More About Mafia Wars Closing Rumors

Zynga Responds To The Rumors

Mafia Wars is NOT Going Away in 2012

Recent rumors about the closing of Mafia Wars in 2012 are false. We are as committed to the continuation and expansion of Mafia Wars as we were 2 months ago.

- The Mafia Wars Team

And Zynga's Response 2 Months Ago Was:

Thank you, Mafia Wars players, for your concern about the fate of Mafia Wars 1. To be clear, our dedicated team continues to pour its heart into the game. We are very excited about all of the new content and updates we have planned, and about our renewed focus on the top concerns we continue to hear from you, our players. Some of the things on which we are focused include:

• • Bugs & performance issues that impact your game play -- especially those related to fighting.
• • The number & rate of new features and events. We have heard your feedback about there being too much to do in too short a time. We remain dedicated to keeping the game fresh, but will try to do so without making it overwhelming. In fact, you may have already noticed longer timers, fewer events, and breaks between them.
• • The gifting experience – You’ve told us it’s frustrating, difficult, and takes too much time; we aim to improve it.

We can’t fix everything overnight but, rest assured, we will be focusing on these items and any additional player concerns as they arise while also developing new content. We continue to be excited about the future of the original Mafia Wars, and we hope you are too! We are also excited about the addition of Mafia Wars 2 to Zynga’s collection of crime games and encourage you to give it a try. Thank you for your continued passion for Mafia Wars. We look forward to continuing to receive your feedback via the Mafia Wars forum.

- The Mafia Wars Team

Zynga, Maybe You Wouldn't Have These Rumors If You Knew How To Keep The Players Once You Have Them. The Fact Remains The Same, If Too Many Players Quit And The Player Base Dwindles To A Minimum 

What Will Be Left Is 

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The Closing Of 3 Cities Within 6 Months Was Never A Good Thing. 

Something has gone terribly wrong in Bangkok! At 12:00pm PDT tomorrow, July 27th, Global Mission: Betrayal In Bangkok begins, making it your job to uncover the traitors before Bangkok closes down.

We Now Know What Went Terribly Wrong And It Was Zynga Closing These Cities. It Was 

2. There are too many events, especially spammy gifting events. The pace is exhausting and all that gifting is obnoxious!

Since receiving this feedback, we are now, more than ever, building events around activities that you already enjoy doing: fighting, doing jobs, robbing, etc. There will always be some element of asking for and sending gifts, but we are moving away from the random requesting of gifts that do not contribute to game play. Our goal is to create events that enhance the gaming experience and we are always open to suggestions and ideas.

Since June 2011, When The Question Above Was Asked And Answered We Have Seen An Endless Stream Of Events, Missions, Gifting, And Now Short Links That Do Not Work Making It Impossible To Complete Gifting Events. And As Of Today The Buildable New York Properties Mission Crew Link By Spockholm No Longer Works. 

Forcing Us To Spend Real Cash To Get These Properties Built IS Not The Answer.

A Game That, At One Time, Brought People Together And Created True Friendships Across The World  Has Now Left Us Cold And With Too Many Hearts And Spirits Broken. 

There Still May Be Salvation If You (Zynga) Would Just Bring Back, Permanently, The Cities You Took From Us. Make The Events Reasonably Achievable For ALL. Slow Down Some So That We Can Work Our Jobs And Still Play The Game. Give Us Reasons To Play And Stop Consuming Us And Our Wallets. If We Enjoyed The Game We Would Openly And Willingly Buy A Game Card Now And Then.