Updates, Bug Fixes and Scheduled Maintenance …Does that Equal Bangkok?

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Dec/090

I have been an avid game player for many years and have been a beta tester for quite some time as well. Having worked with most of the larger game development companies such as Sony Online Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment, NC Soft, Funcom and many others I am pleased to see that Zynga works so diligently on its social network games. Many developers in the social network gaming industry are less than industrious when it comes to fixing problems and developing new content.

The week before Christmas has become a very busy week for the gang at Zynga and I am happy to see that they didn’t all take off for the holidays early as happens too many times in the online game industry.

On Wednesday December 16th the team fixed many bugs in Mafia Wars and introduced some updates as well. Here is a quick list of the bugs fixed and the updates for this week.

Bug Fixes

Fixed issues with accepting and sending gifts for new gifts (old gifts might still have issues)
Fixed issues with Moscow chapter progression
Fixed issues with Moscow jobs page not loading for some users
Fixed the scrolling issue with the Game News page
Fixed commenting on job help posts.
Fixed the issue some users were facing with the My Mafia page not loading correctly

Updates

Re-enabled loot drops for fights
Disabled money laundering re-posts
Removed pop-up for job help when nobody helped
Temporarily Removed Top Families (Overall Leaderboards)

Today, December 18th Mafia Wars will be down for scheduled maintenance starting at 8 AM and ending at 11 AM, this time is in Pacific Standard Time. Could this scheduled maintenance also include the release of the Bangkok expansion? To be honest it would not surprise me.

Have you picked up the items needed to unlock the expansion? If not you better do it quick. Here is a list of the items and where you can find them.

Triad Coin – This item can be found in the New York Soldier Tier.
Yakuza Sake – Find this item in the New York Hitman Tier.
Thai Note – You can find this item in New York in the Enforcer Tier.
Thai Passport – To get this item you will have to wait until the launch date.

To find the items look for an elephant icon on the job tiers. It shouldn’t take long to get the items, then all you have to do is wait for the official release and you will get your Thai Passport.

With Mafia Wars going down for 3 hours today could it mean that Bangkok will go live? It just might so get ready for Mafia Wars Orientals style.