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Twitch eliminates its safety advisory council after just four years of operation
How long does it take for Amazon and Twitch to believe that people will forget about improving safety and security on the streaming platform?...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Party Play is peak Niantic
Pokemon Go's newest feature, Party Play, is out now, and it's... well, very Niantic. Since the feature was first datamined, it seemed like it...
Pokemon Go is introducing a new multiplayer feature called Party Play
When Pokemon Go first announced the Buddy System in 2016, we thought it would be a true multiplayer system. It wasn't, but maybe we're...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO Routes are already problematic and unsafe
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: Five features location-based MMOs keep using – but shouldn’t
I was hoping to cover a couple of other location-based games besides Jurassic World Alive this month, but as I played them, there were a...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Niantic seems to care more about data collection than public safety
I was hoping to be more positive as Pokemon GO’s Las Vegas Hoenn Tour is fast approaching, but ever consistent in disappointment, Niantic has...
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: 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: Pikmin Bloom began with Nintendo’s vibes, drifted to Niantic’s void
It's been about a month since Pikmin Bloom was released, and anecdotally, I've noticed social media and real-world communities dying off. But it feels...
Massively on the Go: A guide to staying safe in MMOARG Pikmin Bloom
When we first covered the global release of MMOARG Pikmin Bloom, we noted that because of Niantic's poor history when it comes to "safety,"...
Massively on the Go: Dealing with virtual harassment and stalking in MMOARGs
Gamers have been discussing the real-world issues that arise in augmented reality games, especially Pokemon Go, for years. In fact, Raph Koster himself addressed...
Niantic finally reverted the Pokemon GO COVID interaction radius after player boycott
It seems the blowback from the Pokemon GO community in response to Niantic's gym/Pokestop situation had some teeth after all. While the community -...
Pokemon Go’s New Zealand rollbacks show Niantic is more concerned with local law than actual safety
Good news: New Zealanders have had their Pokemon Go PokeStop and Gym radius restored to 80 meters, exactly what the community has been asking...
Massively on the Go: Niantic’s response to Pokemon Go’s community is painfully deficient
Well, the timing of my last Pokemon Go article on the release of the ill-timed spin/interaction nerf was interesting in that it coincided with what felt...
Massively on the Go: Niantic ditching Pokemon Go’s COVID benefits was a dangerous mistake
Recently I was forced into isolation since an untrustworthy family member hid COVID symptoms from the household and our vaccinated guests who were going...
Call of Duty gamers ignore pandemic-related safety orders at unofficial esports gathering
I never got the impression that some players of Call of Duty are a particularly compliant bunch, and that assumption was not helped by...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s comms blackout will lead to absolute anarchy
All hell is about to break loose in EVE Online for the territorial alliances waging wars in the depths of space following some the...
Xbox’s Phil Spencer elaborates on community controls in the works to make Xbox Live less toxic
Jean-Paul Sartre's play "No Exit" provided us with the phrase "Hell is other people," and if you've dared to leave your mic or chat...
Massively on the Go: Our basic guide to Pokemon Go gameplay and questing
Pokemon Go has come a long way since its early days of just catching and gym battling. Those are still core gameplay elements, but there's...
EVE Evolved: Three top tips for staying safe from gankers in EVE Online
EVE Online is renowned for its cold, harsh universe and relatively few rules, and we've all heard the horror stories over the years of...
