pokemon go

Official Site: Pokemon Go
Studio: Niantic
Launch Date: July 6, 2016
Genre: MMOARG
Business Model: F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: Android, iOS

MMO Business Roundup: Stardew, Curse, Epic, Niantic, unionization, and HOTS’ wrecked esports scene

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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

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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...

Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019

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The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...

Ask Mo: The hits and misses of Massively OP’s 2018 predictions

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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.
PUNCH! YOUR FRIEND! PUNCH, PUNCH YOUR FRIEND!

Pokemon Go encourages you to fight your friends in the new trainer battles

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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...
I'M A FOOTBALL STAR, I'M POPULAR

Niantic agrees to settle the property trespass class action lawsuit over Pokemon Go

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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...
Time to poke on home.

Massively on the Go: The Pokemon Let’s Go-Go Connection

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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...

Niantic’s Harry Potter ARG Wizards Unite opens enlistment with new trailer

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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...
THE BOX OF LOCKS

MMO Business Roundup: Japanese lockboxes, POGO and Square Enix financials, and Prima’s end

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"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....

Follow JC Go puts a Biblical spin on Pokemon Go’s formula

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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...

MassivelyOP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2018

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Whether or not you consider yourself too old to put on that Hulk or Sparkle Twilight costume and prance ("HULK PRANCE") around the neighborhood...

Massively on the Go: The key MMO features in The Walking Dead Our World

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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

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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...

The MOP Up: Blizzard’s new playgrounds

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Ranked Season 4 started up in Heroes of the Storm this past week, and that's just the start of the fun with Blizzard's MOBA....

Pokemon Go players identify strange new creature during community day event

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During the recent Pokemon Go community day event, trainers were surprised and confused to discover a strange, new Pokemon kicking around alongside the community...

NetEase’s blockbuster battle royale game Knives Out is porting to PlayStation 4

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Knives Out, which deserves an award based on the fact that it has the best battle royale game name ever, is coming to the...
No need to whale about it.

Massively on the Go: Our guide to legendary and EX raiding in Pokemon Go

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It's a bit odd to say this about a Pokemon game, but raiding in Pokemon Go is kind of a big deal. Multiplayer has always been...

A ton of people went back to Pokemon Go this summer as Niantic looks to future games

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It's been a pretty darn good summer for Pokemon Go, according to a new post on Niantic's official site. In it, the team celebrates...

Pokemon Go concludes Global Research Challenge with Ultra Bonus Event

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Over the past few months, Pokemon Go players have been hard at work assisting Professor Willow with his Global Research Challenge, which is now...

The MOP Up: Champions Online’s month-long anniversary bash (September 9, 2018)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

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