john hanke
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Niantic does damage control as player spending weakens
Last week was a rough week for Pokemon Go and Niantic. The company tried to sweep the release and reversal of viewable pokemon's distance...
Niantic lays off 230 workers, affecting Pokemon Go, in cost-slashing reorganization
The beleaguered Pokemon Go company Niantic has been under fire all year from unhappy players, and now, the company itself is undergoing a restructure...
Pokemon Go’s Niantic might be exploring NFT and crypto-infused AR games
We've noted before that Niantic leadership is heroically awful at reading the freaking room on a number of matters, so perhaps it should come...
Pokemon Go company Niantic raised more cash to join the metaverse race
If your inbox looks like mine, you're already pretty dang tired of the word metaverse and the chorus of hucksters and grifters currently trying...
Niantic accios a Harry Potter mobile MMOARG
Like the idea of a mobile augmented reality game (ARG) but aren't really keen on Pokémon? Niantic, the operator of Ingress and Pokémon Go,...
Pokemon Go event organizers blame cell traffic overload for snafu
The fallout and analysis of the debacle that was last weekend's Pokemon Go Fest continues, as Niantic has been pressed for answers on why such...
Pokémon Go celebrates its anniversary with a hat-wearing Pikachu
It is genuinely hard to believe that it has been a year already since Pokémon Go took the world by storm (and dominated the...
Pokemon Go: Japan’s snorlax event, gyms, PvP, and trading
Despite what I may think, Niantic is still calling Pokemon GO an MMO at GDC 2017.
Senior Product Manager Tatsuo Nomura referred to it as one...
Pokemon Go expands with 80 new critters, but the old tracker is never comin’ back
Pokemon Go players -- there's still a few of you out there, right? -- are in for a treat this week as the game...
Meridian 59 continues to influence online games 20 years later
Twenty years ago this week, Meridian 59 shed its beta trappings and officially released as one of the very first graphical MMORPGs on the...
