Pokémon Go creator John Hanke talks game’s success and future at Comic-Con Posted byby GamesBeat July 25, 2016 2 min (Reuters) — The creator of the wildly popular Pokémon Go gaming app received the celebrity treatment on Sunday at the final day of San Diego’s... Continue Reading 2 min
Here are the apps that may be suffering from Pokémon Go’s popularity Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 21, 2016 2 min Pokémon Go’s meteoric rise in popularity may be having a toll on rival game companies such as Supercell, according to a report by ad intelligence... Continue Reading 2 min
The DeanBeat: Pokémon Go has a chance to change the world Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 15, 2016 5 min Everyone is talking about Pokémon Go as if it is changing the world. And it is. I don’t mean that I absolutely believe all... Continue Reading 5 min
Analytics firms show how Pokémon Go became a phenomenon Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 14, 2016 2 min Niantic Labs has us all abuzz with its Pokémon Go phenomenon. This mobile gaming augmented reality experience has crossed all age and gender lines... Continue Reading 2 min
Ingress developer Niantic Labs is no longer a Google company following Alphabet shakeup Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 12, 2015 1 min Google had a major overhaul this week as it is now a subsidiary of the newly formed Alphabet, Inc., but one company is actually... Continue Reading 1 min
How Google’s latest game gives a glimpse of our augmented-reality future Posted byby GamesBeat December 18, 2014 3 min Google's Niantic Labs is doing a transmedia project with novelist and discredited memoirist James Frey. It's an intriguing partnership that, like Frey's books, plays fast and loose with notions of what the "truth" is. Continue Reading 3 min
Google’s Niantic Labs embarks on a giant interactive transmedia project with controversial author James Frey Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 17, 2014 3 min After creating the mobile game Ingress, Niantic is now working on End Game, an alternate-reality game with 12 competing factions. Continue Reading 3 min
Google's mobile game Ingress enables 7M players to create user-generated missions Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 25, 2014 3 min With 7 million players, Ingress is still growing, and now users can join in creating content for the mobile game. Continue Reading 3 min
Google Niantic’s Ingress aims to make gamers thinner and more social in the real world (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 9, 2014 7 min GamesBeat sits down with Niantic's John Hanke to discuss the mobile-only Ingress and his group's ambitious plans for the future. Continue Reading 7 min
Google’s Niantic Labs formally launches massive mobile game Ingress Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 17, 2013 3 min Google formally launches Ingress after a nine-week live event series finishes. Continue Reading 3 min