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Pokémon Go fights poverty with 17 PokéStops at the World Economic Forum

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Niantic and The Pokémon Company International have created 17 locations in Davos, Switzerland, to remind World Economic Forum attendees of the importance of fighting poverty.

New PokéStops for the World Economic Forum.
New PokéStops for the World Economic Forum.

The companies partnered with Project Everyone to raise awareness of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development at the World Economic Forum. The special PokéStops and a Gym are magnets in the real world for players who can reap rewards or fight other players at each location.

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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.