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Massively on the Go: Preparing for Pokemon Go’s Wild Area event
Pokemon Go's Wild Area event is being held November 23rd-24th, but despite being advertised as a new yearly event akin to Go Fest or the...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Max Raid and Gigantamax Battles aren’t helping the community
"What's the incentive? They look cool? It's not worth it." This is the player sentiment I've been seeing after people have spent some time...
Niantic is already retuning Pokemon Go’s controversial 40-player Gigantamax battles
Pokemon Go's recent Gigantamax raids rollout hasn't exactly gone to plan for Niantic so far. In addition to all the unintentional bans players are...
Pokemon Go heralds 40-player Gigantamax battles, but Niantic is mum on global/local requirements
Pokemon Go fans better be bracing for a big announcement and a world of confusion, as Niantic and The Pokemon Company officially announced that...
Finally, we know what to expect from Pokemon Go’s Wild Area event in November
Despite Niantic announcing the event months ago, Pokemon Go's upcoming Wild Area event has until now been opaque to players. The studio initially said...
Pokemon Go’s Niantic stealth-nerfed raid staples and restricted Max Battles
All good things must come to an end. No, Pokemon Go isn't going anywhere, but after scoring some wins with the community, Niantic has...
Pokemon Go’s Meteorite make-up event goes non-Elite – a rare win for players
Remember that Pokemon Go Meteorite bait-and-switch we covered back in June? And that not only was there a communication issue but that it had...
Pokemon Go’s Meteorite bait-and-switch isn’t helping Go Fest hype
Niantic is not heading into 2024's Go Fest on great terms with the Pokemon Go playerbase, owing to a string of problems: a sales...
Vague Patch Notes: Why do so many MMOs fail?
We talk a lot about MMOs that fail here on Massively Overpowered. I wrote a whole column about how our standards of success are...
Pokemon Go datamining group slashes engagement and output over Niantic’s poor management
Pokemon GO players could use a win right about now, but Niantic's antics have made it harder and harder for the community to support...
Players caught Niantic’s Campfire app broadcasting private data in spite of security settings
This won't surprise many readers, but Campfire, the social media messenger app built by Niantic for its games, is not working as promised and...
Massively on the Go: The Pokemon Go outlook for November 2022
After several several, constant event failures, Niantic still hasn't offered up a November blog for Pokemon GO. But it did release another homemade infographic...
Asta is heading west after failing in Korea
Free-to-play publisher Webzen has announced that it will localize Asta: The War of Tears and Winds for the western market. The company's press release...
Koster’s final post-mortem: Did Star Wars Galaxies fail?
Raph Koster has wrapped up his Star Wars Galaxies retrospective with a blog post that asks whether or not the sci-fi MMORPG failed.
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