Mafia: The Old Country has revealed the latest patch for August 2025. The update, which released today, fixes several graphical issues on all platforms, as well as general bugs.
As the latest in the Mafia series, The Old Country, serves as a prequel to all games, set all the way back in 1900s Italy. Since its launch earlier this month, fans have enjoyed many aspects of the title, like graphics and story. Still, to further enhance the experience, the latest patch, Version 1.004, fixes many small issues that plagued the game. For example, various audio and lighting cues got fixed, as well as missing subtitles.
The patch notes for the August Update of Mafia: The Old Country are available below and on the official website. For more on the game, check out our various guides, as well as our review, where we gave it a 4/5.
Mafia: The Old Country August 2025 Update Patch Notes
Gameplay
- Addressed various instances of companion characters like Luca, Cesare, and others not performing required actions, resulting in blocked progress. If you encounter this issue, reloading your last checkpoint should resolve it.
- Performing a takedown on a specific guard is no longer a requirement to complete the objective in the Customs Warehouse in Chapter 3 if the player is able to avoid it.
- Addressed reported instances of invisible collisions present in unwanted locations.
- Addressed reported instances of missing or misplaced combat covers.
- General improvements to Enemy AI reaction timing, pathing, and behavior.
- General improvements to Friendly and Neutral NPC pathing, animation, and behavior.
- Various gameplay fixes and improvements.
Visuals
- Addressed reported ghosting issues during certain cinematics when using upscaling.
- Visual improvements to cinematics on ultrawide displays.
- Improved hair physics behavior in various cinematics where flickering could sometimes be observed.
- Visual improvements on various cinematics lighting, VFX, popping, and clipping.
- Various visual fixes and improvements.
UI
- Addressed a reported issue causing the Main Menu background to revert to its initial state when starting a new story playthrough after completing it for the first time.
- Improvement to contextual HUD functionality.
- Addressed several reported instances of missing subtitles throughout the game in all languages.
- Various UI fixes and improvements.
Audio
- Addressed several reported instances of audio (music/ambient/VO) not playing throughout the game.
- Addressed several reported instances of mismatched audio and subtitles throughout the game.
Animation
- Addressed several reported issues of animation popping, warping, and misalignment.
- Addressed several reported instances of Enzo or NPCs being stuck in animation states.
- Addressed several reported instances of incorrect animations playing during conversations.
- Various fixes and improvements to Animation.
Localization
- Addressed the “Protection Agreement” note which contained repeated words.
- Addressed reported inconsistent translations across all languages.
Platform Specific
PlayStation 5
- Various stability improvements when playing on the PlayStation 5.
Xbox Series X|S
- Various stability improvements when playing on the Xbox Series X.
- Various visual and stability improvements when playing on the Xbox Series S.
Steam
- Addressed a reported issue causing DLSS Frame Generation to randomly stop functioning during gameplay, requiring a game restart.
- Various stability and performance improvements on the PC version.
