Friday, February 26, 2010
Hunt down the latest avatar outfits and tap into your inner idol during our newest event, Undead Legends.
Complete Missions to unlock pieces of the new ‘Dean’ and ‘Monroe’ Sets, 12 pieces in total.
Are you ready for your close-up?
Be quick though! You only have 2 weeks to find all the pieces before they are gone!

Dear Mafia Wars Players,

We’ve given the Godfather page a makeover with the introduction of the Marketplace! Our goal was create a page with a fresh new look; something that’s easy to navigate and that’ll 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. Simply to collect your points!

We have all this for you, and much, much more. Go play Mafia Wars and get ready to be blown away by the Marketplace!

All The Best,
The Mafia Wars Team
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Here is some information regarding tonight's release. We hope you enjoy! Please make sure to post any Feedback you have regarding this release (2/24/10) in the following thread:

http://forums.zynga.com/showthread.php?p=4478954

Limited Edition Items:

  • Bear Cub - 22 Farm Cash
  • Valley Quail - 16 Farm Cash
  • Tiger Lantern - 5,250 Coins
  • Red Lantern - 700 Coins

Limited Edition Crops:
  • Golden Poppy - Level 25 (120 Coins, 2 XP, Harvest in 8hrs, 200 Coin Yield)
  • White Grapes - Level 5 (120 Coins, 3 XP, Harvest in 1 Day, 200 Coin Yield)

New Hot Rod Vehicles: Harvester and Seeder:

The new Hot Rod Seeder and Hot Rod Harvester will allow you to plant or harvest up to 9 plots at once! For more information on how to unlock them, read the following threads:

Harvester - http://forums.zynga.com/showthread.php?p=4478976

Seeder - http://forums.zynga.com/showthread.php?p=4479017

Note: The new Hot Rod Vehicles may not be available to everyone immediately. We ask for your patience as these new items are rolled out gradually.

Other News
A very small percentage of our players will be seeing our new Games Dashboard that will allow you to accept your Neighbor and Gift request without ever leaving FarmVille. A short explanation of how this works will be coming soon.

Also, players who have signed up for email notifications will now be able to get emails when a neighbor places a sign post on your farm! You'll also now have the option to decide what emails they receive from FarmVille using the Email Preferences feature.
Hot Rod Harvester:

Players that are currently at level 12 or higher in Farmville can unlock the ability to purchase a Hot Rod Harvester that can harvest up to 9 plots at a time. (3 x 3)

There are two ways you can acquire the new Hot Rod Harvester.

You can purchase the Hot Rod Harvester for 55 Farm Cash from the Market.

You can also visit Mafia Wars to unlock the option to purchase the tractor in Farmville for Coins.



Clicking the "Get This" button on the coins option will give you the following popup that gives you the option to play Mafia Wars to unlock the Harvester.
Hi Farmers,

Please find information on the new Hot Rod Seeder below.


Hot Rod Seeder:

Players that are currently level 12 or higher in Farmville can unlock the ability to purchase a Hot Rod Seeder that can plant in up to 9 plots at a time. (3 x 3)

There are two ways you can acquire the new Hot Rod Seeder.

You can purchase the Hot Rod Tractor for 55 Farm Cash from the Market.

You can also visit Mafia Wars to unlock the option to purchase the tractor in Farmville for Coins.



Clicking the "Get This" button on the coins option will give you the following popup that gives you the option to play Mafia Wars to unlock the Seeder. Please Note: You must be at least level 15 in Mafia Wars in order to begin unlocking the Hot Rod Seeder.
New Class Changes

For all of you that have been dying to try a different class in Mafia Wars you now have your shot.
Here is the lowdown on the latest change to classes for Mafia Wars on Facebook.
  • Mogul
The Mogul Class will now earn more cash for jobs completed in all cities.
  • Fearless
The Fearless Class will now gain stamina more quickly, instead of health.
  • Maniac
The Maniac Class was not changed, they now have some competition for being the best class to be!

Note about Top Mafia: Any player currently listed in a Top Mafia position will not be removed from this position if they change classes. However, if removed from a Top Mafia position they will no longer be able to fill a class specific spot if the class does not match the required Top Mafia description.
Hey folks,

We just did a major overhaul of the systems supporting gifting in order to make things more robust.

There are no major functional differences other than the fact that gifting should be much less glitchy now.

One material difference is that the system will only track 100 unaccepted gifts. If you haven't accepted your gifts when the 101st gift comes in it will release the first gift in the queue. In other words - first in, first out.

Please let us know if you spot any problems with how the gifting system is working.

Arcady
Friday, February 19, 2010
Limited Edition Items:
  • Award Stand - 18 Farm Cash
  • Game Torch - 5,300 Coins
  • Bobsled - 22 Farm Cash
  • Ice Skating Ring - 26 Farm Cash
  • Skis in Snow - 4250 Coins
  • Snowboard in Snow - 4250 Coins
  • Ski Jump - 28 Farm Cash
  • French Quarter Building I - 34 Farm Cash
  • French Quarter Building II - 42 Farm Cash

Limited Edition Crops:
  • Bamboo - Level 10 (75 Coins, 2 XP, Harvest in 16hrs, 190 Coin Yield)
  • Lotus - Level 30 (160 Coins, 2 XP, Harvest in 8 hrs, 250 Coin Yield)

Limited Edition Trees:
  • Carnival Tree - (1,500 Coins, Harvest in 3 Days, 80 Coin Yield)
  • Mandarin Tree - (850 Coins, Harvest in 4 Days, 80 Coin Yield)

Changes to the Horse Stable:

Horse Stables can now be painted! Purchase white, green, blue, red or pink paint from the Market for 5
Thursday, February 11, 2010
The Collector has a few new items for you and a new way to Collect! We’ve also upped the “Open Combat” level cap.
Collect Early:
Currently, you can bribe Jeremy to give you items you were a bit late collecting. Now, you can bribe him to give you items you might have shown up too early to collect.
When you visit the Collector, you’ll see a button that says: “Collect Early for {X} Favor Points”. Clicking this button will allow you to collect your item before the you normally would be able to.
Read on for more information about Collecting Early and scroll to the bottom for information on the new Combat Brackets.

*Note: The button will not have a confirmation popup. It will automatically deduct the FP.
The price of the bribe will depend on how long before you’re due to collect. The more time left before your item to arrives, the more you’ll be charged to collect early.
For every four hours you are early, you’ll be charged 1 Favor Point, rounded up.
Example: If you show up to collect a Deadbull Energy Boost 5.5 hours early, you’ll be charged 2 Favor Points.
Remember:

You can now get bonus coins once per day when your neighbors comment on your wall and visit your pet! Help your neighbors earn extra coins by visiting them and leaving comments every day. To receive your bonus, simply open your comment wall every day!

We have also made improvements to the buttons located on the lower half of the screen. These icons have been made smaller and moved down on the screen allowing you more room to pick up trash on the ground.
Hey Farmers,

When the Chicken Coop feature was initially released, it was not intended for users to be able to have more than one chicken coop per farm.

Due to various glitches and bugs in the past few weeks, certain users were able to place multiple chicken coops on their farms, which is a violation of FarmVille policy.

In order to rectify this situation, the FarmVille team has removed all excess Chicken Coops. This means that all users who are in possession of more than one Chicken Coop will be affected by this release.

To ensure our players are not overly inconvenienced by this change, all chickens that are in excess coops will be placed in your Gift Box. If you have more than 30 Chickens in multiple coops, your gift box will expand to accommodate all of them. This should ensure that you do not lose any chickens that are housed in excess coops.

In addition to this, we will leave the most valuable Chicken Coop on your farm. For example: if you are in possession of two chicken coops, one will be removed. If one Coop has 20 chickens and the other Coop has 3, we will leave the coop with 20 chickens on your farm.

This update will be completed in stages over the next few days, as it is a fairly complicated fix. This means that certain users will lose their additional coops before others.

We understand that many of our players enjoy having multiple Chicken Coops, however allowing this is something that threatens the stability of FarmVille. Having multiple coops increases the chances of producing Mystery Eggs. Having too many Mystery Eggs present in the FarmVille economy can unbalance the game. To ensure the health and longevity of FarmVille, we must limit the number of Chicken Coops to one per user.

After this release, being in possession of multiple Chicken Coops may result in consequences, as additional coops can only be obtained via cheating or hacking. If you would like to report a user for having multiple coops, please feel free to contact Zynga Customer Support.

We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion these glitches may have caused you and we would like to thank you for your patience and understanding while we continue to work through the Beta process.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Limited Edition Items:

  • Love Arch - 2200 Coins
  • Cupid Gnome - 18 Farm Cash
  • Cupig - 15 Cash
  • Love Balloon- 18 Farm Cash
  • I Love You I - 2 Farm Cash
  • I Love You II - 2 Farm Cash
  • XOXO - 2 Farm Cash
  • Swan Fountain - 24 Farm Cash

Valentine's Day Gift Box:

You can now send Valentine's to your friends and trade them in for special items!

For more information on this feature, please review the following thread:

http://forums.zynga.com/showthread.p...33#post4250633

Unwither:

Dead crops? No need to worry! You can now purchase applications of Unwither to revive any withered crops.How do you "Unwither" Your Crops ? See how Here
Monday, February 8, 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 Monday, February 8th. 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.

Our next present for you is our new Valentine’s Day Collection. As you do jobs, fight, or work on completing
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Bangkok beta is officially open to all, now with additional episodes available for you to complete! Check out the attached scenes from our new Pirates episode!

To thank everyone for for their patience during our downtime yesterday, we'd like to offer you a few extra reward points to enjoy as you explore what Bangkok has to offer. Click here to travel and collect your points!

Enjoy!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
We have more cool updates coming your way on Mafia Wars! This time we're revamping the New York properties. We'll be introducing some changes to promote the return of robbing, so read on and check out the upgrades we're planning on making...

1) We'll have properties switched to Flash mode, so make sure you have the latest version (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/).

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.
Hey Farmers!

You can now build your very own Horse Stable!

Please find more information about the Horse Stable feature below:


Horse Stables:

Upon entering Farmville you’ll receive the following Message of the Day.



After clicking the ‘OK’ button, you will be taken to your Gift Box where you will receive the Horse Stable Foundation.

You can also purchase the Horse Stable foundation from the decorations section of Market for 5,000 Coins.
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