Another new banner has been added to the game. This one is promoting Atlantic City. With Italy looming ahead, I wasn't too excited to see it. Fortunately it's exclusively for mobile phones and not our PC based game.
I went to the website to check it out and nothing about Atlantic City was there. I found it interesting that it said "Mafia Wars for mobile web is currently in beta testing". Until this, the only mobile Mafia Wars game I knew about was exclusively for the iPhone. Maybe this means I'll be able to play it on my Blackberry.
I looked for more information on the internet and found this image from
GamerJunk.net.
I don't know the specifics as there is no mention if this will only be available in the US or which phones it will work on. It says it's optimized for iPhone and Android browsers but hopefully it will work on other phones as well. It also says we will get to play with all the stats and items we have earned on our Facebook accounts and be eligible for bonuses and loot items for that account as well. This is way different than the
iPhone Application which was a totally separate game from the PC version and neither offered any real benefit to the other.
When the application was introduced over a year ago, Zynga offered a loot item for your Facebook game called a Phone Bomb if you installed the application to your phone. Since then, the loot readily available in the PC version of Mafia Wars makes this item pretty wimpy.
(Reference: Mafia Wars Wiki)
While I'm on the subject of mobile phones, now is a good time to point out some old news that still confuses some players. The three mobile achievements will work on any phone that is capable of sending and receiving text messages. You don't need to run out and buy an iPhone to get them. Your old phone from the 1990's that you can't bear to part with will work just fine.
Unfortunately these achievements are only available to US residents. When they were first introduced you were able to enter someones phone number from the US into your account and earn the achievements if they were willing to do the work on your behalf. This is no longer an option as the game will now recognize if someone else has used the same number for their own game. If you have a friend in the US who doesn't play Mafia Wars than you could still do it.
To sign up and start earning your mobile achievements go to the help drop bar and select the Mobile page.
Simply enter your mobile number and wait for a confirmation text to complete the process.
Instructions and a list of commands can found on the mobile page. To accomplish everything you need to get the achievements you and MAFIA (62342) will be passing a lot of text messages back and forth. There are also daily bonuses but they weren't that great and I turned the feature off once I got the achievements.
does your phone bill get charged for all the text messages? i turned mine off because i was worried i would get a high phone bill
ReplyDeleteI just read your post. Just so you are aware. I've been playing MWs from my Berry for a long time. All you have to do is download the "Bolt" browser. There are some game features you can't play do to flash (like slots) but its good if your out and about and just want to run out some energy. Hopefully you read this post and take advantage of the Bolt browser. Your loyal reader "Big Guns Joe"
ReplyDeleteI tried to open m.mafiawars.com from my Nokia N73.. It said that the website for my phone is still under construction..
ReplyDeleteYou won't be charged by Zynga, only your cell phone which will be based on your plan. I have unlimited text messages on mine and was never changed anything more than what I pay each month. You need to do 100 jobs so if you are limited in how many texts you can send, pace them out to 1 or 2 a day.~Jennifer
ReplyDeletetried with N97 but can access it ...
ReplyDeletenot every phone able to receive texts are able to use the mobile game to get the achievements. i'm from cali and have metro pcs and wasn't able to.
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