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GDC Summer 2020: Pokemon Go’s Niantic offers augmented reality design advice
I was really looking forward to Niantic's AR Game Design 101 panel at GDC Summer 2020 this week because for all my criticisms of...
Temtem is headed to PS5, XBXS, and the Switch, not just PC, when it launches next year
Still got your eye on Temtem? The totally-not-Pokemon MMO hit early access earlier this year, with plans to formally launch next summer, and as...
GDC Summer 2020: How Niantic adapted Pokemon Go gameplay in the time of COVID-19
GDC Summer 2020 is running all this week, and I'm, well, at home. But much like Pokemon Go, the convention adapted, and while I've...
Massively Uplifting: Good deeds don’t take the summer off for Bungie, Niantic, and Trolls in WoW
When summer comes, some lucky folks get to take the season off. Even those who continue on their regular labors often head out on...
Pokemon Go Fest’s Saturday haul marked POGO’s highest one-day revenue since 2016
No matter what you think about Pokemon Go and mobile MMOARGs in general, you gotta give Niantic some credit for managing to pivot a...
The Nintendo ‘gigaleak’ included plans for a Pokemon MMO from 2004
If you hear what sounds like a thousand dogs sniffing at something this weekend, it's because there was an apparent massive leak of Nintendo...
Former ArenaNet founder and former Riot Games dev get $5.7M for their startup studio One More Game
What can you do with $5.7 million? Apparently, beef up your own game studio. Patrick Wyatt, a former founder of ArenaNet and En Masse...
Niantic of Pokemon Go fame is working on a new Catan: World Explorers MMOARG
So it seems like Niantic's follow-up to Pokemon Go in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite didn't quite get as warmly received, probably helped by the...
Vague Patch Notes: MOBAs, battle royales, and shallow genre pools in the online gaming space
This past week, Nintendo announced Pokemon Unite, and then I had to go to see a doctor because I rolled my eyes so far...
Massively Overthinking: Does playing MMORPGs ever stress you out?
"Anyone ever feel stressed out about playing MMOs?" MOP's Carlo queried our team this week. "This new Black Desert season is stressing me out...
Massively on the Go: Exploring Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Isle of Armor expansion
I knew from the website shown at the initial announcement that Pokemon Sword and Shield's first expansion, The Isle of Armor, would be more of...
Pokemon Unite is a new MOBA for mobile devices and Nintendo Switch from Nintendo and Tencent
Gosh, that... that headline basically says it all, doesn't it? Yes, Nintendo has announced Pokemon Unite, which is a Pokemon MOBA, a genre that...
SuperData May 2020: Pokémon Go and World of Warcraft improve their fortunes
Superdata's May digital games earning report is out, and there is some interesting movement for some of our favorite online games.
World of Warcraft's western...
The MOP Up: Niantic halts plan to discontinue Pokemon Go on old mobile devices
This month, Pokemon Go announced that it was discontinuing support for 32-bit Android mobile devices, mostly devices released prior to 2015, including the 1st-gen...
Pokemon Go announces a digital festival for July and new Reality Blending features
In news that will likely not be a surprise to anyone considering the number of real-life events that have been cancelled or transformed into...
The MOP Up: Twin Saga blossoms into spring
Spring has blossomed in Twin Saga, with the huge Update 25 bringing a new Senshi quest, the Trade Fjord and Fairy Valley zones, the...
SuperData March 2020: Digital games spending sets achieves new highs thanks to COVID-19
Back in in March, when SuperData was discussing February's monthly gaming revenue numbers, the analysis firm noted that COVID-19 hadn't yet had much impact...
Pokemon Go home options expand to cover a refreshed Community Day
Niantic has already been shaking up Pokemon Go so it can function better at home, but changes to coming to the usual monthly Community Day...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s daughter of giants
The countdown is on for Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor. One of the characters that you will bump into in Skyrim is Lyris Titanborn, a...
Massively Overthinking: How are MMO players faring through the pandemic?
This week's Overthinking is going to be a bit different from normal. As we've been covering extensively for more than the past two months,...
