The Godfather is a 2006 developed by and published by . Originally released in March 2006 for the , and the original Xbox. It was later released for the as The Godfather: Mob Wars, as The Godfather, as The Godfather: Blackhand Edition, and as The Godfather: The Don's Edition.
Based upon the 1972 film , the game follows a non-canon character, Aldo Trapani, who is recruited into the and works his way up its ranks while seeking revenge against his father's killers. The story of the game intersects with the film on numerous occasions, depicting major events from Aldo's perspective, or showing him perform actions that happened off-screen; for example, he avenges Bonasera's daughter, drives to the hospital after he is shot, plants the gun for to kill Sollozzo and Captain McCluskey, and places the horse's head in Jack Woltz's bed. Although the game was condemned by , who claimed never told him about its development or asked for his input, it does feature from several stars of the film, including as , as and as . also recorded dialogue for Vito Corleone, in what would be his final acting job, but his ill health made most of his recordings unusable.
- The Godfather is an played from a , in which the player controls Aldo Trapani as he ascends through the ranks of the , with his rise intersecting with the narrative of on numerous occasions
- The basic and are similar to most open world titles as the player can travel across the city freely, commandeer vehicles, do whatever they want in terms of attacking and/or killing innocent civilians, and progress through the storyline at their own leisure, spending as much time traversing the city as they wish.
- The Godfather received generally positive reviews across most systems, although the PlayStation Portable version was commonly seen as inferior to the others. The game was a commercial success, selling over two million units.
- A , based on the 1974 film, , was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and in 2009, but it received mixed reviews and did not sell as well as the first game, causing EA to scrap plans for an adaptation of the
