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How Pokemon Go company Niantic is collecting (and using) your life’s data
We probably don't need to tell our audience this, given that while yes, you all have phones, you're also typically not obsessive about gaming...
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite improves Chamber UI and storage options with patch 2.5
Yes, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is still a thing. The game is still running, and it's even updating. The latest major update is being rolled...
Blizzard finally decides to ban the college Hearthstone team that called for a Blizzard boycott too
Did it bother you that Blizzard had punished Blitzchung over his Hong Kong liberation stunt but planned to permit American University players who similarly...
Blizzard solves its ‘one company, two policies’ problem by hiding pro players and canceling an event
While many gamers are now looking ahead to BlizzCon for its reveals after the Hearthstone Hong Kong esports fiasco, I'm far more curious about...
Pokemon Go preps World Tourism Day event as players report spawn changes
Did you know that World Tourism Day is this Friday, September 27th? Neither did I until I found out from the United Nations World...
Team Go Rocket is invading PokeStops in Pokemon Go
Yes, that headline does make sense in the context of the mobile AR game Pokemon Go, I promise. The villainous Team Rocket has arrived...
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’s launch month revenue is ahead of competitors but well behind Pokemon Go
Here's the good news for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. In the category of AR mobile games? Its launch month has been substantially better than...
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite holds an in-app drawing to buy tickets to the game’s fan festival
Evidently, the popularity of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is large enough to hold a fan festival in Indianapolis. Not only that, but Niantic is...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s third anniversary report card
Well hey, it seems like it's another birthday for Pokemon Go, so you all know what we have for the anniversary party: another report card!...
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and Pokemon Go conjure summer events
Niantic is keeping the ball rolling on its two big properties this summer. While Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is barely a Year One student...
Massively on the Go: First Impressions of Harry Potter Wizards Unite
I know I've given Niantic hell when it comes on iterating on its Ingress formula, especially in terms of Pokemon Go, but Harry Potter: Wizards Unite...
MMOARG Harry Potter Wizards Unite has officially launched – a day early
"A wizard is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to." -Obi-Wan Kenobi, probably.
Now that we've ticked off all...
MMOARG Harry Potter Wizards Unite is launching globally on Friday
Well, that was sudden: After just two months in beta in Oceania, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will roll out globally this Friday, June 21st....
Pokemon Go studio Niantic is suing PokeGo++ hackers ahead of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’s launch
Niantic and Pokemon Go have been no stranger at all to lawsuits over the years - it's just that most the suits have been...
Square-Enix announces its own walk-and-catch Pokemon Go-style game in the form of Dragon Walk
We don't really have a name for the genre that Pokemon Go properly belongs to (we've been going with MMOARGs), but it's certainly spawned its...
Nintendo announces Pokemon Home as a central trading service with Pokemon Go
Have you caught them all in Pokemon Go? Quite possibly not, some of them are really hard to catch. But you'd probably like to keep the...
Snag a sleuthing shock-rat in Pokemon Go’s upcoming Detective Pikachu event
Prepare yourselves, Poké-sleuths: In celebration of the upcoming release of the Detective Pikachu movie this weekend, Niantic has announced a new in-game event for...
Niantic just released a Netflix anime series based on its MMOARPG Ingress
It's the transmedia synergy you didn't know you wanted but you're getting it anyway: Niantic announced the release of its Ingress TV show this...
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is in beta down in New Zealand
Love Pokemon Go but hate its relative lack of British wizards? Then Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is for you. Especially if you're in New Zealand, as...
The MOP Up: Grab your Harry Potter nickname now!
When Harry Potter: Wizards Unite arrives later this year, by which name will you be known and feared? Lord Scooby? Mr. Cheddar? Fluffybutticus? The...
