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Along with their announcement that GO Battle League Season Three, Pokémon GO's in-game player-versus-player competition, Niantic has announced major changes to the way certain Pokémon will function These changes will impact the PVP system, as well as the use of the affected Pokémon in raids and gym battles[...]

Credit: Niantic. New Pokémon As previously announced, trainers can expect research that will lead to catching the mythical Pokémon Victini. Rotom, the long-awaited Ghost/Electric-type Pokémon, will be available through photobombs. New Shiny Pokémon This… is a lot. Unown (Spawning the forms G and O) Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle with the Pikachu visor Tangela, as we previously speculated Qwilfish, in a shocking pink hue Woobat Heatmor, perhaps[...]

While Niantic announced the breaking news of Pokémon GO's Ultra Unlock rolling out a stunning slate of Legendary and Mythology raids for August, details about raids at GO Fest 2020 are still surprisingly foggy It appears that Niantic is attempting to keep details for the weekend a surprise for Pokémon GO players, but they have[...]

Pokémon GO Fest 2020 is just around for corner for Pokémon GO players, as Niantic brings their annual blowout event to trainers remotely With GO Fest 2020 able to be played from wherever players of the mobile game are, preparation for the event will be different from previous years Bleeding Cool is here to help, with our pre-launch[...]

Pokémon GO Fest 2020 is just around for corner for Pokémon GO players, as Niantic brings their annual blowout event to trainers remotely With GO Fest 2020 able to be played from wherever players of the mobile game are, preparation for the event will be different from previous years Bleeding Cool is here to help, with our pre-launch[...]

GO Fest 2020 is just around for corner for Pokémon GO players, as Niantic brings their annual blowout event to trainers remotely With GO Fest 2020 able to be played from wherever players of the mobile game are, preparation for the event will be different from previous years Bleeding Cool is here to help, with[...]

Pokémon GO Fest 2020 isn't the only major Pokémon GO event that Niantic is gearing up for this week As Bleeding Cool previously reported, the second season of GO Battle League, the player-versus-player competition in the game, is drawing to a close With the end of GBL Season Two, Niantic has released information on GO[...]

This is the first time that Niantic's annual GO Fest has been a remote event that trainers can play from wherever they are, and it is expected to be the most widely played ticketed event in the game's history. Pokémon GO and TikTok promo art Credit: Niantic. In their press release, Niantic announced: From putting together fun Pokémon[...]

Niantic has been releasing announcement after announcement leading up to their first-ever remote Pokémon GO Fest 2020 The event is replacing the originally planned, in-person GO Fest Chicago event where Pokémon GO players from around the world gather in one location for a celebration of the game, special spawns, an increased chance of encounters with[...]

Alolan Marowak has been a raid-exclusive Pokémon since its release… until this weekend at Pokémon GO Fest 2020, when Niantic will release it into the wild for their worldwide, remote event Many players have battled raid after raid in effort to get either a Shiny Alolan Marowak or one with 100% IVs, and with the[...]

Following GO Fest 2020, Niantic will likely announce the next month of Spotlight Hours, and Bleeding Cool will be the first to let Pokémon GO players know what they can expect with these events. The Summer Event, the final set of challenges leading up to GO Fest 2020, is ending this Wednesday in Pokémon GO[...]

To celebrate the battles won and lost, Niantic has opened up all four leagues for Pokémon trainers, including Great League, Ultra League, Master League, and this season's new addition of the Premier Cup During normal GO Battle League gameplay, the season with cycle through leagues, with a set amount of weeks focusing only on Great[...]

This was pre-COVID, at a time when Niantic had introduced a system of voting where trainers would spin Pokéstops and complete special tasks in order to cast votes for the Pokémon they wanted for the next Community Day Due to the pandemic, the voting has since switched to Twitter, but attentive players will realize that[...]

Pokémon GO trainers voted, and Niantic listened Back in May, the mobile game developer announced that the next two Community Days would be decided by poll Players of the game took to Twitter to vote on their choice of what would be the highlighted spawn for both the June and July events, which led to[...]

As Niantic prepares players for Pokémon GO Fest 2020 with this week's Friendship Challenge, information is beginning to leak on what will happen at the event itself Dataminers have found an array of interesting new and updates assets in Pokémon GO's code, including badges, new costumed Pokémon, and, most notably, Shadow Mewtwo[...]