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Thứ Bảy, 11 tháng 2, 2012

Mafia Wars Whack the Rat Jimmy Vegas event: Everything you need to know

As the classic saying goes, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." In this case, it would be referring to the new limited edition Mafia Wars Las Vegas jobs that kicked off Saturday, July 10.
mafia wars whack the rat jimmy vegas jobs

Just like previous special events, Whack the Rat Jimmy Vegas includes three new jobs:

Hack into Hotel Records
Time required: 5 Minutes
Energy required: 16
Bonus: 8XP, 20% chance of rare Whack the Rat collectible or event item

Bribe a Guard for Roof Access
Time required: 8 Hours
Energy required: 25
Bonus: 50% chance of rare Whack the Rat collectible or event item

Position a Sniper
Time required: 24 hours
Energy Required: 33
Bonus: 16 XP, 100% chance of rare Whack the Rat collectible or event item

mafia wars slots collection

A new collection and achievement are directly tied in with this special job. The Slots Collection is comprised of seven items:

Liberty Bell (from a Jimmy Vegas job)
Plum (Jobs)
Triple Bar (Fights won)
Orange (Free gift)
Lucky 7 (Jimmy Vegas job)
Lime (Jobs)
Cherry (Fights won)

mafia wars slots collection

Once the Slots Collection is completed, you'll be rewarded with a One-Armed Bandit, with 28 A, 50 D. The stats on that guy isn't that impressive, so this job is really aimed at you completists out there who want to make sure every Collection is collected and every Achievement is achieved.

what happens in vegas mafia wars achievement

Speaking of achievements, the Whack the Rat job also comes along with a new achievement: "What Stays in Vegas,' which can be earned by vaulting the Slots Collection and mastering the Whack the Rat job.

This event ends on Friday, July 16 at 11:59 PM PST, so you have all week to work on sending Jimmy Vegas (whoever he is) to sleep with the fishes.

Mafia Wars Vegas VIP access: Casino chip racks + lots of luck = early access

Mafia Wars is turning on the promotion for the upcoming Las Vegas expansion, with a special Vegas event, called Whack the Rat Jimmy Vegas, this weekend, plus offering a lucky few VIP access to Sin City once the beta launches.

mafia wars las vegas VIP access

It'll take a little luck and a lot of Casino poker racks (available as a free gift sent from fellow mafiosos) to gain access to Mafia Wars Vegas early. To see if Lady Luck is on your side, you'll need to collect 50+ racks to get a 20% chance of winning early access and then visit the Las Vegas High Roller Access page (via the drop down Travel menu at the top of the page).
If you don't win, you'll get a popup that says 'Bad Luck' and have to wait 22 hours to try again. Ouch.

mafia wars bad luck

If you win aceess, you'll receive a notification that says "You're In," but won't be able to get into Mafia Wars Vegas right away. This just guarantees you'll be one of the first people to check it out once the beta actually launches, which doesn't have an exact release date, though I suspect it will be soon with all of this build-up.

mafia wars las vegas VIP access you're in

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So, this is all sort of a tease, but if you're dying to be one of the first to get their hands on Mafia Wars Las Vegas, start sending lots of Chip Racks to friends and encourage them to send them back.

Did you get early access to Mafia Wars Vegas? Were you PO'd that you can't actually access the game yet?

Google invests $100 million in Zynga, with plans to launch Google Games [Rumor]

Talk about Google's desire to get into the games business has been floating around for some time, and now a big, juicy rumor says the company is starting to invest big bucks in those plans -- dropping between $100-$200 million at Zynga's doorstep. TechCrunch, which initially published this rumor, says the purported deal has not been finalized yet, though part of it includes using FarmVille and other Zynga games as the foundation for Google Games.

    Not only will Zynga's games give Google Games a solid base of social games to build on, but it will also give Google the beginning of a true social graph as users log into Google to play the games. And I wouldn't be surprised to see PayPal being replaced with Google Checkout as the primary payment option. Zynga is supposedly PayPal's biggest single customer, and Google is always looking for ways to make Google Checkout relevant.

While Google might be spending boucoup bucks to form a partnership with Zynga, it's not immediately clear how this will affect 60 million+ devoted FarmVillers. The farming game is already on Facebook, FarmVille.com and Yahoo -- what could Google possibly bring to the table that would make people migrate to Google Games? Outside of turning more people into click-farming junkies and offering access to the game via iGoogle and Gmail, it's hard to imagine what Google's killer app will be. Then again, thinking about tending virtual crops on an Android phone makes things (a little) more interesting.