Official Site: Pokemon Go
Studio: Niantic
Launch Date: July 6, 2016
Genre:Â MMOARG
Business Model:Â F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: Android, iOS
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Underdog Pokemon Go players took over the capital of Croatia
But they gave it back.
CNN alleges that Russia used Pokemon Go to try to spread dissent in the USA
It always gets a bit bumpy when politics, international intrigue, and video games collide, so hold on for this one.
According to CNN, Russia's Internet...
Massively Overthinking: Three-way RvR and ‘fair’ PvP in modern MMOs
MOP reader Sally Bowls is on a roll with the good questions lately! She lobbed us one this past weekend that seems a good...
Overwatch and Pokemon Go bring back Halloween terror
"The nights grow cold and monsters appear. A great evil gathers and Halloween draws near..."
Oh yes, it's that time of year again. The sheer...
The MOP Up: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits record concurrency (October 1, 2017)
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...
SuperData August 2017 revenue report: PUBG bumps WoW, disrupting PC market
SuperData's August 2017 global revenue report confirms what anybody even casually watching PUBG already knows: The upstart game that's kicking butt on Steam is...
The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World’s Tokyo reveals (September 24, 2017)
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...
The MOP Up: PlayerUnknown’s Battleground and the fog of war (September 17, 2017)
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...
Scientists say Pokemon Go helps relieve stress in Japanese workers
A new Japanese study in the acclaimed science journal Nature suggests that Pokemon Go players experienced a drop in "psychological distress" because of the game. The paper gives...
Massively Overthinking: What keeps you from playing mobile MMOs?
Earlier this week, we wrote about Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss' IPO and its grand plans for the future - among them, four additional...
Maguss is a mash-up of Pokémon Go and Harry Potter
It might be the closest you will ever get to living out your Harry Potter fantasies without heading down to Universal Studios in Orlando....
The MOP Up: Skyforge gets a dark rush with the Revenant (September 10, 2017)
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...
The MOP Up: Warframe battles cancer (September 3, 2017)
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...
Niantic is releasing new Pokemon Go raids despite major bugs
Hot on the heels of its legendary bird raids, Pokemon Go will have Generation 2's legendary dogs as the game's newest raids starting August 31st. As the...
The Walking Dead IP is getting a new augmented reality game, like Pokemon Go but maybe better
Next Games, the company behind The Walking Dead: No Man's Land, recently announced an AR game based on the Walking Dead IP.
What's interesting is that unlike Pokemon Go,...
SuperData’s July 2017 report sees PC rank reshuffle, Pokemon Go’s return, and GTAO’s console dominance
SuperData's July 2017 revenue report isn't going to surprise anyone, I suspect, but it's worth a look. On the PC side, there are no new...
The MOP Up: Black Desert shows pet love (August 20, 2017)
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...
Pokemon Go’s Yokohama event was a huge improvement over the lawsuit-provoking trainwreck in Chicago
Just a month ago now, Pokemon Go's Chicago festival was completely wrecked by connection issues that rendered the game an unplayable trainwreck for thousands...
Almost nobody is happy with Pokemon Go’s irritating ‘exclusive raid battles’ plan
Pokemon Go players are buzzing today over the release of legendary Pokemon Mewtwo at the Yokohama, Japan, event, which according to Niantic allowed "thousands"...
The MOP Up: SMITE’s bad news bears (August 6, 2017)
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...
