A string of domain registrations suggests 2K Games is preparing to announce a third Mafia title.

Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Mafia publisher 2K Games, registered the domains “mafia3thegame.com,” “mafiaiiithegame.com,” “mafiathree.com,” and “mafiathreethegame.com," as noticed by NeoGAF.

This is the first mention of a new Mafia game since a casting call last year.

The casting call listed several characters involved in organised crime, and suggested the game would be set in Louisiana.

If and when it is announced, Mafia 3 would be the first instalment in the open-world crime game since Mafia II in 2010.