Pokémon Go thanks players with this week’s double XP event
Niantic and The Pokémon Company International are giving special thanks to players of Pokémon Go by launching new benefits for logging in during the Thanksgiving holiday week....
Pokémon Go is the fastest mobile game to hit $600 million in revenues
Pokémon Go was the fastest mobile game to hit $600 million in revenues, according to market researcher App Annie. Even if its growth is...
Pokémon Go chief promises player battles, live events, more creatures, and stable servers
Niantic Labs has done the impossible launching its Pokémon Go mobile game, scoring more than 500 million downloads in two months. It has stabilized its...
Niantic update will let you identify a Buddy creature and play with Pokémon Go Plus
A new Pokémon Go update is coming soon that will delivery something called a Buddy Pokémon, according to a blog post by Niantic Labs. The maker...
Pokémon Go is fastest mobile game ever to make $500 million
In just 63 days, Pokémon Go has reached more than $500 million in revenue, making it the fastest mobile game in history to reach...
Pokémon Go is coming to the Apple Watch after 500 million downloads
Pokémon Go has been downloaded more than 500 million times to date on smartphones. And now, it’s coming to the Apple Watch. CEO John Hanke...
How Pokémon Go is boosting the Pokémon World Championships
Pokémon Go isn’t a competitive sport yet. But the red hot augmented reality mobile game has given a big boost to the 2016 Pokémon World Championships...
How VCs are looking at investing in VR experiences
Back in March, I attended a crowded panel at the Upload Collective, where a number of venture capitalists and investors talked about investing in...
Former Sega chief Tom Kalinske wants someone to create Sonic Go
Twenty five years ago, Nintendo owned the game industry. Sega was an upstart challenger, and it could only compete by breaking the rules. Tom...
Here’s our agenda for GamesBeat 2016: The Platform Awakens — with 93 speakers
I’ve worked for months to recruit, and sometimes re-recruit, 93 speakers for GamesBeat 2016, our game conference that runs August 1-3 at the beautiful...