Mafia Wars Arctic Mystery Crate offers icy items

Mafia Wars has introduced a new mystery crate. Like all other mystery crates, the Arctic Mystery Crate costs 12 Reward Points and purchasing three crates costs 35 Reward Points.

Mafia Wars offers charitable players a WWII M4 Sherman Tank bonus

The clock is ticking on the Memorial Day Sale in Mafia Wars, where players have less than 13 hours to purchase five new Limited Edition Memorial Day items. Zynga has pledged that 50% of the sales of these items will go to benefit US troops and their families sheltered by the Fisher House Foundation.

Mafia Wars hosts a Memorial Day Sale for the Fisher House Foundation

In honor of Memorial Day, Zynga has pledged 50% its sales of five new Limited Edition Mafia Wars items to the Fisher House Foundation, a charity that aids wounded service members and their families by providing free, temporary lodgings so loved ones can be together in times when they need it the most, but can afford it the least. Fisher House may also cover airfare for visiting families and vets, and runs a scholarship program for children of military families.

Mafia Wars Death Dealer Minigun: Limited edition gift is big on defense

Mafia Wars has rolled out a series of limited edition gifts of late, and the most recent is the Death Dealer mini-gun, which you can send to 50 mafia members with (seriously) one click of a button. We highly recommend taking advantage of these limited edition specials -- especially considering the impressive stats of this big bruiser -- 48 Attack and 64 Defense.

That's the good news; now the bad news. You can only own five of these bad boys, so if after you accept five, every additional Death Dealer you get will be worth 1 energy point. As of this posting, this minigun will be available for 14 more hours so get moving and make sure your mafia's armed and dangerous.