Mafia Wars: The fight is on in San Juan for all, thanks to recent patch

Zynga has posted the release notes for today's Mafia Wars patch, and the results are mainly bug fixes and improvements to features that have already been implemented. Most importantly, the San Juan mission pack is finally available to all players!

As an apology, the Zynga team has awarded everyone a compensation package of 100 victory coins and one piece of Hazard Gear armor (35 Attack, 71 Defense). Could this be part of Zynga's promise to make Mafia Wars better? Find a full list of the changes after the break.
Mafia Wars Release Notes September 8 2010

Aside from the San Juan event being open to all, there are a slew of other changes and features added to this release of Mafia Wars. Take a look:


    New Underwater Crates Set
    Added loot drops and fight mastery to the Hit List
    Added loot and boosts to the Vegas Slot Machines
    An in-game fix making Mafia Wars compatible with Google Chrome
    Fixed an issue with populating list of people to fight in Vegas
    Beating a boss in Vegas finally masters a tier
    Players can help out their mob as many times as they want in the San Juan event
    There's now a two-second cooldown timer on attacking a San Juan boss



Finally (drum roll please), the San Juan event has been extended for another three days! While it's obvious this is to give those who couldn't access the event a chance at all the fun, at least those who have had the access but didn't get to do the event have a second chance.
Mafia Wars Reinstated San Juan gifts

In addition to these announced changes, the ability to send the San Juan event gifts has been reinstated as well to help out those who haven't completed the missions yet. So, get to helping your buddies out!