Good news — we’ve got a release date for Pictureka Museum Mayhem! According to this Pictureka marketing page, the game will be released in approximately six and a half days (at the time of this post). So, look for it on November 24!
In the meantime, you can visit that page daily through November 23 for 2,000 free tokens each day. (There’s a similar promotion for the UK site, but unfortunately you can only get tokens from one, not both sites.)
BadgeHunter (of badgebunters.net fame) tipped us off to something interesting: the How to Play for Way to Go Bowling has been changed. Originally, we’d told you about how it contained a paragraph that hinted that the game would be free. Well, that paragraph has been removed entirely, so it looks like any plans Pogo may have had to release the game as a free, ad-supported download have been nixed.
We’ve updated the How to Play/Rules on our site so you can see it, as it reads now.
Thanks to our friend Mary, we’ve got the requirements and badges for Word Whomp Underground:
Word Whomp Underground Badge
Play the game to earn this badge.
Diggin’ The Farm Badge
Unlock at Rank 3
Magic Clue Crystals Badge
Unlock at Rank 10
ONE…MORE…WORD! Badge
Unlock at Rank 20
Gopheropolis Badge
Unlock at Rank 35
Star Spangled Varmint! Badge
Unlock at Rank 50
Pogo’s created a new 6-badge premium album that they’ll probably release this holiday season. It’ll cost $3.99 and will have the following challenges:
First Class Solitaire - First Class Gift Badge
Win 14 games in 2 weeks!
Bingo Luau - Bingo Bear Badge
Get 3 bingos on Red Cards in 2 weeks!
MONOPOLY Here & Now: The World Edition - Community Chest Badge
Draw 20 Community Chest or Chance cards in 2 weeks!
Yahtzee Party! - Yahtzee Gift Badge
Win 2,000 tokens in 2 weeks!
Tri-Peaks Solitaire - Treasure Box Badge
Use a “wild card” 12 times in 2 weeks!
Jigsaw Treasure Hunter - A Puzzling Gift Badge
Solve 1 puzzle on medium skill level in 6 minutes or less in 2 weeks!
Here are some screenshots of Pictureka Museum Mayhem to whet your appetite and (maybe) tide you over until the game is released:
Get ready to spend some gems and tokens on the upcoming Christmas/Holiday mini release(s). Pogo’s got some great new stuff this year — gorgeous backgrounds (including ones with pets), cold weather clothes, a nutcracker, santa hats for our favorite pets, piles of presents, and a partridge in a pear tree (or two)!
We expect these items to be released shortly after Thanksgiving (but we’re all hoping they’ll be released the week before, right?). And like Pogo always does for major holidays, they’ll be bringing back a few of your favorite holiday favorites from years past.
We’re back! On the very first day of our vacation, our darling Badge Fairy Lura came down with an awful sore throat and fever that’s making her cranky and sleepy and generally difficult. Please bear with us as she convalesces.
In other news, while we were gone:
Casual President resigns, EA cuts their Casual Division
President of the EA Casual Division Kathy Vrabeck resigned and shortly thereafter EA announced a reorganization that basically merges the Casual division with the Sims division, as well as merges in their Hasbro partnership. The most interesting thing (for us) about this is that EA is seemingly saying that “casual gamers” don’t exist, that the term “casual gamer” in fact applies to a much more diverse set of gamers, hardcore and non-hardcore alike.
New mini items in the Mini Mall
Pogo has given us another great release of mini items in the Mini Mall, including exotic pets (isn’t that peacock gorgeous?) and Yahtzee items. In addition to some other Autumnal items, there are a few new pieces of clothing to keep your Mini warm as the weather begins to turn to downright chilly in most of the nation.
Pictureka can be added to favorites
You can add Pictureka to your favorites, but you can’t yet download and/or play it. You know where to look for the latest news, of course…right here at BadgeHungry. We wouldn’t keep any secrets from you.
We only posted US answers
You’d think the world was coming to a nuclear end with the amount of email we received about the answers we had (or hadn’t) pre-posted for Trivial Pursuit Daily 20. For the three days we were gone, we got the US answers in advance, but not the UK answers. We decided to post the US answers and list that the UK answers would be posted soon — better half than none at all, right? Well, we received so much email protesting the missing answers we probably can’t respond to all of you, but the UK answers have been back-posted now. You may now remove your foil-lined helmets and come out from your bomb shelters — everything is right with the world (except maybe Badge Fairy’s darned sore throat)!
Dream Vacation Sweepstakes
Play Monopoly from November 7-13 for a chance to win some great prizes. One winner will win the “Dream Vacation”, consisting of two $500 Hyatt gift cards and one $1500 American Airlines Gift Card. Three winners will receive $300 and the Monopoly Here & Now board game. Each time you load the game you’ll be entered to win, so get playing (or, um, loading).
Pogo Bowl is now Turkey Bowl!
Every year, Pogo replaces the pins in Pogo Bowl with gobbling turkeys. It’s quite a sight to see, so go check it out!
We know from various press releases and internet sales sites that Pictureka Museum Mayhem is scheduled to be released on November 19th (which means a Pogo release of November 18th and a day for chaos to ensue and be resolved). In the meantime, here’s a page from Pogo to tide you over; it announces Pictureka is coming soon and shows us some more details.
Pogo’s created a page to celebrate Yahtzee Party, coming soon. The page doesn’t contain anything we didn’t already know, but it’s got a few screenshots for anyone who hasn’t gotten a glimpse at what the game will look like. Considering how much of a hit Dice City Roller has always been, we suspect this game will be even more popular when it’s out.
Here are the details of the upcoming Playful Pets Premium Badge Album badges and challenges. In total, there are twelve badges and you will earn a bonus badge for completing the challenges in Poppit!, Mahjong Safari, Word Whomp, Tumble Bees, Jigsaw Treasure Hunter, Hog Heaven Slots, Sweet Tooth 2, Turbo 21, Phlinx, Stack ‘em, Squelchies, and Mahjong Garden. It will sell for $5.99. At release, this game has gone up in price from $5.99 to $6.99.
Poppit! - Puggles Badge
Win 800 tokens in 1 day!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!
Mahjong Safari - Bird Safari Badge
Win 1,200 tokens in 2 days!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!
Word Whomp - Word Dog Badge
Win 1,600 tokens in 3 days!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!
Tumble Bees - Cat Hive Badge
Win 2,000 tokens in 4 days!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!
Jigsaw Treasure Hunter - Puzzle it Out Badge
Win 2,400 tokens in 5 days!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!
Hog Heaven Slots - Tokens from Heaven Badge
Win 2,800 tokens in 6 days!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!
Sweet Tooth 2 - Cat Tooth Badge
Win 3,200 tokens in 7 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
Turbo 21 - Turbo Cat Badge
Win 3,600 tokens in 8 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
Phlinx - Royal Feline Badge
Win 4,000 tokens in 9 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
Stack ‘em - Stack ‘em Five Badge
Win 4,400 tokens in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
Squelchies - Squelchies Revenge Badge
Win 4,800 tokens in 11 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
Mahjong Garden - Garden Chase Badge
Win 5,200 tokens in 12 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
