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Someone asked a question in the original Beaker Creatures release post this morning and I ended up searching Pogo’s support site to try to give them some answers. Of course I didn’t find anything to help them (am I the only who gets totally random search results there?) but I did stumble across this interesting piece of information related to the secret badge:

Question
What is the secret badge for Beaker Creatures?

Answer
Unfortunately, there is a rumor going around regarding a secret badge for Beaker Creatures. Beaker Creatures currently does not have any secret badges available, and there are no plans of releasing any secret Beaker Creatures badges in the near future.
(source)

The reason there was a rumor in the first place is because an extra badge graphic was created for the game and added to Pogo’s live web servers (see our original post containing the six badge graphics). Usually when Pogo creates and uploads extra badges for a game they end up as “special” or “secret” badges that can be earned by completing an in-game achievement (a lot of recent games have these, like Crossword Cove and Thousand Island Solitaire and others).

I guess this badge isn’t ever going to make it to our badge albums, considering Pogo claims they have no plans of releasing any secret badges in the near future.

Rest in peace, cute little secret badge that could have been.

Pogo’s working on a new Premium Album for us to enjoy in October. It’s called “Out of this World” and will have 10 badges and challenges, plus the usual album completion badge. We don’t have details on the specific challenges yet, but here’s a look at the badges:

Here’s a sneak peek at the 12 upcoming October 2009 Mix-n-Match challenges. As usual, these badges will cost you 16 gems each:

Aces Up! – Wing Walker Badge
Remove 500 cards in 3 hours! (Cards removed by planes do not count. Finish the game to check your progress.)

Addiction Solitaire – Bobbling Volcano Badge
Collect 100 Pogo Buddies in 2 weeks!

Crossword Cove – Lil’ Crabby Badge
Successfully complete 2 puzzles on Medium difficulty level in 12 hours! (Puzzles you have previously attempted will not count)

Harvest Mania – Bloomin’ Onion Badge
Win 7,000 tokens in 7 days! (Including Jackpot Spins)

Hog Heaven Slots – Spooky Hogs Badge
Get 5 Jackpot Spins in 2 weeks!

Jungle Gin – Tickle Me Tiki Badge
Win 1,500 tokens in 2 days! (Including Jackpot Spins)

Lottso! – Need Lots o’ Sleep Badge
Activate 40 gold-bordered cards in 8 days! (Super Lottso cards do not count)

Phlinx – Glowing Glyph Badge
Win 50 rounds in 5 days!

Quick Quack – Duck Disguise Badge
Earn 20,000 Quick Quack tickets (not tokens) in 2 weeks!

Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – Dark and Stormy Night Badge
Win 10 games on Normal difficulty level or higher in 3 days!

Trivial Pursuit – Patience Pie Badge
Earn wedges on 4 daily or calendar quizzes in 1 day!

Word Whomp – Turnip Juice Badge
Find 600 3-letter words in 10 days!

These badges should be available on the evening of the last day of September.

Check out these five badges and chat icons that are in store for a new game.

There’s no official word on what game they will be used for yet, so feel free to take a stab in the comments and give us your best guess!

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Here are the badges and chat icons for the Pogo Turns 10 Premium Badge Album that we told you about earlier. Expect this to be released sometime in September.

Everyone Wins Bingo – Pogo Picnic Badge
Call 10 diagonal bingos in 10 days!

First Class Solitaire – Skywriter Badge
Win 10 games in 10 days!

Hog Heaven Slots – Hog Heaven Rain Badge
Use 10 halos in 10 days!

Jungle Gin – Gin and Tongue It Badge
Go gin 10 times in 10 days! (Knock with no deadwood in your head to go gin)

Lottso! Express – Extravagant Expression Badge
Complete 10 Mega Lottso cards in 10 days!

Mahjong Garden – Monkey See, Monkey Fu Badge
End the game while in Autumn season 10 times in 10 days! (Make an exact match for 2 Autumn tiles before you finish each game.)

Poppit! – Pop Ten Badge
Release 10 Stumpy McDeal prizes in 10 days! (Stumpy has a blue shirt, red shoes and big mustache)

Stack ‘em – Stack-crobats Badge
Remove 10 or more animals with one move 10 times in 10 days! (You’ll receive credit only for your biggest group in each game)

Thousand Island Solitaire – Sail and Celebrate Badge
Reach 10 treasure chests in 10 days! (Match the number to the left of your stack of cards to reach a chest)

Word Whomp – Gifted Gophers Badge
Find 10 6-letter words in 10 days!

Album Completion Badge

Here’s a sneak peek of the upcoming Mix-n-Match badges for September 2009. These will be released on the last day of August. There are the following 12 challenges for 16 gems a piece:

BOGGLE Bash – Cubicle Badge
Find 64 words of 5-letter or longer in 5 hours!

Blackjack Carnival – Feathered Mask Badge
Get 21 Blackjacks in 12 days! (A Blackjack is a 21 with only 2 cards)

Crazy Cakes – Side of Bakin’ Badge
Serve 100 Dwarves in 12 days!

Everyone Wins Bingo – Happy Squirrel Badge
Reach the Team Goal 20 times in 2 days!

Fortune Bingo – Cracked Crystal Badge
Win 500 tokens in 5 days! (Includes Jackpot Spins)

Golf Solitaire – Water Hazard Badge
Clear 13 Hazards in 13 days!

Jigsaw Detective – Detective Agency Badge
Solve 10 puzzles in 5 days!

Mahjong Garden – White Dragon’s Badge
Match 50 White Dragon tiles in 2 weeks!

Monopoly Slots – House Hunting Badge
Land on Chance 2 times in 2 weeks!

Perfect Pair Solitaire – Rock the Boat Badge
Collect 30 Hearts in 1 day!

Thousand Island Solitaire – J.P.’s Outpost Badge
Get 5 Jackpots Spins in 10 days!

Tumble Bees – Happy Hive Badge
Get 30 tokens or more in a Jackpot Spin 7 times in 3 days!

In addition, there is the Pogo 10 Year Anniversary Limited Edition Badge, which will cost 28 gems (please note, this is separate from the free 10 year anniversary Special Badge which will automatically be awarded on Pogo’s 10th anniversary in September):

Monopoly Slots – Pogo 10 Year Anniversary Limited Edition Badge
Win 25000 tokens in 15 days! (Including Jackpot Spins)

Pogo’s working behind the scenes to bring us a new Premium Badge Album called “Back to School”. It’ll have these 10 challenges, plus the badge you can earn for completing the album. It is currently planned to sell for $5.99 when it is released in August.

Boardwalk Sea Ball – Boardwalk Rolling Badge
Roll the ball 520 times in 7 days!

Boggle Bash – Lunch Time Badge
Find 415 words of 4 letters or more in 10 days!

Dice City Roller – Dice City Display Badge
Correctly place 330 dice in 6 days!

Lottso Express – Express Explosion Badge
Get 140 bingos in 5 days!

Monopoly – Go Directly to School Badge
Land on a Transport Space 18 times in 9 days!

Pogo Addiction Solitaire – Card Collapse Badge
Win 1 hand in 1 day!

Poppit! – Pop-up Book Badge
Make 80 SUPER POPS in 8 days! (Pop groups of 8 or more balloons to earn the SUPER POP Bonus)

Thousand Island Solitaire – Ship in a Bottle Badge
Reach 40 treasure chests in 4 days! (Match the number to the left of your stack of cards)

Turbo 21 – Roll the Red Badge
Get 33 Lucky 7’s in 3 days! (A Lucky 7 is a 21 made of 3 7’s in a row)

Word Whomp Whackdown – Show a Sign Badge
Find 200 words in 2 days!

Album Completion Badge

Here’s a look at the upcoming Mix-n-Match badges for August 2009. As usual, each of these will cost 16 gems and they’ll most likely be released on the evening of July 31st. The challenges themselves are subject to change before release — last month there were many challenges that had their objectives changed between the sneak peek and the actual release.

Ali Baba Slots – Carpet Diem Badge
Collect 1 Jewel of Ultimate Luckiness in 12 days!

Boardwalk Sea Ball – Squid Swarm Badge
Play a perfect game in Squid Squisher 8 times in 3 weeks!

BOGGLE Bash – Big Bash Badge
Find 500 words in 2 weeks!

Dice City Roller – Auction House Badge
Win 25 auctions in 25 days! (Play in Auction rooms)

MONOPOLY Here & Now – School Fees Badge
Draw 30 Community Chest or Chance cards in 5 days!

Phlinx – Let Me Sphinx About It Badge
Make 100 matches in 1 day! (Each group of stones counts as one match)

QWERTY – How Many Ounces In A QWERT? Badge
Score a Connection Bonus 6 times in 12 days! (Make a word that connects your letters to your opponent’s letters)

Sock Hop Slots – Jukebox Badge
Win 5,000 tokens in 2 weeks! (Including Jackpot Spins)

Stellar Sweeper – Space Race Badge
Win 4 perfect games in 1 hour! (Win the game without exploding any crystals)

Turbo 21 – 21 Miles Per Gallon Badge
Get 1,200 21’s in 21 days!

Word Search Daily – Daily Search Badge
Find 100 words on Easy difficulty level in 2 hours!

World Class Solitaire – Baggage Claim Badge
Complete 2 cities in 1 day!

Today, we posted the rules for Mini Golf Madness. There are a lot of special features and power-ups to this game — it looks like it’s going to be a lot of fun. Even more fun for the most Badge Hungry among us, we’ll be able to earn 19 total badges in this game.

There are the five rank badges and two in-game achievement badges, but there are also twelve “Course” badges. (Kudos to BadgeAddicts for finding these badges!)

If you look closely, these badges are still a work in progress — the small text on some of them reads “Course Icon Here”. According to the How to Play, you can earn by completing each Standard course in the game at or below Par.