EA Pogos Onto Mobile
Electronic Arts' casual gaming network, Pogo, makes its mobile debut with three puzzle games. We round them all up in this convenient feature.
Electronic Arts, the world's largest video game publisher, is already a commanding presence in the console and PC game markets, but it's not content to stop there. Regardless of their business, companies of EA's size are always looking for promising industries to expand into--and online casual games and mobile games definitely qualify. Pogo.com, EA's casual gaming channel, has grown into one of the top casual game hubs on the Internet, thanks to its huge selection of games and its drawings for cash prizes. Pogo offers a bucketload of the most popular licensed casual games, like Zuma, Luxor, and WordWhomp, as well as other sports and action games based on EA's console and PC properties, such as Command & Conquer.
Club Pogo, the pay service, offers community features and exclusive game content, but everything on the basic site is free once you create an account, and the tokens you earn can be used to purchase raffle tickets for daily, weekly, and monthly cash drawings. We're not talking about lame-o gift certificates, folks; if you win the monthly drawing, you'll be $1,000 richer. EA would probably prefer that you reinvest your prize money in its console and PC games, but it doesn't seem to be required.
Pogo Mobile, an important component of EA's oft-discussed mobile strategy, makes its debut this week on Verizon Wireless, with more carriers to follow. If you have an existing Pogo account, the mobile versions let you plug right in and satisfy your casual gaming addiction during your commute or lunch. This means that it doesn't matter if you're playing Pogo games on your phone or on your PC; the time spent on both will earn tokens for your existing Pogo account.
We've reviewed the three launch titles, Poppit!, Tri-Peaks Solitaire, and Turbo 21, so you can download with confidence.
Poppit!
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Tri-Peaks Solitaire
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Turbo 21
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