Pokémon GO gives details about social features, friends and trading
Lots of new details for Pokemon GO. Check out the details below. A quick heads up that Friends and social features are now available to all Trainer levels in Pokémon GO, with Trading rolling out to Trainers level 10 and above beginning today. You can read up on Pokémon GO’s social features, Friends and Trading in the recent blog posts: Make Way for Friends, Trading, and Gifting in Pokémon GO! Deve...[Read More]
Pokemon Go adds Mew to the world
Niantic, Inc., and The Pokémon Company International today announced that Mew, the Mythical Psychic-Type Pokémon, will soon start appearing around the world. Trainers will begin receiving research tasks later this week, adding new activities and challenges that can be completed for in-game rewards. Some of these rewards will lead Trainers to access unique storylines that include discovering the my...[Read More]
Ingress gets 48 Real World Global Event Locations
Niantic, Inc., creators of Ingress and Pokémon GO, today revealed the locations and dates for the Ingress real world events taking place around the world in 2018 and 2019. Ingress is Niantic’s debut augmented reality mobile game and represents a pioneering style of real world interactive experiences that features innovative massively multiplayer gameplay. The Ingress events in 2018 and 2019 will c...[Read More]
Harry Potter augmented reality game heading announced for mobile
Check out the goods below. Pretty neat. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – November 8, 2017 — Niantic, Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced the development of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, an augmented reality (AR) mobile game inspired by J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. Published by Niantic and co-developed by Niantic and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, under the Portkey G...[Read More]
Pokemon GO ready to celebrate Halloween
This looks neat. Check it out below. SAN FRANCISCO—OCTOBER 19, 2017—Niantic, Inc., and The Pokémon Company International today announced an upcoming Halloween celebration in Pokémon GO with an in-game event that will herald the arrival of a number of Ghost-type Pokémon originally discovered in the Hoenn region, including Sableye, Banette, and others. From October 20 at 12:00 P.M. PDT to November 2...[Read More]
Equinox in-game event heading to Pokémon GO
To usher in autumn nights in the Northern Hemisphere and spring days in the Southern Hemisphere, Niantic today announced the Pokémon GO September equinox in-game event. The Equinox event will run from 1:00 P.M. PDT on Friday, September 22 to 1:00 P.M. PDT on Monday, October 2, 2017. During the event players can earn double Stardust for catching Pokémon and hatching Eggs, collect special 2 km Eggs ...[Read More]
Free avatar item in Pokemon Go to support Global Goals Initiative
Always nice to do something for a good cause. Check out the goods below. As a follow up to Niantic’s partnership with the Global Goals initiative, Niantic today announced that an all-new free avatar item, the Global Goals t-shirt, will be added to Pokémon GO to support and spread awareness for the 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Earlier this year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, ...[Read More]
Pokemon GO gets more legendary characters and EX Raid Battle update
Pokemon fans should be absolutely thrilled by this. Ever-expanding game. Anyway, check out the goods below. SAN FRANCISCO—AUG 31, 2017— Niantic, Inc. and The Pokémon Company International have revealed a trio of Legendary Pokémon originally from the Johto region — Raikou, Entei and Suicune — will soon appear around the world in Pokémon GO. Trainers will be able to discover, battle, and have the ch...[Read More]
Pokémon GO + Yokohama, Japan = 2 million people over seven days
That’s a lot of people. Check out the official details (and blog) below. Niantic has revealed in a blog post this morning that over the last week more than 2 million fans from around the world joined together to celebrate their love for Pokémon and Pokémon GO at Pokémon GO events supported by Niantic at Pikachu Outbreak hosted by The Pokémon Company and Yokohama, Japan. Over the seven day ce...[Read More]
Legendary Pokémon Descending into Pokémon GO Soon!
Check out the trailer and the details about the legendary Pokemon that are heading into Pokemon GO soon! SAN FRANCISCO—JULY 18, 2017— In celebration of Pokémon GO’s one year anniversary, Niantic, Inc. and The Pokémon Company International have revealed that Legendary Pokémon will begin to soar into the real-world soon. A new Pokémon GO trailer offers a glimpse at the way Trainers will cooperate wi...[Read More]
Pokémon GO community events initiative revealed as part of Niantic and Knight Foundation partnership (more details inside)
This is a worthy cause. Enjoy the read, folks. Don’t skip! May 4, 2017 – Niantic, Inc., creators of hit augmented reality games Pokémon GO and Ingress, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation have formed a multi-year partnership to advance civic engagement in local communities around the United States through augmented reality experiences. The partnership will foster discovery, ...[Read More]