Our latest coverage of Pokemon GO.
Niantic announced today that Pokémon GO players will be able to assign a Pokémon from their collection to be a "Buddy Pokémon" sometime in the near future. Buddy Pokémon will appear next to you on the main game UI and in your profile, as well as "adding helpful bonuses such as awarding Candy for walking together." Unfortunately, unlike Pokémon Yellow, your Buddy Pokémon will [...]
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The Pokemon craze has swept over the world ensnaring children and adults alike with its cutesy augmented reality monster charms. Incredibly, the game has broken several world records just a month after its release including being the fastest mobile game to gross $100 million and generating a whopping $206.5 million in revenue by the end of its first month. According [...]
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How Pokemon Go Created A Community - Gumble's GrumblesWatch this video on YouTube How Pokemon GO Created a Community By Sean (Gumble) Big Gumble talks PokemonGO this week in another episode of Gumble's Grumbles. PokemonGO has been an unbelievable hit and has rocked the top charts on both android and iOS since launch. The game's online play has helped foster a unique [...]
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Yesterday at the San Diego Comic-Con, Niantic revealed Pokemon GO's team leaders, the image of which was then shared on Twitter. Are you happy with your team's leader? The team also answered an assortment of questions that we've all had, which Kotaku has collected into the following bullet points. There are easter eggs that nobody has found yet (!) They’re [...]
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Pokémon Go is serious business. When you're at a PokeStop sitting on a lure and a large posse roles up on their bicycles you want to be the champion don't you? You want players to both fear your name and stare in awe when it's you're Pokémon sitting on a gym's throne. Well, we've compiled tips and pointers to make sure [...]
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According to a talk that Business Insider had with Niantic CEO John Hanke, an upcoming Pokémon GO update will include "a core element" of Pokémon—Pokémon trading. Players will be able to trade with friends and strangers alike, allowing those inclined to simply trade with someone who has caught them all rather than catching them all themselves. The manner in which [...]
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In an unprecedented monstrous rally, Nintendo stock has surged over 40% at the open in New York trading after increasing "only" 25% in Japan. U.S. investors are bidding up the company in much greator frenzy than their Japanese counterparts it seems. A massive company like Nintendo increasing in value over 50% over 2 days is incredibly rare outside of takeover events [...]
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Pokemon Go is off to a strong start. So strong in fact that Nintendo's stock price surged 10% a day after the game released, increasing the value of the entire company by $2 billion (from ~$18B to ~$20B). The game has launched to an incredible amount of enthusiasm and fanfare that servers have routinely been unstable due to an influx [...]
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The highly anticipated GPS-based mobile Pokémon game Pokémon GO has finally launched in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. If you've noticed your friends suddenly talking about catching Pokémon even though Sun and Moon don't come out until November, this might be why. Pokémon GO's full set of features is as follows. Catch Pokémon: Pokémon GO invites players to [...]
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The Pokemon Company revealed an assortment of new Pokémon GO gameplay details today via press release. It was previously announced that players would be "encouraged" to join one of three team. Once they have, they can fight for control of Gyms for their team. Once a team has control, they can raise its level and prestige, allowing them to assign [...]
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