The Godfather may be the boss of the mafia, but he still answers to a bigger boss - his publisher! Despite his swagger and thug-smoking powers, Electronic Arts remains his real Corleone, and according to EA Games' president Frank Gibeau, "We're not going to do another one." After getting rescued by EA Games after his old family, Brash Entertainment, went out of business, the Godfather may need to go look for another family for publishing.

When The Godfather II (PS3, Xbox 360) came out on stores earlier this week, Electronic Arts handed out a pretty cool press kit containing a cigar, a pack of matches, a pair of dice, and some wire, and the object of curiosity and controversy - real brass knuckles. EA must've gone, "WTF were we thinking?" over the last few days, and now they want their shiny weapons back.

Electronic Arts' The Godfather II has finally shipped to North American retailers for the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles, as well as the PC platform. Interestingly enough, on the eve of the said launch, EA sent out swag kits for the gaming press -- which contained real brass knuckles.

No more meetings, no more discussions, no more "we wanted to hype up the game more" excuses. It's time to go to the mattresses. Electronic Arts has announced via presswire that The Godfather II has gone gold. Prepare your cat for all-out petting.

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There's been a delay, Godfather, but now we can go to the mattresses.

Electronic Arts has posted the (new) official release date of The Godfather II, which is now on April 7 for North America, and April 10 in Europe. Now say it with me. BadaBING!

Guns, pasta, and cats. That's the life of the Godfather. Unfortunately, you won't be able to take over the title of Don just yet. EA's mobster game The Godfather II has been delayed for a few months.

The official reason given was to hype up the game a bit more, but financial troubles may also be a reason, with EA whacking off more numbers from their headcount. Details after the link.

The Godfather II (PS3, 360) needs the power of true next gen (or rather, this gen) machines, so the devs said. So by virtue of the game not having a Wii version, does that mean that Electronic Arts does not consider Nintendo's hot-selling console to be a real "next-gen"?

Here are some choice, brave words, coming from The Godfather II (PS3, 360) executive producer Hunter Smith: " I think our combat experience is the best in the genre." Yeah, I know, my eyebrows raised a notch there, too.

Electronic Arts' The Godfather II (PS3, 360) has just entered the final stages of its development, and it seems like there really is no stopping the big bosses from invading your platforms next month. But not only is the team putting on the final touches for the game, they are also now hard at work fixing up the DLC.

It's tough for the Mafia to earn cash. You have to wake up early, defend your territory, beat up guys. And your clients are never happy to see you.  It's tough, but as a Mafia boss, you have a business to run. Let the latest trailer for Godfather II (PS3, 360) show you how it's done.