The announcement trailer for The Godfather II has just been released and GDN has it for your viewing pleasure. The video (which can be seen through the source) is just a few clips of gameplay and looks like screenshots, but the overall game seems good.

"The Godfather II opens with your ascension to Don-hood thanks to Michael Corleone's endorsement. As such, you have control of la famiglia and can command your entire crew of Corleones as well as induct new talent as the game progresses. You'll need to judiciously use these criminal assets to grow the family business by seizing, incapacitating or destroying unfriendly rackets. To facilitate the process of leading the family and give you a suitably broad view of the areas in contention, The God..."

"Inspired by Mario Puzo's novel and the critically acclaimed film, The Godfather II promises to go beyond the film's story by setting the action in 1960's Florida, Cuba, and New York.

Having been promoted to Don of New York by Michael Carleone, the players challenge is to expand new cities, building up the Family through extorting businesses, monopolising illegal crime rings and defeating rival families.

The Godfather II takes the open-world gameplay of the original and introduces a stra..."

"At the William Blair & Company's investor meeting Tuesday, Riccitiello said that EA's Redwood Shores studio is at work on a sequel to The Godfather game, which released in 2006.

"It's a game that I think we'll be talking a lot about this fall," Riccitiello told investors. "You can play this game both at the street level, much like a GTA-style game, but you can also play it top-down, almost like you're in an RTS, controlling the strategy of the boroughs so you can see what's going on..."

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"During a meeting with shareholders yesterday, EA Games executive Frank Gibeau mentioned that a sequel to last year's The Godfather: The Game is currently in production. According to Gamasutra, when asked a question pertaining to EA's handling of products for older gamers, Gibeau noted, "We make products like Godfather 2, Army of Two, Crysis - a lot of products that appeal to that older customer.""