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Details emerge on Zynga's upcoming Facebook crime sequel Mafia Wars 2

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Details emerge on Zynga's upcoming Facebook crime sequel Mafia Wars 2
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Social gaming giant Zynga is almost ready to release Facebook sequel Mafia Wars 2, with a host of upgrades, improvements, and features not present in the original crime-filled caper.

That's evident as soon as you check out the game's new visual style in our gallery (over there to the right).

Mafia Wars 2 will see you take on the role of a mobster, following a five-year stint in the clink for a crime that - rather shockingly - you didn't actually commit.

Cleaning up

Once out, you purchase a casino and a gun (naturally), and begin to construct buildings on a small plot of land just outside of the city that doesn't sleep.

During play, you'll come up against several computer-controlled opponents in kill-or-be-killed situations, including tough bosses who require extra work to successfully take to the cleaners.

Your money-making casinos and dodgy DVD distribution factories are also under constant threat from a coterie of unscrupulous characters.

Family guy

It's not just computer-controlled opponents you have to worry about, though, if you want to avoid sleeping with the fishes.

Mafia Wars 2 features a multiplayer mode that will allow you to regularly enter Player-vs-Player combat, which you'll win - or lose - through wishful clicks of your mouse.

Win, and you'll get to rob your opponents blind. Lose, however, and you better hope that your insurance covers the damage.

Mafia Wars 2 will launch on Facebook - and possibly Google+ - in the coming weeks.

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Anthony Usher
Anthony Usher
Anthony is a Liverpool, UK-based writer who fell in love with gaming while playing Super Mario World on his SNES back in the early '90s. When he isn't busy grooming his beard, you can find him replaying Resident Evil or Final Fantasy VII for the umpteenth time. Aside from gaming, Anthony likes hiking, MMA, and pretending he’s a Viking.