CrimeBloc News Archive
There are 45 news articles available in the news archive.
Giant Payout in Super Bowl
The New York Giants beat the New England Patriots to win the 2012 Super Bowl. The underdogs came from behind in the final minutes of the game to score a touchdown, winning the game 21-17.
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Reclaiming Credits
We are giving players who have purchased credits with real money over 4 months ago the option to reclaim those credits for use within the game now.
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Taking Bets on the Super Bowl
Place your bets on who you think will be the winner of the 2012 NFL Super Bowl for the chance to more than double your money.
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Christmas 2011
Christmas 2011 is here and to mark the occasion in CrimeBloc we are bringing back scratchcards for all players to collect until the New Year.
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CrimeBloc Hires Graphic Designers
In a move to speed up the development of new and current features within CrimeBloc, we have hired two Graphic Designers.
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Painting the Town Yellow
With Pappy stepping down from his position, we welcome Drauka to the Helpdesk. From the United States, Drauka brings a wealth of experience to the team as well as indepth knowledge of the game.
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CrimeBloc is Hiring!
Another first in the history of CrimeBloc, we are taking on a paid member of Staff - a Graphic Designer. To find out more, login!
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Birthday Gifts!
Over the last 5 days, scratchcards have been enabled to celebrate CrimeBloc's birthday. Many players decided to make the most of the free prizes on offer and found 543,200 scratchcards. That's a lot of clicking!
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Happy Birthday CrimeBloc!
This weekend sees CrimeBloc turn 5, having launched on August 27th, 2006. As part of the celebrations, scratchcards can be found throughout the game!
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Auto Theft Hits Record High
The player who steals the 2 millionth vehicle will obtain a special vehicle never seen during this round of CrimeBloc!
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Players Go Hopping Mad Over Easter!
Players collected a total of 979,891 eggs over a 14 day period. The most active player was flyersv22, who collected a total of 33,942 eggs.
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Happy Easter!
In what has become an Easter tradition on CrimeBloc, Easter eggs are once again available for you to collect.
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StillSlevin Turns... Yellow
The first player promotion of 2011 goes to StillSlevin, who has been promoted to Helpdesk Operator. StillSlevin, who is from Belgium
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CrimeBloc Blackjack: The 17 Rule
The rules of the game of Blackjack vary per casino throughout the world, but one rule universally adopted is the "17 Rule".
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Sent With a Loving Kiss: CrimeBloc
February 14 marks a special day in many people's calendar, Valentines Day, while for others it is an expensive day they would rather do without.
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CrimeBloc Turbulance
There have been a number of impersonators on CrimeBloc recently, attempting to scam other players out of cash, credits and properties.
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New Player Bonus Week Ends
The last couple of weeks has seen a rise in the number of players signing up to CrimeBloc, many of them coming from rival games. We welcome you all and we hope you enjoy all that CrimeBloc
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Super Bowl Breaks Records
Following on from the success of betting on the 2010 FIFA World Cup, we decided to host a similar event during the 2011 Super Bowl. With Super Bowl fever hitting CrimeBloc in a way no sporting event has ever done
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CrimeBloc Wins Game of the Month
For the 3rd time in the history of CrimeBloc, we have won Game of the Month for the month of January on mpogd.com, a prominant internet gaming directory.
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Super Bowl Bookmaker
Sunday February 6th marks the return of the biggest event in the NFL calendar, the 2011 Super Bowl. The event, held in Dallas, Texas, will see Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Green Bay Packers in what appears to be
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Easing Crew Limits
After multiple requests from players, the imposed upper limit of 50 members per crew has been increased to 75 members.
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New Player Bonus Week
Has your account been killed recently? Are you joining having played another game? Fear not, CrimeBloc is here to reward all new players with signup bonuses you won't get anywhere else!
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A Hard Life for Santa
Christmas 2010 saw the return of scratchcards to the game, the first time they have been used in the current version of CrimeBloc. Players collected a total of 223,789 scratchcards, gaining 42,339 prizes in 2 weeks.
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Credits & Item Sale
With Christmas 2010 finally behind us, CrimeBloc are giving you the opportunity to bag some amazing deals with Credits over the next couple of weeks! Not only can you get more for your money, but you can
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2010 CrimeBloc Scratchcards
2010 marks the end of the first full year of the new CrimeBloc and the 5th Christmas to be celebrated in CrimeBloc. Like every year, we have brought you a series of 'Specials', which you can enjoy until the New Year.
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A Few Updates
The first update involves Organized Crimes. If you have started an OC, you can simply use the bbcode [oc] in your topic to display a real time update of the OC status.
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Experience Week
The first in a number of specials promoting various parts of CrimeBloc is Experience Week. Over the course of the next week, you will gain DOUBLE EXPERIENCE when you successfully complete Crimes, Burglaries...
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Happy Birthday CrimeBloc!
CrimeBloc has reached another milestone in its history, having now been online for 4 years. In that time we have seen some amazing crew wars, hundreds of crews rise and fall...
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World Cup Final Sets Record
CrimeBloc gave you the opportunity to place your bets on the final as to who you think will win the match. Many of you chose to do just that placing a staggering $10,720,802,343 in bets...
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World Cup Final Betting
CrimeBloc is giving you the opportunity to double your money by betting on who you think will win the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Reclaim Credits: The 6 Month Rule
Reclaim any credits you have purchased more than 6 months ago using any payment system. Log in to find out more information.
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Join CrimeBloc on Facebook
CrimeBloc has joined the social networking site facebook in an effort to communicate more with players and to attract new members. Log into CrimeBloc, or search for CrimeBloc on facebook to find out more.
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CrimeBloc Easter 2010
Easter 2010 in CrimeBloc sees the return of collectable Easter Eggs which all players can obtain. Eggs can be converted to a variety of commodities, or sold / given to any other player directly from the Easter page.
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Crew Operations
The latest addition to CrimeBloc is Crew Operations. These Operations are all multiplayer, which require each member to complete a task before the operation will complete.
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New Credit Items
Two new items have been added to the Credits page for you to use on your account; Dead-to-alive Vehicles and Reset Crew Operations Timer.
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Credits via Phone & SMS
Credits can now be purchased again using your phone or SMS, using the DaoPay feature on the Credits page. Players in dozens of countries can use the system and be billed in your own local currency.
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Murder, Detectives & Witnesses Enabled
With the murder formula remaining largely the same as in Round 2, every player now has the opportunity to gain revenge or claim ownership of any property now that killing has been enabled.
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CrimeBloc Credits Enabled
Credits are now available for all players, both for those who wish to reclaim credits from Round 2 and for those who wish to purchase new credits.
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Operations now Available
CrimeBloc Operations have now been enabled for every player. In all, 16 Operations are currently available for you to complete, each of which uses a variety of features.
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Give me a Winner
The new CrimeBloc Lottery is now open for business and ready to produce 3 lucky winners every Sunday. Well, almost every Sunday. Unlike previous lotteries, now if the winning ticket for the jackpot...
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CrimeBloc Achievements
CrimeBloc pioneered the idea of having achievements and was the first online mafia game to introduce them into everyday gameplay. It is for this reason we are...
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Automatic Health
All players who are in need of medical attention now have the ability to self medicate. Any players who have health below 60%...
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Reducing Timers
As part of the game, rewards are available for active players who use various ingame features. The more you successfully use features...
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Registering for the first time
Since CrimeBloc has been reset, no usernames from round 2 exist any longer. To login, you will need to create a new account which can be anything you choose, even if it was used in a previous round.
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CrimeBloc Pre Registration
We know many of you have been waiting for the newly designed CrimeBloc for some time, but we promise you it is worth the wait!
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