- There will be about 80 different car models in Mafia II.
- The game has been in development for almost 5 years, or "almost as long as it took Bungie to release three Halo games".
- The animations in the game are incredible. There are 122 different animation spots in every humans face.
- The plan is not to be in the shadow of GTA IV. They're going to revolutionize the genre. "Our game is serious".
- "This is a playable movie. A playable, interactive gangster flick, a linear game, extremely story-heavy and with a more serious and mature tone than any other game in the genre. Including the first Mafia."
- 2K Czech thinks that more games are focusing on the scale of the gamingworld. The bigger the better. 2K Czech however, is going the opposite way, by making Mafia II 70% of the first game's area.
- The graphics engine that is running Mafia II has taken nearly 5 years to develop. The details in the game are on the same level as Crysis.
- The story is centered around Vitor Scarletta. Home from the war, where he got hurt badly, and with not that much money, he and his friend Jerry Barbaro go on a crime spree. Before Vitor knows what happened, he is doing work for one of the city's mob families.
- Empire City is modeled after New York and San Fransisco.
- It is mentioned far too many times to say that Mafia 2 is looking absolutely stunning.