To ring in the New Year, Mafia Wars is unveiling its latest featured job – “Last Score of 2009″! For this featured job, we’re leaving it up to you on how you want to play. You’ll have your choice of three different jobs to work on that each have their own unique New Year’s Bonus. Master your job and you’ll receive a rare item as your reward! Be sure to watch your newsfeeds – if your mafia members complete any of the three jobs, they can share the wealth with you and offer you Reward Points!

We’re also just on the verge of unleashing Bangkok! If you haven’t already, go get a head start and collect your loot items needed to unlock Bangkok. Keep your eyes peeled – you’ll be able to grab your Thai Passport and travel to the new city soon enough.

If that’s not enough for you, we’re also giving away 5 FREE Reward Points in celebration of the New Year and as a thank you to our players. Click here for your points and play now! Be sure to score big before 2010!

Thank You,

The Mafia Wars Team

Mafia Wars Bangkok is the newest expansion from Zynga and is a continuation of their very popular game. This expansion takes place in the mysterious orient and is based in Thailand.

The Japanese Yakuza and Chinese Triads have battled for control of this city and country for years and you will be thrust into the middle of the conflict just as you were with the Vory and Mafiya in Moscow.

While the expansion is not live yet Zynga is giving you the ability to get your hands on the items that will be required to unlock the expansion.

Here is a quick reference for the items.

• 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.

I hope that they iron out all of the problems with the expansion before they roll it out. The Moscow expansion was released before it was ready and resulted in major changes involving earning R$ and the bribe penalties. Perhaps they have learned from their mistakes.

While the exact release date of Mafia Wars Bangkok is unknown it is probably best to get the items to unlock the expansion now and be ready. Good luck in Bangkok and look forward to up to date information as soon as it is available.