Pokémon Go might soon have new owners. That’s according to a report at Bloomberg, which spoke with employees at Niantic Inc., the owner of the game. None of the employees wanted to publicly share their names, and it was also acknowledged that the deal might …Read more »
Millions of people have played Pokémon GO since its launch in 2016, and millions have unknowingly helped train AI by doing so. Niantic explained on its site, “When you look at a familiar type of structure – whether it’s a church, a statue, or a …Read more »
Pokémon GO can be a fun pastime for many, but it’s not something to do at work, especially if your work involves dangerous situations. Case in point: two cops from the Los Angeles Police Department got fired for playing Pokémon GO when they were supposed …Read more »
The globally popular game Pokémon GO is turning seven! The official website explained: “We’ve been overjoyed seeing Trainers from across the world and all walks of life come together with their passion for exploring, catching, battling, making new friends, and learning more about Pokémon over …Read more »
Pokémon GO has fans looking all over the place for Pokémon, and between now and September 5, there’s a place where feline Pokémon are going to show up more than usual in the game. I’m talking about the area around the Cross Shinjuku Vision monitor …Read more »
Thanks to a recently published court document, we know that a pair of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers were fired for a handful of reasons, primarily centered on playing Pokémon GO on the job. Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were being investigated for a …Read more »
Who is Ed Sheeran’s favorite Pokémon? It’s Squirtle, who’s all about wearing sunglasses for the special collaboration going on between the pop star and the pop culture sensation Pokémon GO. “A Special Ed Sheeran performance will be available through the Pokémon GO app,” Pokémon GO …Read more »
Sensor Tower has crunched the numbers and reported some pretty impressive earnings for Pokémon GO. The game has brought in more than $5 billion in lifetime revenue. Looking more closely at the numbers, $2.7 billion came from buying it from Google Play, and $2.4 billion …Read more »
Five years ago this month, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company teamed up with Niantic to create Pokémon GO. The INGRESS-alike let fans of all ages live out their cryptid-hunting dreams. Thanks to the augmented reality app, we could find Pidgeys at the bank, Rattatas at the mall, …Read more »
Pokémon GO released a letter addressed to “Trainers” that explains what’s up with the musically themed Pokémon GO Fest 2021, which will take place July 17-18. The first day will have four themed habitat hours—Jungle, Desert Mountain, Ocean Beach, and Cave, followed by raids with …Read more »
A 35-year-old man in Sapporo, Japan was arrested this weekend for a bout of Pokemon Go-induced rage, it was reported today. The story goes like this: the man was walking down the street, playing Pokemon Go, when he spotted a car parked facing traffic and, …Read more »
Look, do you think Pokémon Go is a GAME? For some folks it’s serious business, and it seems that applies to Kanehisa Satoh, a 56-year-old who was arrested in Hokkaido, Japan for assaulting his 55-year-old friend over the game. It all went down because Satoh …Read more »
Last year we posted an update on Taiwan’s Chen San-yuan, also known as the grandpa made the news for using a bunch of phones to play Pokémon GO. He ended up going viral at the time, and was even swooped up by a mobile phone …Read more »
Soon, you won’t have to “go” anywhere to battle fellow players in Pokemon GO. Niantic announced today it’ll be bringing online battles to the game in early 2020. The system, called GO Battle League, hooks up players in two ways: via matchmaking and a ranked …Read more »
When your claim to fame involves using a ton of smartphones to play Pokémon Go, a mobile phone company is bound to express some interest. That’s what happened to Taiwan’s Chen San-yuan, AKA the Pokémon Go grandpa who went viral last year for using nine …Read more »
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