Mafia Wars

In Real Life

Mafia Wars Helps Drive 54 Year-Old Woman To Embezzle $166,000

7:20PM December 19, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Bettysue Higgins, who until recently worked as an admin assistant for a law firm, has plead guilty to embezzlement charges after her fraudulent spending on casual video games was caught out. More »


PC

Farmville’s Maker Looks To Harvest A Cool Billion From The Stock Market

10:20AM December 16, 2011 | Owen Good

As rumoured two days ago, it is now confirmed that Zynga will hold an initial public offering of its stock on the NASDAQ tomorrow. More »


In Real Life

Nobody Likes Zynga

6:30PM November 28, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Zynga rocketed to fame with titles like FarmVille and Mafia Wars. When Mafia Wars 2 launched, the number of players peaked at 2.5 million, but dropped to 900,000 earlier this month, with players complaining that the game just wasn’t as fun. More »


News

Zynga Temp Accused Of Stealing $US100K In Merchandise

12:20AM November 18, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Police on Tuesday arrested a Zynga temp who is accused of stealing $US100,000 worth of merchandise and equipment from the company behind casual games FarmVille, CityVille and Mafia War, the San Francisco Examiner reports. More »


News

Report: Zynga Demands Stock Back From Employees

8:20AM November 11, 2011 | Brian Crecente

The man behind monster hits FarmVille, Mafia Wars and CityVille is scrambling to reclaim some of the stock options he handed out to long-time employees, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »


PC

Zynga Responds To Mafia Wars Drone Scare

4:30PM October 14, 2011 | Brian Crecente

The keystroke-capturing computer virus that infected the networks used to pilot U.S. Air Force drones had nothing to do with Mafia Wars despite early reports to the contrary, Zynga tells Kotaku. More »


In Real Life

Air Force Cyber Attack Caused By…Mafia Wars?

4:30PM October 13, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Earlier this month, it became known that the US Air Force’s aerial drones had been infected with malware. It didn’t blow them up or anything, but it was embarrassing for the Air Force nonetheless. More »


PC

Mafia Wars 2 Hits Annoying Wall In 39 Minutes, 30 Seconds

9:00AM October 11, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

There comes a time while playing any Zynga game on Facebook for the first time, when the playing must stop… unless you want to ask friends for more “energy” so you can play, or unless you want to pay. More »


PC

You Can Kill And Rob Facebook Strangers In Mafia Wars 2

5:00AM October 4, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

Your Facebook friends will help you in the sequel to Mafia Wars. They’ll help keep you safe while you take a bat to the knees of some Facebook stranger. More »


PC

Mafia Wars 2 Coming To Facebook With A Grand Theft Auto Edge?

2:00AM September 21, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

Forget the farms, the adventures, the empires and the allies. Love them or hate them, Zynga will soon release what they’re calling their “most badass game to date”, Mafia Wars 2. More »