This past Saturday, something pretty weird happened in Pokémon Go: immediately after the monthly “Community Day” event came to a close, a strange, new, never-before-seen Pokémon showed up. Weirder yet: no one could actually catch it.
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Pokémon GO is getting a big new ‘Special Research’ quest next week
Just a few months back, Niantic added its first “Special Research” to Pokémon Go. Sort of like an in-game quest, the research had players complete a series of tasks to unlock an otherwise unobtainable Pokémon.
Now they’re back with another one.
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Niantic — the company behind Pokémon GO — is back at it with another acquisition. After acquiring Escher Reality back in February and Matrix Mill back in June, this morning the company announced it’s acquiring Seismic Games. Seismic Games is probably best known for its work on Marvel: Strike Force, a mobile, turn-based RPG that […]
View More Niantic acquires Seismic GamesPokémon Quest hits app store with a jolt
Coming just shy of a month after its original release on the Nintendo Switch, Pokémon Quest has hit the the App Store and Google Play Store today with an impressive response. According to analytics by Sensor Tower, the app on iPhone is already at No. 2 in Japan and No. 3 in Korea. While hovering […]
View More Pokémon Quest hits app store with a joltNiantic is going to crowdsource AR maps
It seems clear that Niantic always had broader plans than simple casual gaming. The Google-supported startup’s 2016 title Pokémon GO is largely considered a major factor in helping to mainstream augmented reality technology. Now the company is looking to take things a step further, tapping its massive user base to help build some large-scale AR […]
View More Niantic is going to crowdsource AR mapsNiantic is attempting another Pokémon Go Fest
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Let’s hope the developers behind Pokémon Go have learned their lesson.
Niantic is hosting another Pokémon Go Fest in Chicago – one year after the first Pokémon Go Fest made headlines for being an absolute disaster – the company announced Monday. The 2018 Pokémon Go Fest, happening July 14 and 15, is part of a longer Pokémon Go summer tour of events around the world that will hopefully go swimmingly.
Get ready to mark your calendars, Trainers. This summer is heating up with an exciting lineup of Pokémon GO events all over the world! It’s time for Pokémon GO Summer Tour 2018! #PokemonGOSummer https://t.co/3ZpIMt7yJ1 pic.twitter.com/UqhBTB9RLH
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