 1000/1000,so what the helll ???
  • What the hell is this? PhysX is a PC exclusive feature (PS3 supports software emulation only). Only the PC version supports PhysX, and not only because the 360 has an ATI GPU, but also because its hardware could never handle it. All console games suffer greatly in terms of texutres, LOD, AA and resolution, and you want to add PhysX? He who wrote this should get some reading done.
  • 33 is partially correct...check out this link; http://www.destructoid.com/mafia-ii-makes-use-of-physx-and-3d-on-the-pc-173178.phtml and...an article that gives a little more info as confirmed with 2k which confirms all versions will use PhysX; http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/63859 So the console versions of the game will utilize the PhysX tech but probably only in software, and they will NOT use the NVIDIA APEX particle effects. PC is starting to overcome the consoles yet again...until the new consoles come out that is...and so the cycle rinses and repeats.
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