This & Next Week - 6/24/2011

Released This Week

Mission: Blood Money
Revenge is a dish best served cold.

New Lucky Stash (Slots Bonus Wheel) Loot
Spin the reel of your Lucky Stash slot machine for a chance at some new rare loot!

Collector's Edition Items
1 new Superior item daily through 7/1. Each is only available for 24 hours and limited to 7,000 ever being made!

Premium Boosts
Use them in fights to endure more pain, deal more damage, or walk away with more money if you lose.

The Big Payoff
If you have 2,000+ energy points, you'll have a chance to SPEND BIG to WIN BIG in this high-energy job!

Boss Fight: Cpt Jack Coltello
You can be sure this boss will rough up your seas.

New Declare War Achievement Levels 4 & 5
You can now unlock Warlord Achievement Levels 4 and 5 by collecting the 10 new loot items for each level.

This Week's Major Bug Fixes

BUG: A quest boss' health would sometimes regenerate before the 8 hour timer expired.
FIXED: Quest boss health now only regenerates if the player runs or the timer expires.

BUG: Players were sometimes unable to buy items from the Brazil jobs page even though they had enough money.
FIXED: Players with enough money are now able to purchase the necessary items.

BUG: Certain tasks in Mission: Blood Money were showing up completed and players were unable to collect the associated rewards.
FIXED: This is no longer a problem for players.

BUG: The fight window was displaying incorrect attack and defense stats when turning boosts on & off.
FIXED: The fight window now displays the correct stats. It is important to note that this was just a display issue that made it appear that the boosts remained enabled even though disabling them really did eliminate their effect. Since the correct stats were being used by the fighting system while the wrong numbers were being displayed, no player actually ever had an unfair advantage in fights.

Coming Next Week*
*As far as is currently scheduled, but things can change.

Steal Of The Summer
It's summertime, and the stealin’ is easy! Get ready for a super blowout sale of most items in the Marketplace. You’ll especially want to take advantage of this sale because, when you buy 15 items, you’ll get a sweet mastery item for free!

Death By Ice
Who is the strongest Family out there? A new icing event will put Family strength to the test to determine which is the coolest in Mafia Wars. Family members must ice enough players throughout the week to earn four levels of mastery items that will be awarded to everyone in the Family. Extra special rewards will go the top 10 Families, so start working on your strategy for how you'll dominate in this test of your Family's power.

New Mission: Black Market
Blonde boss Lisa Jennings' little sister has been kidnapped in the Big Apple. You’ll be handsomely rewarded with a Widow Knife (52 attack, 150 defense) for bringing her back.

New Mystery Bags
Boosts are coming! Send friends the new mystery bags and they could get a crazy amount of rare fighting boosts. The combined strength of these boosts would make Popeye trash his entire supply of spinach!

New Operations
Listen up, smooth operator. Gather your wingmen and work together on new challenges to gain big loot!

Fourth Of July Items
Before you fire up the BBQ, be sure to check out the Red Hot and Blue Items available through July 5.