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Pokémon Go studio Niantic rekindles its first game with launch of Ingress Prime

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 5, 2018
6 min

Pokémon Go creator Niantic has rebooted its original location-based game with the launch of Ingress Prime. Like its predecessors Ingress and Pokémon Go, Ingress Prime is...

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Pokémon Go gets creatures from the Sinnoh region

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 16, 2018
1 min

Niantic has announced this morning that Pokémon originally discovered in the Sinnoh region, featured in Pokémon Diamond, Pokémon Pearl, and Pokémon Platinum, will soon...

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Pokémon Go earnings pass $2 billion as it introduces its first new Pokémon

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 25, 2018
1 min

Pokémon Go has just reached two big milestones. The mobile AR game has now earned $2 billion, according to Apptopia, a third-party provider of app...

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Pokemon Go is the reigning king of mainstream AR.

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Pokémon Go’s new social features grow active users by 35 percent

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 11, 2018
1 min

Niantic revealed today that Pokémon Go has had a 35 percent increase in active users since May. The mobile game added new social features, friend...

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1 min

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Pokémon Go turns 2 at the top of the mobile gaming charts

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 6, 2018
2 min

Niantic’s augmented reality game Pokémon Go launched in 2016, becoming an instant hit and generating over $1.2 billion in its first year. Two years...

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2 min

Jeff Koons' soon-to-be-vandalized AR sculpture

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Who owns augmented realities?

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 28, 2018
5 min

Last year, a seldom-discussed event started to raise important questions about augmented reality’s geographic boundaries. A group of artists digitally “vandalized” Snapchat’s AR overlays...

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Pokémon Go has its most players since summer 2016

Posted byby Mike Minotti
June 26, 2018
1 min

Pokémon Go may not be all over the mainstream news anymore, but the location-based mobile game is still a big hit. The augmented reality...

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1 min

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Pokémon Go finally gets trading and a friends list, rolls out this week

Posted byby Mike Minotti
June 18, 2018
2 min

Niantic announced today that Pokémon Go will soon be getting two big features: Pokémon trading and a friends list. These have been requests from...

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2 min

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Pokémon Go is getting content from the Sun and Moon games

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 21, 2018
1 min

Pokémon Go is getting ready to celebrate the coming of summer by adding new creatures from Sun and Moon, the latest generation of games...

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Pokémon Go’s 2018 Summer Tour brings official real-world events to the world

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 7, 2018
1 min

Niantic announced details today for Pokémon Go’s 2018 Summer Tour, a series of real-world events that will encourage players of location-based AR hit to meet...

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