coming soon/rumors

Here’s a look at October’s scheduled Mix-n-Match badges. There are twelve badges and challenges. These M-n-M’s will cost 16 gems each and you can expect these to go on sale on October 1st.

Ali Baba Slots™ – Geese Crossing Badge
Collect 100 gold coins in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

CLUE Secrets & Spies – Mustard of Disguise Badge
Win 2 Jackpot Spins in 10 days! (Complete one episode to reach Jackpot Spin)
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Canasta – Tell Tail Badge
Win 20 times in 4-player games in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 3,000 tokens!

Crazy Cakes – Tough Tipper Badge
Use 25 powerups in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

MONOPOLY Slots – Vote Monopoly Badge
Win 3 or more lines on a single spin 10 times in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Poppit!™ – Pokin’ Around Badge
Pop EVERY SINGLE BALLOON in 15 puzzles in 2 weeks!
Win this badge plus 3,000 tokens!

Ride The Tide – Topsy-Turvy Badge
Ride-the-tide (successfully call six cards in a row on one hand) 15 times in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Stellar Sweeper – Giant Gem Badge
Find 25 mines in 10 days! (Win the game to check your progress)
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Super Dominoes – Delicious Domino Badge
Beat your opponent 15 times in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Tri-Peaks Solitaire – Idol of Diminishing Returns Badge
Use a ‘Wild Card’ 15 times in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Word Whomp™ – Smells Like Wet Gopher Badge
Find 50 words that start with a vowel (A,E,I,O,U) in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 3,000 tokens!

World Class Solitaire – Eye in the Sky Badge
Win 10 games in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Here’s a sneak peek at an upcoming Clue episode: Undercover in the Underworld Part 2. It will contain new cities, Pompeii and Las Vegas. This episode will be 20 gems for Club Pogo members, or 40 gems for non-members.

Continue your undercover adventure and travel from the glitz of Las Vegas to the subterranean ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii. Can you unravel the mystery of Project Hades, or will C.L.U.E. fulfill their dark plan of destruction?

This should be the episode released for October. The game’s developer has stated that they plan to release a new episode each month, and one out of every three releases will be free for Club players.

Incidentally, today Pogo accidentally ‘released’ the badges for this and the first Undercover in the Underworld into the badge system even though the episodes are not available yet in the episode store or in game. They’re just a reminder of another Pogo goof to ignore until the episodes are released in September and October!

Pogo is planning to make scoring changes to some more games, in addition to the planned changes to Mahjong Safari and Sweet Tooth 2. The proposed changes to Poppit! and Word Whomp are listed below. Keep in mind these token and scoring updates are currently being tested and may not be the final changes.

Word Whomp

Scoring:
• Normal (non-bonus) words are worth their number of letters * 10. For example, a 4 letter word is worth 40 points.
• The Bonus Word is worth 100 points.
• Any extra time on the clock after spelling all the words is worth 10/20/50 points on Easy/Medium/Hard.

Tokens:
• Score converts to Tokens at 10:1. Example: A score of 1500 pays 150 tokens plus the bonuses for the carrot and turnip.
• For reaching the carrot, the player earns a spin and 20/30/40 tokens on Easy/Medium/Hard.
• For reaching the turnip, the player gets 50/75/100 tokens on Easy/Medium/Hard, which is in addition to the score bonus for time remaining on the clock.

Poppit!

Scoring:
• Score is the value reported on-screen
• Prize value based on height = 70, 65, 50, 45, 30, 25, 20, 0, 0, 0
• Each Superpop = 0,0,0,0,0,50,50,100,100,150,150,200 (increases based on number of balloons in the super pop)
• Complete Game Bonus (5 or fewer balloons) = 750, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100 (No balloons left to 5 balloons left)
• Unused Power ups = 25 pts each

Tokens:
• There is a 5:1 ratio of score to tokens.

Don’t be surprised if we see more scoring changes coming down the pike. Pogo appears to be making the token payouts more uniform across their classic games. At this point we’re not sure why, but they have hinted that there’s “something fun” related to these changes coming soon.

Pogo has just announced that in the coming weeks they will be making some changes to the scoring in Mahjong Safari and Sweet Tooth 2. To “have more consistency” across Pogo games, the changes are as follows:

Mahjong Safari: The in-game score will now be reported as your high score. Your high score will no longer match tokens won, so your score will be higher. There will be no change to the number of tokens you earn.

Sweet Tooth 2: Gold Coins will now be worth 200 points each – double from what they were before! Removing a caramel square will now earn you 5 points. You’ll see a slightly higher token payout.

Changes aside, the most interesting part of their announcement is the hint of “something fun” coming soon:

Why the changes? Well… for now, all we can say is that there’s something fun coming down the pike that we can’t talk about, but we think you’ll really like!

Thanks to Suz for bringing this to our attention!

Here’s a sneak peek at the next Clue episode: Undercover in the Underworld Part 1. It will contain new cities Kiev and Dubai. This episode will be free for Club Pogo members, or 40 gems for non-members.

Go undercover into the dangerous world of counter-espionage as you trek from Kiev to Dubai and points in between. Will your hidden path lead to another dead end, or will you finally reveal the sinister truth behind Project Hades?

This should be the episode released for September. The game’s developer has stated that they plan to release a new episode each month, and one out of every three releases will be free for Club players.

Here’s a look at the planned Mix-n-Match badges for September 2010. These twelve badges and challenges will be released on or around the first of September and will cost 16 gems a piece. Take a look:

Bingo Luau – Coconut Badge
Correctly predict when the first ‘B1′ ball will be called 5 times in 2 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Everyone Wins Bingo – A Little Nuts Badge
Blackout 5 Cards in 2 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Hangman Hijinks – Missing Vowels Badge
Win 15 perfect games in 10 days (A perfect game includes no wrong guesses)!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Lottso! Express – Whole Lotta Lottso Badge
Complete 120 regular cards in 2 weeks (Regular cards are 3×2 spaces and Gold, Silver or Bronze)!
Win this badge plus 3,000 tokens!

Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – Welcome to My Web Badge
Win 15 games in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

SCRABBLE – Qi Badge
Play a Blank Tile 15 times in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Shuffle Bump – Big Bad Bump Badge
Reach the bonus round 30 times in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Sock Hop Slots – Just Ducky Badge
Win 999 tokens in the Free Spin Bonus in 10 days! (Free Spin Bonus happens anytime a reel stops on the Record Album)
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Spades – Heavy Handed Badge
Win 50 hands in 2 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Sweet Tooth 2 – Sugar Crash Badge
Get 1500 tokens in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Word Search Daily – Read Between the Lines Badge
Complete 20 Random Puzzles in 2 weeks (Click the Random Puzzle Button after each puzzle to start a new puzzle)!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

YAHTZEE Party – Rollin’ Rollin’ Badge
Get 30 Yahtzees in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens!

Earlier we told you about a Future-tastic PBA that Pogo was working on. Now it looks like it’ll be named “Pogo Time Machine”. It should be released in August and it’ll cost $5.99 or 86 gems. Check out the challenges and badges:

Click to view the animated badges and challenges

Update 7/30: This album will be called Pogo Time Machine!

Pogo’s got another premium badge album in the works for us! This one’s called Pogo Future-tastic for now; future-tastic is just a placeholder for “a fantastic PBA to be released in the near future” and that probably won’t be the final name. It should be released in August and it’ll cost $5.99 or 86 gems. The badges are still being created by Pogo’s talented artists, but here are the ten challenges:

Sweet Tooth 2 – Sweet Justice Badge
Clear 600 caramel spaces in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Word Whomp – Whomp 3000 Badge
Spell 100 words that start with a vowel in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 3000 tokens!

Pogo Bowl – Bowl-bots Badge
Get a game score of 100 or higher 20 times in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – Super Spider Badge
Win 15 games with at least one unused free cell in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Jungle Gin – Triassic Tiki Badge
Win 30 hands in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Poppit! – Silver Spike Badge
Get 12 jackpot spins without using any powerups in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Makeover Madness – Miraculous Make-under Badge
Give 55 customers pink hairdos in 2 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Turbo 21 – High Crime Badge
Get 200 ’5 Card Gimmes’ in 3 weeks!(To get a 5-Card Gimmie, stack 5 cards without going over 21)
Win this badge plus 3000 tokens!

Tumble Bees – Bees’ Revenge Badge
Win 35 games in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 3000 tokens!

Phlinx – Pharaoh Family Badge
Drop 20 groups of 10 or more stones in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

The seventieth and final Jigsaw Detective case is coming soon. Below is a sneak peek at the badge and puzzles for “My Way”. For those of you following the storyline, the badge itself is a huge spoiler, so we’ve hidden it and the puzzle graphics behind the cut. Proceed at your own risk.

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