Games Retiring in July

Mayhem · March 20, 2019, 10:12:55 AM

In addition to the games they are retiring in June, Pogo will be retiring the following Java and Flash games from their web site in July because of the phase-out of Flash and Java.

6th Street Omaha Poker
Ali Baba Slots
Backgammon
Battle Phlinx
Blackjack Carnival
Bridge
Crazy Cakes
Hangman Hiijinks
Jigsaw Treasure Hunter
Makeover Madness
Penguin Blocks
Perfect Pair Solitaire
Pop Fu
Quick Quack
Showbiz Slots
Stellar Sweeper
Super Dominoes
WordJong

C~M · March 20, 2019, 11:11:17 AM

I guess Pogo will be no more soon as most of what were the fun games will soon be gone.

S1lent · March 20, 2019, 05:57:26 PM

Greetings,
Make sure you have the Badges for these games. Been working on another person's account and have lots of difficulty with both Jigsaws games.

Guess he will not get them
S1lent

TheLastDodo · March 20, 2019, 06:06:45 PM

You're absolutely kidding me... Penguin Blocks was my favorite game since forever. Very sad to see it leave soon, along with many other fun games.

Mayhem · March 21, 2019, 12:34:06 AM

Pogo did mention that they could be bringing back some of the retired games at a later time. Also, these game will be retired on June 18th (not July) along with the other mentioned in the other thread.

They also mentioned that :

You will be automatically awarded badges for any in-progress or purchased challenges you are unable to complete in time. We'll also be bringing some older badges back from the vault to give you one last chance to complete them.

catfancie · March 21, 2019, 01:32:05 AM

Squid · March 21, 2019, 04:58:12 AM

I can't help but feel that Pogo will be losing a very large amount of subscribers. Even if they do start to trickle back some of the removed games, it will probably be too late. With all the games being retired, Pogo will be left with match-3, HOG and variations on bingo games. Except for CLUE, none of these type of games are my cup of tea. I liked HOGs but got saturated.

Mayhem · March 22, 2019, 12:21:13 AM

Yeah, they are removing a lot of people's favorites and getting rid of too much variety.

catfancie · March 22, 2019, 01:14:07 AM

if I had know that they were going to discontinue all the games that they have listed both times, I wouldn't have renewed my subscription a couple of months ago. If they continue to do away with all of these games without replacing them I will not be renewing. There are to many other places to play games to keep myself occupied.

Mayhem · March 25, 2019, 12:42:06 AM

I don't blame you ... we can hope some of them will make it back after the rest are updated to HTML5.

MsMissy · March 25, 2019, 08:36:13 AM

Thank you , am sad to see a few go.

Mayhem · March 26, 2019, 01:04:25 AM

This is what Pogo has to say about all of this :

Java and Flash, two technologies that have powered Pogo games for many years, are being phased out across the internet. Support for Java has already been dropped from most web browsers, and Flash support will be discontinued by 2020. Pogo and EA have no control over this change in web technology.

Because of this, we are retiring the following older Java- and Flash-based games from Pogo in June.

We know some of you will be disappointed. Sadly, these games are currently inaccessible to most players and, given the technological hurdles required to play them, it's simply not feasible for us to continue supporting them.

If you can still play them, we encourage you to work on finishing up any Challenges or ranks while you can. You will be automatically awarded Badges for any in-progress or purchased Challenges you are unable to complete in time. We'll also be bringing some older Badges back from the vault to give you one last chance to complete them.

We're continuing to update our most popular games to HTML5, providing improved graphics, performance and accessibility across devices and browsers. We've already released over two dozen new and updated titles, with more in the works. The future of games on Pogo is very bright!

We know it's no fun to lose a favorite game, so we encourage you to explore the Pogo library. We have multiple games in each category – bingo, card, word, puzzle, etc. – offering similar gameplay.

Thank you for all your support and understanding.

Squid · March 26, 2019, 03:56:20 AM

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Mayhem · March 27, 2019, 12:37:21 AM

The Pogo Insider stated this yesterday :

Please note that while these games are going away, there is always the possibility some will be updated and brought back later.

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So there is still hope!

plainshelli · June 14, 2019, 12:51:34 AM

I have searched every list of games that will be retired.....I know dominoes, jungle gin, spades, and canasta will be retired at some point, but I cannot when they will be retired. When will they be retired

Squid · June 14, 2019, 05:29:13 AM

Quote from: plainshelli on June 14, 2019, 12:51:34 AM
I have searched every list of games that will be retired.....I know dominoes, jungle gin, spades, and canasta will be retired at some point, but I cannot when they will be retired. When will they be retired

I'm not sure I've ever seen an exact date in June or July for the retirement of the games in those months.

Mayhem · June 17, 2019, 12:49:13 AM

I believe June's date may have been mentioned in one of the Pogo insiders news blog. I haven't seen anything for July.

Stinkerbell · June 18, 2019, 10:42:07 AM

Any word on Dominoes? I play that every day, by hand. It's fun and relaxing.

Mayhem · June 18, 2019, 11:05:44 AM

Not yet, but I'm sure that will be updated to the new HTML5 format.

Too many people play it for them just to remove it.

Dawn Hopper · June 21, 2019, 03:38:13 AM

I am not happy where is my qwerty game

Games Retiring in July

plainshelli

Dawn Hopper