Niantic is lining up more global events for Pokemon Go.
Niantic is lining up more global events for Pokemon Go.
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Niantic lines up real-world global events for Pokémon Go

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Niantic and The Pokémon Company International have announced they will continue to build on their real-world events with the Pokémon Go Summer Tour 2019.

These events for the free-to-play mobile game help retain players over the long haul, and that’s one reason why the game has generated more than $2 billion in revenue over nearly three years.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.