



The first two meters slowly recharged over time or filled up when experience was gained from levelling up. Gameplay was limited by three measurements: Energy, used for completing jobs, as well as Stamina and Health, which were used for fighting or robbing other players. Other players could be added to one's mafia through Facebook. Players created mafias by recruiting other players or winning or buying artificial members (Hired Guns). The game revolved around fighting and robbing other players, doing jobs, missions, and operations to earn cash, building parts, weapons, attack and defence fighting skills, and experience, to establish and advance one's criminal empire. Mafia Wars is set with a choice of playing in New York City or Chicago with the option for players to travel to other locations, such as London, South Africa, and Mexico. Gameplay Ī screenshot of the first New York job tier on an older version of Mafia Wars running on Facebook In July 2017, Zynga announced that all future work on the game was cancelled and the game was discontinued. The game was relaunched on mobile in April 2017 for selected markets, featuring revamped mechanics. The game was taken offline shortly past midnight PDT on June 7, 2016. Players were informed of this via an in-game message. On April 5, 2016, it was announced via Zynga's forums that Mafia Wars would close down on June 6, 2016. Ī sequel, Mafia Wars 2, was released in October 2011 and was shut down on December 30, 2012. Mafia Wars won the 2009 Webby Award People's Voice Winner in the Games category. The players fight and "rob" other players online - completing jobs, missions, and operations to gain rewards and strength in an endless game.

Players assume the roles of gangsters while building their own Mafia-type organization. Mafia Wars is a defunct freemium multiplayer social network game created by Zynga. PC, Mac OS, iPhone, mobile phone, miscellaneous internet-connected device
