Sensor Tower: Pokémon Go revenues increase as coronavirus lockdowns spread
Pokémon Go saw global player spending reach $23 million during the week of March 16, according to mobile market researcher Sensor Tower. That is...
Niantic launches Pokémon Go’s competitive battling league
Pokémon Go is coming off its most lucrative year ever in 2019. And now developer Niantic is working to keep that momentum going in...
Pokémon Home app launches in February for iOS, Android, and Switch
The Pokémon Company and Nintendo announced today that Pokémon Home will launch in February for Android, iOS, and Switch. Pokémon Home is an app...
Niantic drove $249 million in tourism revenue with its walking events in 2019
Niantic has revealed details of its lineup of event locations for its walking games (Pokémon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and Ingress) for 2020....
Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery — Building jump scares in augmented reality
Horror feels like a good fit for technologies like augmented and virtual reality, which have the potential to make dark rooms, jump scares, and...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of the decade
Here are my favorite games of the decade. They’re in chronological order. 2011 was not a good year. But 2013, 2016, and 2018 were...
The DeanBeat: 13 humble predictions for gaming in 2020
I’ve never been good at making predictions about the game industry, but I enjoy it. I figure if I make enough, some of them...
Pokémon Go’s Buddy Update brings a new way to play with your monsters
Niantic revealed today that the Buddy Adventure update for Pokémon Go is coming by 2020. It will give players new ways to interact with...
NPD: U.S. games spending up 1% in Q3 as live-services offset consoles
The U.S. gaming industry generated $9.18 billion in the third quarter of 2019, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group and its most recent...
Niantic sets up $10 million third-party developer fund and names first dev contest winner
Niantic has scored hundreds of millions of players and billions of dollars in revenue from games like Pokémon Go. And now it is using...