Niantic Archives

Niantic has set up a special stop for players to check out, if the internet works on your phone int he building with over 100,000 signals trying to leave as well But the company has also set up some special creatures for you to find throughout the con as they have looted the place with[...]

Niantic is rolling out a beta that will soon lead to players of Pokémon GO nominating and voting for new Pokéstops in the game The company released a new update letting players know that the test will happen in Brazil and South Korea, but that they'd have to meet specific guidelines in order to be a part[...]

Niantic pretty much runs that ship however they see fit, and if you're getting a new set of creatures, it's totally up to them when However, the last few dataminers have been right on the money about what's to come, and many of what they find seemingly get announced in short order just to ride[...]

For those of you who have been begging and screaming at Niantic to do something about getting PvP into Pokémon GO, you may get your wish soon In an interview with Polish gaming website Gram, Niantic's head of their European marketing, Anne Beuttenmuller, addressed the issue, saying it was going to happen before year's end. As we are[...]

It's not too far-fetched to say that when Niantic announced a second Pokémon GO Fest in Chicago, a lot of people assumed it was going to be terrible After last year's, let's say, "debacle" that ended in Niantic losing a lawsuit from festival attendees, we kind of assumed we might not be seeing it again[...]

If you happen to be attending the Pokémon GO Fest, which to our knowledge hasn't been terrible this year, there's a special Pokémon for you to find.

Niantic pushed out this tweet earlier today hyping the second anniversary of the game just before they kick off Pokémon GO Fest, and some keenly-eyed players caught a few in the photo that aren't in the game. From the first Pokémon you encountered to your first #PokemonGOfriend, we've enjoyed watching all of your amazing Pokémon GO journeys[...]

With Pokémon GO Fest on the way this weekend, Niantic decided to release new info about another event in the game called Zapdos Day The company barely finished Articuno Day last week and they've decided to jump right into the next one, which included releasing dates and conditions. You can participate in the event no matter where you're[...]

The news of their current revenue stream comes to us from Sensor Tower, who have been carefully monitoring games like Niantic's to see just how well they perform in general Based off their most recent tallies, Pokémon GO has surpassed the $1.8 billion mark and is continually rising. This data comes from global figures, with the U.S[...]

In case you're wondering what Niantic has in store for Pokémon GO's second anniversary, it's another Pikachu with a hat Actually, he has sunglasses, too Yesterday, the company announced that they were releasing this special new Pikachu into the wild as part of their celebration, which will run until July 31st Beyond that, there doesn't seem[...]

For the summer solstice, Niantic decided to do a little switcharoo on the two and flipped regions on both characters. In honor of the summer solstice, the Rock- and Psychic-type Pokémon Solrock and Lunatone have started to appear in different regions! Celebrate the longest day of the year by adding one to your Pokédex today! — Pokémon[...]

While Niantic themselves haven't released any details, it has been confirmed through multiple sources that Squirtle will be the next Pokémon GO Community Day feature The event will be kicking off on July 8th, and according to a few different websites it will feature increased spawns for Squirtle, three hour lure modules, a special sale box, one-quarter[...]

As Niantic slowly ramps up for Pokémon GO Fest this year, it looks like we'll be getting some added creatures around the time of the event The news came as the company released a new bit of info yesterday for Professor Willow's Global Challenge, it was revealed near the bottom of the list about a couple new Pokémon[...]

This week, Niantic decided to stop up their anti-cheating game and made it clear they would start taking more aggressive action against companies that help players cheat the system. As part of our commitment to fun and fair gameplay in Pokémon GO, we're continuing to take action against users who use third-party services that circumvent normal gameplay[...]

Niantic posted a brand-new blog entry today on their website letting Pokémon GO fans know that there's a new batch on the way This time around, you're getting several from the Alola region, which means a few different creatures and variants from Pokémon Sun and Moon. Basically, it means you'll be seeing a lot more earth, plant, and[...]

The latest community day may have come to an end in Pokémon GO, but Niantic left a little surprise behind for players as it appears they've made the Shiny Ho-Oh available in raids The company released a notice headed into the Charmander event that the character would be coming and they stuck to their guns without[...]

But recently, Niantic finally upgraded something that fans have been yelling about for over a year now Your bags have been upgraded to carry more items again Originally when the game started you could only hold 1,000 items in your backpack, which was increased last year to 1,500 But immediately the company started getting complaints[...]

Besides, we have yet to see if the event organizers learned their lessons from last year. credit//Niantic Bad news for Pokémon GO players who were looking forward to attending Pokémon GO Fest 2018 this year in Chicago If you didn't already buy your tickets to the event, you're out of luck, as the event officially sold out[...]

You'd think after last year's debacle, Niantic would have learned their lesson and not thrown another Pokémon GO Fest where you charge money for thousands of people to come to a low wi-fi area and try to play your game Clearly not as the company will be throwing a second festival in July, charging $20 a[...]

Some big news has just come out in regards to the next update for Pokémon GO, and of all the places it could have come from, it came from the mouth of Niantic CEO John Hanke and released on Twitter Here's the short version: Hanke was sharing a flight with a player known on Twitter as[...]

It looks like Niantic are going to make some of your Pokémon GO adventures a little more regional as it appears the company is setting up more Raid bosses that will be regional The news comes from PokemonGoHub.net who is reporting that based on their research, the company is setting things up so that specific[...]

Today, Niantic put the word out that the Kanto event has officially launched on Pokémon GO in the United States after details of the event started coming out in Japan and eventually made their way here with fans wondering why we weren't in on the action yet Below are some of the details of the[...]

pic.twitter.com/1tESTuc7T5 — Leek Duck (NYC) (@LeekDuck) April 8, 2018 The short version of the leak is that there will be Shiny version of the first 251 Pokémon in the game, but since this isn't official news from Niantic and there's no time-frame on the updates, there's no way of knowing when these will be added[...]

Niantic Labs has partnered up with Mission Blue and Playmob for their upcoming Earth Day event for Pokemon Go, which encourages players to try and make the world a greener place This year, Pokemon Go players can help get into the spirit of Earth Day by participating in the Pokemon Go Earth Day Cleanup event on[...]

Remember last year when the Pokémon GO Fest in Chicago turned out to be one of the most poorly conceived festivals in years, resulting in thousands of fans not being able to participate in the event and even booing Niantic staff on stage? At the time a lot of people went online declaring they wanted their[...]

The next update with research missions and Mew is coming this week, but according to a Reddit post, Niantic could be adding in some new options down the road that may make the game more player to player interactions. The post explains that a German user named thw31416 (whose info was translated by another user named SirPaulchen) attended[...]

The first, which we have more details below about from Niantic, will have you running errands for Professor Willow all across town as you also search out more Pokémon I mean, it's the least you can do for sending him all those unwanted versions you collected. The second, which the company didn't go into details about,[...]

Niantic is giving players a limited amount of time to achieve a specific goal in Pokémon GO, and if they manage to do so, there will be a new event launched as a reward The tweet below went out over the weekend from the game's official account letting players know of the challenge starting on March 5th. Remember[...]

A new cosmetic surprise popped up today for Pokémon GO players as Niantic has added two new outfits to the trainer avatar system for you to choose from And rather than generic costumes with no meaning behind them, these will both be a nice throwback to your childhood In a tweet sent out earlier today, the[...]

However, Niantic is usually a little more creative than this and have made other uncommon and rare Pokémon the focus of past events, so seeing Bulbasaur be the focus is kind of a letdown on their part if it is true We probably won't know for a few more weeks if it is true, so feel[...]