There are
Mafia 2 Hands-on impressions on PC Games Hardware after some face time with
the life of crime sequel in development at 2K Czech, offering their thoughts on
the game's engine. On a related note, some new
Mafia II
screenshots are available for your perusal. Here's a bit about the engine
from the preview: "In an interview with Producer Denby Grace we learned that 2K
Czech (formerly Illusion Softworks) has recreated the engine of Mafia 2 almost
from scratch. The result is a D3D9 renderer - support for DX10 or DX11 has not
been integrated. Mafia 2 is a pure cross platform title although the PC is said
to be the lead platform. Due to the higher resolutions as well as additional GPU
Physx particle effects, like dynamic, interactive smoke) the PC version will
also offer better graphics than the console variant."