Mafia Wars is a multiplayer browser game created by Zynga. It was the 2009 Webby Award People’s Voice Winner in the Games category.[1] It is available on several different social networking sites and on the iPhone.
Platforms
Mafia Wars is available on Facebook, MySpace, Tagged, Sonico, and Yahoo!.[2] On April 8, 2009, Zynga released a version of the game as a free downloadable iPhone App.[3]
On Facebook alone, as of October 2009, Mafia Wars has more than 25.9 million monthly active accounts.[4] Some players and clans create multiple accounts to utilize the benefits of the three basic character builds available: Fearless, Maniac, and Mogul.
Gameplay
Mafia Wars is set in New York City and Little Italy, with the option for players to travel between New York, Cuba (level 35+), Moscow (level 70+) and Bangkok (upon unlocking items from New York levels, level 18+), and in 2010, Las Vegas. The game revolves around doing and mastering jobs in order to earn cash and experience, with the goal of establishing and advancing one’s criminal empire.[5] Players create mafias by recruiting players and using reward points to hire extra mafia members. Social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Friendster allow players to recruit from within their network of friends to build their mafia and fight against other players.[5][6] Players can also improve their stats by visiting the Godfather or making a micropayment.[5]
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