Monday, October 18, 2010

Special Charity Item: War Wagon

Remember the Exploding Bear?

This time, Zynga is asking you to make a difference.


Mafia Wars War Wagon gives 77 Attack 43 Defense.
And it costs only 35 Reward Points!

All proceeds will be given to the HDSA.



Please buy this now.

Learn more about HDSA: http://hdsa.org/

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Italy Facebook Mafia Wars

Mafia Wars Italy is coming to Facebook Mafia Wars.



Mafia Wars Italy

Coming this October 2010, MafiaWars Italy will be the place to watch out for.

Start your Mafia in Rome.

Grow your Mafia Wars Italian / Roman empire by completing new crimes and building luxurious Italian properties that produce money and weaponry.

Defeat rival bosses like a gladiator by attacking them with Mafia Wars Italy weapons.

Are you ready for Facebook Mafia Wars Italy?
Or are you scared to go back to the old country?

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

What web browser are you using to play MafiaWars?

Please take this Facebook MafiaWars Survey as honestly as possible.

What web browser are you using to play Facebook MafiaWars?
-Internet Explorer
-Mozilla Firefox
-Google Chrome
-Safari
-Opera
-Other types

Which provides the best experience for you?

A Better MafiaWars Playing Experience

The top priority at Facebook Mafia Wars is to listen to the users.

More than 20 million users play Mafia Wars each month. Facebook Mafia Wars' goal is to provide a better user experience for all users. That’s a big task, and that’s why the entire team is working together to make it happen.

Like you, we want to spend less time staring at this blinking revolver and more time playing the game.

The work is far from over. A lot of issues still need fixes.
In the meantime, go play Mafia Wars!

You can now recieve the latest MW updates via Twitter: @mafiawarsupdate

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Special Charity Item: Exploding Bear

Get your Exploding Bear now!
Thank you for making a difference!

55 Attack 48 Defense

You received the Exploding Teddy Bear!
Exploding Teddy Bear

Thank you so much for helping. Mafia Wars and Zynga will donate 50% of all proceeds to HDSA's Coalition for the Cure. Together we can work to obliterate Huntington's Disease!

Visit the HDSA at: http://hdsa.org

Friday, March 5, 2010

Mafia Wars Market Opens

Mafia Wars Players!

We’ve given the Godfather page a makeover with the introduction of the Marketplace! Our goal was to create a page with a fresh new look; something that’s easy to navigate and that will contribute to your game play.


With the new Marketplace, you’ll never miss out on another Limited Edition item on sale. We’ll have easy-to-find hourly sales specials, and you’ll be able to find the coolest loot from the categorized pull-down menus. Get the scoop on what the most coveted items in the game are by checking out the ‘Best Sellers’ and ‘Hot and New’ categories.

There’ll be no more stress for you about how to spend your Reward Points. Now you’ll have items recommended especially for you based on previous purchases and your personal style of game play. Just check out the ‘Recommended for You’ section and you’re all set. If you’re a fighter, you’ll be shown the best attack weapons for the game, and if you’re all about protecting your holdings, we’ll showcase our awesome defense items.

The Marketplace now accepts international payments, and offers over 20 different types of currencies to accommodate our international players. To celebrate the grand opening, we are giving you 2 free Reward Points to use.

Click here to collect your GF points!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Mafia Wars Valentines Day Massacre 2010

Mafia Wars Valentines Day Event 2010

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Mafia Wars is getting ready to lavish you with cool new game updates for our Valentine’s Day Event starting Tuesday, February 9th. First off is a new featured job – the Valentine’s Day Massacre. This featured job will be played similarly to NYE featured job – it’ll be broken up into three special jobs for you to choose from that each have timers, and you’ll be awarded with unique Valentine’s Day bonuses for each stage you complete. Finish the featured job for a cool mastery item! Because we want everyone to feel the love and get the mastery item from the event, we’ll be offering some extra help. You’ll be able to use Reward Points to speed up the job timers, and will also have the option to ask for help from your mafia.

The Valentines Day Massacre Jobs are:

Trick Target to Attend Meeting
*Wait Time is 5 minutes
*Pay one Godfather point to reduce time by 5 minutes.
*You will get 15 bonus Experience upon reaching collecting the Bonus Payout

Job Info
Energy = 30
Experience = 45
Mastery 3 = 1 percent
Bonus Payout =

Chance to Loot:
Senza Pari
Stats: 21 - 12


Heart Tattoo (Collection Item)

Scout Out the Location

*Wait Time is 8 hours
*Pay one Godfather point per hour of timer reduction.
*You will get 30 bonus Experience upon reaching collecting the Bonus Payout

Job Info
Energy = 60
Experience = 120
Mastery 3 = 12 percent
Bonus Payout =

Chance to Loot:
Lookout
Stats: 9 - 22

Procure Untraceable Sub-Machine Guns
*Wait Time is 24 hours
*You will get 50 bonus Experience upon reaching collecting the Bonus Payout

Job Info
Energy = 100
Experience = 200
Mastery 3 = 20%
Bonus Payout =

Chance to Loot:

Purple Gang's Gun
Stats: 19 - 30

Once you complete the Mafia Wars Valentines jobs, you get this loot:
MASTER LOOT: Highball

Highball
Stats: 36 - 22

Valentine’s Day Collection: As you do jobs, fight, or work on completing the featured job, you’ll be rewarded with Limited Edition loot drops. Vault this exclusive collection to get the coveted Cupid’s Arrow. A hint for you – one of the collection items is a gift item, so be generous with your mafia and maybe they’ll send you that special Valentine in return. And if you want another achievement to brag about, master the featured job and vault the Valentine’s Day Collection to get the “Love Hurts” achievement on top of all your other rewards.

Gift Safehouse – Mafia Love Edition: Play and find out if your mafia loves you. Ask your mafia members for gifts and work on filling up the Mafia Love Meter. If your members are loyal, they’ll send you items that’ll raise your Love Meter when you open them. But be sure your rank is high in your mafia – if your members choose to disrespect you and send you a gag gift, your Love Meter will drop once your gift is opened! Fill up your Love meter to 100% and get a Limited Edition item to use in the game.

Get Mafia Wars Updates via Twitter: @mafiawarsupdate
Happy V-day!

Mafia Wars New York Properties Upgrade

Facebook Mafia Wars is gonna start pimping the New York properties.


We'll be introducing some changes to promote the return of robbing!

1) We'll have properties switched to Flash mode, so make sure you have the latest version.

2) We'll be getting rid of 'undeveloped space'. The costs of undeveloped space will be folded into the costs of the updated properties. If you currently have any undeveloped properties, it’ll be sold off and you'll have your money returned to you.

3) Instead of owning 30 Mega Casinos, you will have 1 Mega Casino, but it will have been upgraded 30 times.

4) You won't be able to sell properties anymore, but you can continue to upgrade them. If you still haven't earned your "Cashing Out" achievement, do it soon!

5) All properties will have the same payout over time that they currently do, but some of the rates will change. They will take between 8 hours and 2 days to fill up. For example, say you currently owned 2 mega casinos. They produce $1,800,000 every 3 hours for you to collect. In the new system, you will now own a single level 2 Mega Casino, and it will produce $28,800,000 every 48 hours for you to collect.

6) You can only collect on your property once it is done producing. There will be progress bars and countdown timers letting you know how long it will be before you can collect on each property.

7) Properties will no longer "shut down". *Note: This only affects users who have started playing in the last few months.

8) People who have Rackets will be folded into the new system as well, but that change will take place a week or two after the launch of the new properties.

An important point we want to emphasize is that you will NOT be losing any money when we change the New York properties; it will all stay within the game. These upgrades are going hand-in-hand with the robbing feature that we'll be bringing back due to popular demand.

Hope you guys are looking forward to this change.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Facebook Mafia Wars Bangkok Passport System


Mafia Wars Bangkok is now officially in open beta! If you've already collected the 3 hidden items in the New York jobs and are level 18 and above, you're eligible to grab your passport and continue growing your Mafia empire in Thailand!

3 ways to get your Thailand/Bangkok passport:

See the clerk, ask your friends, or bribe an official. You can only see the clerk once a day for a passport drop. If you don't get one on your first try, don't give up - the clerk will grant you access soon enough if you keep being persistent. You can also post a request for a passport and see if some of your more well-connected Mafia members can hook you up. If you're really itching to get your travel started, bribing an official is your guarantee for instant access. Not only will you get a passport for yourself, you'll get 3 additional ones to hand out to some very lucky Mafia members.

Our goal for this passport distribution system is to maintain a steady flow of users coming into the new city to keep the Bangkok servers running smoothly for everyone. We want to provide exciting and uninterrupted game play for all, while giving you a fun and challenging obstacle to conquer.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Special Charity Item: Haitian Relief Drum

Limited Edition Item: Haitian Relief Drum

Join Zynga to help Haiti and its people, today!
100% of all contributions to Zynga's HAITI Relief Fund will help our friends in Haiti who are suffering from the devastating consequences of Tuesday's earthquake.


Every dollar contributed to Zynga's HAITI Relief Fund will benefit Haitians through the World Food Program's emergency operation for Haiti. The WFP is effectively positioned to respond to this massive emergency since it already has food pre-positioned in the country, as well as logistics and telecommunications teams.
Help Zynga support WFP's coordinated humanitarian response to this disaster! For more information, please visit Zynga.org.

Thank you for making a difference.

You received the Haitian Relief Drum.
Haitian Relief Drum

Thank you for supporting the Haiti Relief Fund. 100% of all contributions to Zynga's HAITI Relief Fund will help our friends in Haiti who are suffering from the devastating consequences of Tuesday's earthquake.