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Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s October events are early with tricks if not treats

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Pokemon Go news this month feels like Christmas. We usually don't get news until days before the new month starts, if that. But this...
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Vague Patch Notes: So what actually kills MMO communities?

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Since we're busy getting a front-row seat to World of Warcraft adding the dungeon finder again, only this time it's WoW Classic, we are...

Massively Overthinking: Massively Overwhelming content in MMORPGs

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This past weekend, I picked up my first premium house in Lord of the Rings Online after much hemming and hawing. I didn't expect...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Adventure Abounds repeats old problems while skipping Galar

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Way back in 2016, we noted that Pokemon Go and Niantic could skip generations to focus on whatever was most relevant on Nintendo consoles....

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go delivered a merely average Go Fest, bugs and all

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This year's Pokemon Go Global Go Fest 2023 has officially ended, and it was... OK. It could've been a lot worse. Last year's Go...

Massively on the Go: Our planning guide for Pokemon Go Global Go Fest 2023

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While the timing and quantity of events change each year, Pokemon Go is holding its global Go Fest 2023 August 26th and 27th this round....
Controversy!

The Pokémon Company is donating $200,000 to Hawaii in the wake of wildfires

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This past weekend, The Pokémon Company announced that the Pokémon World Championship would be held in summer of 2024 in Honolulu. But of course,...

Massively on the Go: A practical guide to Pokemon Go gym defense

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One thing I learned while at Pokemon Go’s Las Vegas Hoenn Tour and traveling in Japan recently was people still aren't great at defending gyms, but it's...
Boat.

Vague Patch Notes: Almost nobody can save struggling mid-to-small MMOs

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A week ago, we all sounded off on the best way to save a small-to-mid-size MMO that was struggling, as prompted by a discussion...

Massively on the Go: Orna’s pet-battler is fluffy – but not cheap

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Usually here on Massively on the Go, we have a lot of good things to say about Orna: The GPS RPG and its dev...
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Vague Patch Notes: Contemplating the origin of the Big Five in the MMO space

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A few weeks back, I talked about the various tiers of MMORPGs, and that included a discussion of what we call the Big Five...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go August update mentions Go Fest but lacks communication

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August is generally a big month for Pokemon Go and Niantic, but the past year (as you can see from our caveat blurbs at...

Niantic’s Monster Hunter Now MMOARG opens prereg ahead of September 14 launch

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Don't look now, but Niantic is spinning up a few more plates and hoping they don't come crashing to the ground: As previously announced,...

Massively on the Go: Niantic’s Pokemon Go Plus+ debacle illuminates a big metaverse pitfall

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Don't let that title fool you, dear readers; we're not really talking about NFTs, blockchain, or the metaverse itself. Instead, we're addressing the oft-repeated...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet brings out a very Normal gorilla

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We now know what the July 28th-30th and August 4th-6th Pokemon Scarlet and Violet tera raid 'mon will be: Rillaboom. While we've had some tough...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO Routes are already problematic and unsafe

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Pokemon Go and Niantic by the time you read this, will have launched a new feature: routes. While we covered the event and a...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Niantic is sleeping on summer

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Despite Niantic telling Pokemon Go players that it has a "blockbuster slate of summer features" coming up, the summer has been quite a disappointment...

Massively Overthinking: Old zones vs. new zones in MMORPGs

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I've been playing a lot of Lord of the Rings Online lately, in both very old zones from Moria and earlier and some of...

Niantic is sunsetting Marvel World of Heroes after all – tomorrow, in fact

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At the end of June, Pokemon Go company Niantic announced a restructure of its entire business, a closure of its LA studio, the layoff...

Pokemon Go studio Niantic stands accused of sexual discrimination and retaliation in new lawsuit

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Pokemon Go's Niantic has fast become one of the more problematic companies we cover, and now the studio's outlook just got even shadier as...

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