Niantic

Retail Asia23/05/2022

Pokemon GO developer Niantic has just announced new social features that will be available for players in a separate app they will need to download. Early this month, the company launched a social app experience in closed beta, which was only available for Ingress players. During the closed beta, the app allowed Ingress players to find other […]

Retail Asia08/07/2021

Well, what do you know? Even though we spent the past two years mostly locked up and homebound (pandemic and stuff), the AR game sensation Pokemon GO not only survived but managed to cross the $5 billion mark in lifetime revenue. According to a recent report by SensorTower, the AR title from Niantic has surpassed $5 billion from player spending […]

Retail Asia28/04/2021

Niantic is confident that one of the worst epidemics in the last century is almost over, so it decided to greenlit its most important outdoor event, the Pokemon GO Fest. The company behind one of the most successful mobile games confirmed today that Pokemon GO Fest will return this year as a two-day global event from July 17 […]

Retail Asia02/12/2019

Great news for Pokemon GO players, especially veterans who’ve played the game for a very long time, as Niantic has just announced another limit storage increase for its mobile game. This means that Trainers will now be able to catch and store no less than 3,000 Pokemon without having to transfer any of them. Keep in […]

Retail Asia31/10/2019

Niantic has been planning to implement a PvP system in Pokemon GO for quite some time now. The new gameplay mechanic is not yet ready for prime time, but Niantic confirmed that online player battles are coming in 2020. At the moment, Pokemon GO players can only battle other trainers locally, but they can battle […]

Retail Asia05/07/2019

Niantic, developer of Pokemon GO smash hit, has just announced it will discontinue support for older Android smartphones after July 1, 2019. There’s no reasoning behind the decision, so we can only guess that the numerous updates the team plans to deliver in the coming months will probably make the game unplayable on older smartphones. The […]

Retail Asia27/06/2019

Last year, Pokemon GO kicked off a special event that soon became one of the most popular Niantic, the company behind the smash hit, has ever launched. The event called Adventure Week offered Trainers sweet rewards and the possibility to catch rare Pokemon for a very limited time. One year later, the event is back in full […]

Retail Asia26/06/2019

The folks at Niantic, developers of Pokemon GO, have always added support for new platforms and OSes when it was needed. The most recent announcement coming from the company does exactly the opposite though. It looks like Pokemon GO developer Niantic has decided to discontinue support for Apple Watch, which means that those using the wearable device […]

Retail Asia18/04/2019

The folks at Niantic have gone a long way since their first Pokemon Fest, which was a total fiasco. After a more than decent 2018, the company is back with another series of Pokemon GO events that have already started earlier this year in South America. Today, Niantic announced three new Pokemon GO events are coming to […]

Retail Asia12/08/2016

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission announced it would not ban Pokemon Go, then went straight ahead and asked Niantic for a de facto ban in practice anyway. NBTC Secretary General Takorn Tantasit held a press conference where he showed media the list of Pokemon-free zones he would demand from Niantic. This is the first […]

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Pokemon GO announces new social features and raid updates

Pokemon GO still going strong, scores $5 billion in lifetime revenue

The most important Pokemon GO event returns in 2021

Niantic increases Pokemon GO storage limit

Niantic confirms Pokemon GO online player battles are coming in 2020

Pokemon GO drops support for older Android smartphones

Pokemon GO’s best yearly event makes a return this month

Pokemon GO support for Apple Watch gets the ax

Pokemon GO Fest coming to USA this June

NBTC sort of maybe bans Pokemon Go