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Did you hear? We kind of liked Mafia II. Sure, it’s received mixed reviews from the press, but we freaking loved it. Why? Well, it’s a great story, fantastic action, and it’s extremely well acted. And, while Empire Bay isn’t full of side quests and bonus missions, it is beautifully designed. There’s a lot of hard work that went into the game, and we highly recommend it.

Which is why we’re also really excited about Jimmy’s Vendetta, a DLC pack for the Xbox 360, and PS3 that will be available on September 7. Woah, that’s not a long ways away, is it?

Jimmy’s Vendetta will follow Jimmy, a man who cleans up messes (AKA kicks ass) and will basically be an action-packed howitzer of a game. In fact, it will encompass thirty messy, violent acts. That’s a lot of Mafia action!

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It will be the second piece of DLC for the newly-released title. The first, The Betrayal of Jimmy, was released in conjunction with the PlayStation 3 version of the game and is unavailable to Xbox 360 gamers. It will retail for $9.99/800 MS Points.

It’s been a pretty sweet beginning of the week for the Mafia II team and Take-Two, the game’s publishers. Mafia II was just announced as the biggest first-week release in the UK since Take-Two’s own Red Dead Redemption was released 14 weeks ago. We’ll have to wait to see U.S. numbers, but it wouldn’t be a surprise to see similar results.

Check out some new screens above, and get excited Mafia fans!