Hangar 13 recently suffered the cancellation of a major project codenamed Volt that had cost Take-Two $53 million. It wasn’t the first cancellation, either, as that happened with Project Rhapsody a few years ago. Hangar 13 also had its founder and studio head, Haden Blackman, step down less than a month ago, with Nick Baynes replacing him. We also heard that the Brighton office is now working on a Mafia IV prequel powered by Unreal Engine 5 and set in Italy. The biggest news coming out of the Kotaku report is the existence of a Top Spin revival. Codenamed Project Hammer, it is expected to be released before Mafia IV. 2K Czech, which eventually merged into Hangar 13, made the last installment (Top Spin IV) in 2011. According to the report, the studio will focus ‘almost exclusively’ on the Mafia and Top Spin franchises going forward.
