Mafia Wars Big Game Faceoff: Everything you need to know

We all know that the Super Bowl is right around the corner, so what better way to show our team loyalty than through yet another Mafia Wars gifting event? Zynga has launched its Super Bowl festivities in Mafia Wars, cleverly avoiding copyright and trademark issues, with the Big Game Faceoff. The showdown takes place between our favorite teams, the Wisconsin Cheddarheads and the Pennsylvania Ironworkers. (If only it were the Pennsylvania [insert majestic bird here]s.)

Find the rest of our guide after the break.

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Like most gifting events, players will have to gift one another a slew of items. In this case, the items are team members of either the Wisconsin Cheddarheads or the Pennsylvania Ironworkers. In order to own a team by Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. PST, or in time for the Super Bowl, you will need to amass 22 players of either team to fill its 11 offense and defense positions. Just about everything can be done from the home page including asking friends for more players, sending players to your friends or outright buying all 22 players for 22 Reward Points.

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While owning a team once will score you this event's Mastery item, the Victory Ring (92 Attack, 88 Defense), you can own a team twice more by collecting another 44 players and receive two more Victory Rings. I'd say the best way to handle this even is to focus on one team the whole way to complete at least one team more quickly. All in all, this event appears to be easier to gain at least one item with high-level stats, but there's also far less time to make it happen. Good luck rooting for rooting for the state closest to your favorite team who got knocked out in the playoffs. We're all allowed to be a little bitter, right?

Madden Super Bowl Showdown on Facebook offers 1 million coins

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Madden NFL Superstars by EA and Playfish is offering dedicated players a whopping 1 million coins in honor of the Super Bowl this Sunday, Feb. 6. But you'll have to work for it. All you need to do is add a player from the winning team to all 23 of your positions by Feb. 9 to qualify for the 1 million shinies. But as you probably already know, that's not exactly easy nor is it all that exciting. Not to whine, but we expected more from Facebook's number one football game.

Regardless, what we recommend is buying from the NFL Team Packs, but you will need to be at least Level 35 to buy from the Pittsburgh Steelers pack--and that's if they even win (can you tell where my loyalties lie?). The Green Bay Packers pack requires Level 40, so if you're not there yet I would suggest coaching your fingers off before Feb. 9 if you want that 1 million coins. Also, these packs cost 80 and 90 Playfish Cash respectively if you just can't wait any longer.

Finally, a special Super Bowl edition of The Predictor is here this week that closes in two days, so you can take your chances there as well for a whopping 400 points. You can put these towards prizes like coins and some coveted player packs that could inch you toward completing the winning team.