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Pokemon Go looks to the future in new interview as it announces Clamperl-focused limited research event
It's hard to believe that it's been over two years since Pokemon Go launched, starting an international craze that seemingly had everyone out and...
The Pokemon Go trespassing lawsuit’s proposed settlement terms are absurdly reasonable
Remember back in 2016 when Pokemon Go news was bonkers? We covered multiple lawsuits revolving around the game, including one lodged against Nintendo and...
Trainers can capture space-bending legendary Palkia in Pokémon Go this month
A legendary new challenger has arrived for Pokémon Go trainers: Palkia, flagship legendary of generation IV's Pokémon Pearl, will be appearing in raid battles...
The MOP Up: WildStar suffers another indignity
Miss WildStar? Well at least there's the soundtrack to listen to on various sites, right? Nope! Apparently NCsoft pulled the acclaimed score from sites...
Two months later, classic Ingress has better reviews than the buggy Ingress Prime reboot
When Niantic rebooted Ingress as Ingress Prime back in November, it was after a year of work effectively porting the classic MMOARPG to Pokemon Go's...
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite teases flying broomsticks while Niantic throws a $1M contest
In the first official video since its initial one, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite teased the famous Nimbus 2000 flying broomstick. It looks as though...
MMO Business Roundup: Stardew, Curse, Epic, Niantic, unionization, and HOTS’ wrecked esports scene
Welcome back to another catch-all post of gaming business stuff that might otherwise slip through the cracks!
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, who recently took...
Pokemon Go explains the philosophy underpinning its new trainer battles
Why are there different leagues for trainer battles in Pokemon Go? Because Niantic is familiar with the game's competitive scene, that's why. The split allows...
Vague Patch Notes: The taxonomy of corporate apologies in video games
Somehow, Bethesda managed to persevere after the Great Canvas Shortage of 2018 to replace the Fallout 76 CE bags that were essentially plastic shopping bags...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of Massively OP’s 2018 predictions
As we do every year, today we're going to peek back at the horrifying outcomes of last year's MOP staff predictions for the genre and the games within it to determine how well we did. After all, what would be the fun of making predictions if we couldn't giggle over our guesses a year later?
So did we nail it or fail it? And did you fare better? Let's find out.
Pokemon Go encourages you to fight your friends in the new trainer battles
When Pokemon Go adds trainer battles, you can overcome distance to fight people with the power of friendship. No, really; while normally you can only...
Niantic agrees to settle the property trespass class action lawsuit over Pokemon Go
Way back in 2016, at the height of the new-news-every-day-on-Pokemon-Go, we covered a lawsuit lodged against Nintendo and Niantic by one Jeffrey Marder of...
Massively on the Go: The Pokemon Let’s Go-Go Connection
Yes, we're going to talk about Pokemon Let's Go Eevee (or you can pretend its Pikachu if you just want to experience Pokemon Yellow again). No, it's...
Blizzard sources dish on Warcraft Go, Diablo IV, Diablo Immortal, China, and Activision’s culture shift
Kotaku has a wild article up today ahead of the holiday with input from nearly a dozen anonymous current and former Blizzard employees spilling...
Niantic’s Harry Potter ARG Wizards Unite opens enlistment with new trailer
Turns out that Ingress Prime wasn't the only fun thing Niantic was plotting for November: The studio best known for Pokemon Go also announced...
MMO Business Roundup: Japanese lockboxes, POGO and Square Enix financials, and Prima’s end
"The Good Times Are Over for Japan’s Loot-Box-Style Gaming Bonanza" - that's the brutal headline plonked onto this week's Bloomberg report on Japanese lockboxes....
Niantic’s Ingress Prime reboot is finally live
It's been almost a year since Niantic announced it was rebooting its classic MMOARG Ingress as Ingress Prime, and today, it's finally here.
As we've...
Follow JC Go puts a Biblical spin on Pokemon Go’s formula
It seems like everyone these days is trying to get in on the GPS-based augmented-reality game fad, and the latest entry into the genre...
Massively on the Go: The key MMO features in The Walking Dead Our World
As a franchise, The Walking Dead is probably past its prime, but I'm admittedly still a bit of a fan. In fact, I was playing...
Pokemon Go is pushing Gen 4 and Let’s Go Content at the same time
Nintendo and Niantic seem to be working overtime these days: With Let's Go Eevee and Pikachu games coming in November and Pokemon Go's big...
