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Three New Items Added to the Mafia Wars Free Gifts Page

The Mafia Wars Free Gifts page has been updated today, with the release of three new limited edition items.
The High-Powered Binoculars, Hyena on Chain, and Zip Line can now be sent to friends just as any other free gift can. The binoculars have 15 Attack and 21 Defense stats, making it a slightly defensive item [...]

Save a Few Reward Points With Mafia Wars’ Hourly Sales

Along with allowing you to purchase most everything you could ever need to run a successful mafia, the new Mafia Wars marketplace now also offers an hourly sale, that cycles through the game’s items, placing them on sale, for, you guessed it, one hour only, before moving onto the next item.
The items could be single [...]

Mafia Wars Chop Shop Changes Coming Soon

The Mafia Wars Chop Shop may have just been released a short time ago, but Zynga has decided that it was in need of some tweaking, as they’ve announced via the game’s fan page that a few changes are coming in the near future.
First, you’ll be able to find car parts as loot drops from [...]

Zynga Game Cards Now Available at Four Stores Nationwide

If you’ve been thinking about buying premium currency in one of Zynga’s popular games – FarmVille, Mafia Wars, or YoVille – but haven’t wanted to give out your credit card information, Zynga has the perfect solution for you, in the form of redeemable gift cards which can be purchased at mass retailers all around the [...]

Facebook Nixes App Notifications, Social Games Get Email Alert Incentives

Now that Facebook apps can no longer send notifications to users, social game developers are implementing new methods of keeping in touch with their players. Here’s an overview of recent game updates from a few top social titles, as reported on FriskyMongoose.com.
First, in case you’ve been under a rock, the background: Facebook notifications will cease [...]

Sign Up for Mafia Wars Email List, Receive Free In-Game Armor

With traditional Facebook notifications now a thing of the past, Zynga is hoping to keep Mafia Wars players connected to the game via email updates, and as an added incentive for users to sign up for said updates, the company is offering an exclusive in-game item to all who participate.
The item comes in the form [...]

Keep Your Mafia Well Equipped With Items from the New Marketplace

If you haven’t played Mafia Wars in a few days, the next time you log into the game, you’re likely to notice a big visual and functional change in the way you buy limited edition items and upgrades.
The Godfather Store as we all knew it is no more; now, an in-depth Marketplace has taken its [...]

BREAKING NEWS – Mafia Wars Marketplace Now Open

We just checked our news feed and saw big news come across the wire – Mafia Wars has opened up it’s own marketplace. This is a logical progression for Zynga’s micro-transaction business.
By creating a sanctioned marketplace – Mafia Wars will protect itself from having a secondary market of items being created outside of Zynga’s control. [...]

Zynga Plays the Cross-Promotion Card With Mafia Wars Vehicles in FarmVille

You might have noticed a few new FarmVille updates on your news feed when you logged on to Facebook this morning; notifications alerting you to your friends’ purchases of upgraded Seeders and Harvesters, capable of planting seeds or harvesting crops over nine squares at a time, rather than four squares, as is possible with the [...]

Mafia Wars New York Property System Rewards Two New Achievements

If you’ve checked your Mafia Wars achievements list recently, you might have noticed the addition of two new achievements related to the upgraded New York property system.
The first, Land Baron, is unlocked after upgrading all upgradable New York properties to level 25 or higher.

The second achievement, Real Estate Tycoon, is similar to Land Baron, in [...]