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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Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go Fest 2022 was not the worst Go Fest by a long shot
Let me start off by saying Go Fest 2022 was not perfect. We saw Pokemon learning moves they weren't supposed to, Flygon learning its...
Massively on the Go: Maybe it’s time Pokemon GO buddies get the Pikachu treatment
As we've been discussing over the last few weeks, Niantic's pursuit of forcing Pokemon Go players out into the world to generate salable data...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s new season Goes back to the biggies in June
It's always hard to be a Pokemon GO player. On the one hand, the upcoming stalker app, Campfire, shows us that someone at the...
Niantic’s Campfire social media platform will let Pokemon GO players chat and connect
Niantic, the developer of AR mobile games Ingress, Pokemon Go, and Pikmin Bloom, has made some major AR gaming-related announcements during a Lightship Summit...
Massively on the Go: No one’s talking about May’s Pokemon GO Community Day, and that’s good
Remember how negative players were about as Pokemon Go’s April Stuffel Community Day? And did you see how angry people on social media were about...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Niantic is listening to the wrong voices in its own company
As I noted in my May event round-up, Pokemon Go's one-coin weekly Remote Raid passes will be dead starting May 23rd. Despite a recent interview...
Massively on the GO: Talking MMOARGs with Orna’s lead dev
We've talked a bit about Orna: The GPS RPG a few times here in the Massively on the Go column, as this indie game helps...
Incoming Pokemon HOME Update will let you bring more ‘mon to multiplayer
While it's still disappointing that Pokemon Legends: Arceus was an open world but almost strictly single-player game, we have some good news for multiplayer fans: Pokemon...
Perfect Ten: The many-colored dragon rainbow of the MMO sphere
Dragons are ubiquitous. When I wrote a Perfect Ten describing every single MMO bestiary, I noted that no matter what game you're playing, no...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s May events make for a frontloaded month
It's been a weird news week for Pokemon GO. Mega news came out oddly and sporadically resulting in our Megas evaluation piece, while the Go...
Massively on the Go: The top 10 Pokemon Go Mega Pokemon worth investing in
As dataminers discovered back in April, Pokemon GO's Mega Evolution system has gotten its third reworking, plus the release of regional Kangaskhan's Mega, released globally...
Pokemon Go Fest 2022 remains global, brings high-value pokemon targets to catch
Confirming previous leaks, Niantic has now officially announced Pokemon Go's 2022 Go Fest, and yes, Niantic has once again made it a global event...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s 2022 Community Day was as meh as anticipated
It's judgment day for Niantic as Pokemon Go's 2022 Community Day has now come and gone. As we'd noted, the studio was pushing a...
Massively on the Go: Pikmin Bloom hasn’t improved six months after release
I was recently looking at an article claiming that Pikmin Bloom remains great six months after release and found I couldn't agree less. While I'm admittedly...
Massively on the Go: Niantic’s Peridot may be cause for Pokemon GO alarm
Earlier this week, Niantic announced its next location-based game coming to some countries later this month: Peridot. It's about finding and raising virtual pets...
Massively Overthinking: The ideal MMO server setup
Over the last year, we've seen multiple major MMO and expansion launches, and most of them went awry in some way or another. Final...
Niantic’s new MMOARG Peridot looks… kinda just like Pokemon Go
You know what Niantic could really use? An MMOARG about "caring for, raising, and breeding adorable one-of-a-kind creatures in your hands." You know, you...
Massively Uplifting: How gamers are bringing humanitarian relief to Ukraine
It was a month that started in love but ended with war: Terrible, painful things keep happening in the world and in our communities....
Massively on the Go: Here’s to hoping for proper Pokemon Go pranks in April
If the earlier mention of Niantic wildly and disappointing experimenting with a shorter, stationary incentivized Community Day hasn't scared you off, then maybe Pokemon Go's April...
Massively Overthinking: How long should MMO expansions be?
Star Wars The Old Republic's Legacy of the Sith struggled for many reasons, but the one I've seen echoed over and over is that...
