Hello Pogoians,
Welcome to the last official Pogo Insider of the year 2020. Ah yes, and what an eventful year it’s been! Before we bring 2020 to a close, we wanted to take a moment and look back at all the developments from these past 12 months on Pogo. So, let’s take a stroll down memory lane!
This year, Pogo Early Access simply became Pogo. The classic Pogo experience became “Pogo Classic,” and remains home to older features. On top of that, Club Pogo turned 17 and
Pogo turned 21 years old!
2020 Game releases
Jungle Gin HD, Snowbird Solitaire, Pogo Slots, Spades HD, Canasta HD, Thousand Island Solitaire HD, Solitaire Blitz, Peggle Blast HD, Bejeweled Stars, Pogo Mini-Golf, and Dice City Roller!
2020 Events
Along the way, we explored new ways to take on Challenges and earn Badges, including Badge Marathons and events like Challenge Quest, Antoinette’s Bake Shop, Drake’s Spring Party, Treasure Chase scavenger hunts, Sweets Box, The Garden Tea Party, and, the first-ever event on the new Pogo experience – Hunnie Badger’s Sash! We’ve also brought back Surprise Challenges and released several Badge Collections, including the Thanksgiving Feast Badge Collection, the Nocturnal Animal Badge Collection, the Costume Show Badge Collection, the Vintage Produce Signs Badge Collection, the Seashell Badge Collection, the Seed Packet Badge Collection, Pogo Favorites Badge Collection, the Strength Through Adversity Badge Collection, the Amazonian Animals Badge Collection and the Great Barrier Reef Badge Collection.
Game updates
We snuck in some fun seasonal and ongoing updates to a few Pogo favorites:
- Halloween decorations in Mahjong Sanctuary
- Festive holiday decorations in Snowbird Solitaire
- Cookie Connect got a sweet new Daily Special feature
- Pogo Daily Sudoku got a new Weekly Special feature
2020 Videos
In addition to a fun video introducing the new Pogo, we released a slew of delightful game trailers: Jigsaw Treasure Hunter HD, Crazy Cakes 2, Snowbird Solitaire HD, Solitaire Blitz, Jungle Gin HD, Challenge Central, Pogo Slots, Spades HD, Peggle Blast HD, Canasta HD, Phlinx II, Thousand Island Solitaire HD, Claire Hart: Secret in the Shadows, Poppit! HD, Jet Set Solitaire, Tri-Peaks Solitaire HD, Bejeweled Stars, Find Your Pogo, World Class Solitaire HD, Crossword Cove HD, Word Whomp HD, Sweet Tooth Town, Mahjong Garden HD, Rainy Day Spider Solitaire HD, Payday FreeCell HD, Pogo Mini-Golf, Aces Up HD, Mahjong Sanctuary, Poppit! Party, First Class Solitaire HD, Lottso! Express HD, Pogo Addiction Solitaire HD, Poppit! Bingo HD, Mahjong Safari HD, and Bookworm HD.
Features
2020 saw the launch of player-requested features such as Game Chat and Spades HD Table Chat! By popular demand, we added the ability to use your Mini as an Avatar! We brought back your Pogo Classic history in the Classic Library Tab in your My Profile page. We rolled out new Pogi Constellations and updates to Challenge Central. We also made it possible to activate Challenges without leaving your game. We also added more tours of the new Pogo, hosted by our new friend Joyce. We also made many, many small adjustments and improvements to make your time on Pogo even more rewarding and fun.
Welcome to the Construction Zone! Here is where you will find the latest on game updates. What is currently “under construction” on Pogo? As often as I can, I’ll sit down with the Pogo team and get the latest info on which games are being worked on and what’s coming. I will always post more details when I have them available. Please understand updates are subject to change.
Please understand that unless an announcement comes directly from EA and/or Pogo, we cannot endorse it as true. All games and updates reported here in the Construction Zone have been given the “go ahead” and are on track to come out. Anything else that is reported is speculation right now.
Upcoming Games
- We’ll be announcing more new and remastered games soon!
Events
- January’s Game of the Month is Quinn’s Aquarium.
- The Mer- Bear Constellation that started on November 7 will continue through January 5 at 11:59PM PT. The new Dracorn the Champion Constellation will begin January 6 at 12 AM PT and run through March 6 at 11:59 PM PT. LINK to blog
- A new Treasure Chase will begin on January 6 and run through February 2.
- Get ready for a New Years celebration coming in mid-January. More details to follow.
Game Updates
- Anagrams – New content on January 12.
- StoryQuest – New episode on January 12.
- Quinn’s Aquarium – New content on January 12.
- Solitaire Blitz – New Event, Atlantis Rises II, begins on January 12.
- Jet Set Solitaire – New content update will be available January 12. Get ready to visit Europe!
- Grub Crawl – New episodes will be available at the end of January!
- Mahjong Sanctuary – A new animal will be available at the end of January!
- Pogo Daily Sudoku – New Badges arrive on January 12.
Website updates:
- Due to the upcoming discontinuation of Flash support across the Internet, Flash Chat will be retiring from Pogo on December 31, 2020. Please switch to the new Pogo to continue chatting in your favorite games. Check out this recent blog article for more information on how to Chat on Pogo.
- Beware of fraudulent Pogo help sites! To learn more about staying safe and getting real Pogo help when you need it, please see this article.
- For previously posted Pogo website updates, browse the Pogo Insider archive.
Every week I answer a non-technical question related to Pogo. We get lots of questions every week, so I try to focus on common themes or the same question coming from different folks. Please ask your non-technical related question in the comments section of the blog.
(For technical issues, please go to Pogo’s Help Page.)
Q. What is involved in the weekly maintenance process. I see a warning that maintenance is happening around 2 AM PT every other Tuesday. What is that?
A. Every other Tuesday, in the wee hours of the morning, (2AM PT to be exact), Pogo has weekly maintenance.
So what does go on during Pogo maintenance? During this maintenance, the Pogo team rolls out fixes at one time on a schedule so there are less disruptions. These fixes include everything from bug fixes to new content releases and updates to the Pogo games you all know and love. Remember that Quinn’s update from Dec 8? That was done at the time of maintenance. The team also makes gameplay updates during this time. These are fixes you may not see within a game but you may notice when you experience faster and smoother game loading and play time.
A reminder the blog comments will be turned off for this edition of the Pogo Insider. I’ll be back at it again in the January 12th edition.
My wish for you all is to be happy, healthy, and safe. May peace fill your heart and home. Happy New Years from me and all the folks over here at Pogo!
Cheers,
Pogo Llama
Source: blog.pogo.com
