Mafia Wars by Zynga Hits the iPhone

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Tue Apr 7, 2009 2:18pm EDT

Zynga Brings the Most Popular Crime Game on Social Networks to the iPhone,
Allowing Gamers to Start a Crime Family, Build an Empire and Vie for Mobile
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SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
The battle to become a mafia kingpin has hit the iPhone. Zynga (www.zynga.com),
the largest developer of social games, announced a new iPhone version of Mafia
Wars that lets players enjoy the same exciting strategy game play competing in a
virtual underworld of organized crime that has more than nine million monthly
active users on Facebook and more than 11 million monthly active users on
MySpace. 

"Mafia Wars on Facebook and MySpace has a cult following and now players can
compete in social gaming`s most popular crime-based game on the iPhone with the
mobile version," said Mark Pincus, CEO, Zynga. "We are excited about our growing
slate of games for the iPhone which allows us to deliver our highly social games
to mobile so players can connect with friends anytime, anywhere." 

The new mobile version of Mafia Wars was designed specifically for the iPhone
and contains rich, high-quality graphics and interface including original
animations and sounds, creating a fun and addictive gaming experience. With
other iPhone hits such as Zynga`s "Live Poker" and "Scramble Live," Zynga`s
premium iPhone games continue to turn the iPhone into a social gaming platform.
Mafia families are built up with cash, health, energy, and stamina, and equipped
with attack and defense items as well as vehicles, to fight with other families
in the game. Players can also track their friends` progress through a ranking
ladder and real-time newsfeed. 

Mafia Wars is available on any iPhone with EDGE, 3G or Wi-Fi access as well as
the iPod touch. Mafia Wars is free and premium versions ranging from $10 to $40
will be available soon. The game is located in the iTunes store at:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=305904856. 

About Zynga

Zynga is the largest social gaming company with 8.5 million daily users and 45
million monthly users. Zynga`s games are available on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo,
Hi5, Friendster, Yahoo! and the iPhone, and include Texas Hold`Em Poker, Mafia
Wars, YoVille, Vampires, Street Racing, Scramble and Word Twist. The company is
funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, IVP, Union Square Ventures, Foundry
Group, Avalon Ventures, Pilot Group, Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel. Zynga is
headquartered at the Chip Factory in San Francisco. For more information, please
visit www.zynga.com. 

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