Mafia Wars pirate added to special loot lineup

With the recent release of Mafia Wars Bangkok — we’ve been introduced to the benefits of working with either the Yakuza or Triads, the joys of earning Thai Baht and, now, of locating the pirate, a special loot item — much like the Politico Corrupto in Cuba — required to pull off certain high-level jobs. Pirates can be earned by taking over the Piracy Operation business in Mafia Wars Bangkok, which is unlocked by mastering the ‘Secure a Pirate Vessel’ job. Players will start out earning one pirate every three hours, with a total capacity of five pirates

Big Mafia Wars New York changes coming; robbing makes a comeback

Just as Mafia Wars Bangkok arrives, the New York portion of the game will be undergoing some major renovations — New York properties, specifically. These changes are designed to accommodate “the return of robbing.” Zynga also pinky swears that this revamp will not make players lose money.

Mastering Mafia Wars Bangkok, Episode 1

So you’ve got your passport and you’re all ready to face the dangerous streets of Bangkok, huh?

How to snag a Mafia Wars Bangkok passport

The newest live city we can travel to in Mafia Wars is Bangkok, but accessing it is not as easy as before: we need to collect three items and a Thai Passport (referred to as Bangkok passport) before starting to explore the new and cool area. But..

Mafia Wars: Bangkok officially launches

It’s official — Mafia Wars: Bangkok has officially launched for everyone! Players level 18 and up can access this new area of the game for new missions, new weapons and new boss battles. Oh yeah, and you’ll have to decide where your loyalties live — with the in-your-face Yakuza or the hard-to-touch Triads. For more details on the game, read Mafia Wars Bangkok — Everything you need to know .

Mafia Wars Bangkok "more accessible" to newbies

A note on the Mafia Wars Facebook page gives some more details about the new expansion, including the fact that the game will be “more accessible” to newer players. Players levels 18 to 200 will use a sliding scale for the amount of energy required to complete missions and the payouts for those missions as well. That means, if you’re at a lower level, it will take less energy to complete missions, and that also means the cash earned from those missions will be smaller (boo).

Mafia Wars homepage de-cluttered, plus new mission recommendations

The Mafia Wars front page has been retooled, and will be rolling out to players over the next week. Why should you care

Mafia Wars Bangkok beta begins for a lucky few

Starting January 21, a select number of Mafia Wars players were granted access to the next expansion — Bangkok.

Mafia Wars Bangkok requires special loot items to play

While we patiently await the arrival of Mafia Wars Bangkok to open to the public, we learned that we can get a head start on finding the loot items (all marked by an elephant icon) required to unlock the new expansion. The Bangkok loot items listed are as follows (see pics of each below): – Triad Coin (Located in the NYC Soldier Tier) – Yakuza Sake (Located in the NYC Hitman Tier) – Thai Note (Located in the NYC Enforcer Tier) – Thai Passport (Available on launch date) Have you already started finding the special Bangkok loot? Related: Mafia Wars cheats & tips: Six easy ways to get ahead ? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Linking?Blogs ?|? Comments

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Mafia Wars is a text and picture-based game on Facebook, where you climb the crime ladder by growing your mafia, completing missions and fighting against other families. The game is set in New York, but players can travel between New York to Cuba, Bangkok, Moscow and Las Vegas (coming later in 2010) to do more missions and make more money.

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