March 12, 2025, 10:53 AM
Pokémon GO Developer Niantic Sold for $3.5bn to Scopely Games
Niantic has been sold to Scopely Games for a massive $3.5bn deal, confirming recent acquisition rumors.
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October 26, 2024, 7:24 PM
A rough day in GO: False bans issues amid failed Gigantamax Raids attempts
Even children had been banned without explanation from Pokémon GO. Bans have started being reversed.
April 18, 2024, 10:34 AM
Just the Bad and the Ugly: Pokémon GO Avatar update
Despite feedback from early test rollouts and the insistance from bot accounts on how great it is, the new Avatar system is anything but.
April 1, 2023, 11:59 AM
Niantic makes decision that everyone actually likes
The brand-new feature has made everyone’s day! What a time to be alive.
March 31, 2023, 12:13 PM
Changes to Pokémon GO Remote Raids prompting boycott plans
“We believe this change is necessary for the long-term health of the game, and we do not make it lightly.”
July 5, 2022, 8:58 AM
[Updated] 6 Years: As Niantic cuts 8% of its workforce, communication reaches a new low
Despite $6 billion in six years, Pokémon GO has seen more unannounced, unpopular changes, more bugs, and now the disappearance of promised developer diary entries.
March 26, 2022, 11:30 AM
Community Day shortening and Incense nerfs shows Niantic still isn’t listening
Barely half a year on from the interaction distance controversy, players have even more reasons to be disgruntled.
December 7, 2021, 7:00 AM
[Updated] 100 bugs and counting: The Troubles of GO in New Zealand
Glitches have included late starts to time-limited events, game crashes and region-wide server issues.
August 6, 2021, 5:12 PM
Cyprus a no-GO: how a war led to no wild Pokémon
Thanks to a demiltarised buffer zone implemented almost half a century ago, players in parts of Cyprus have odd time zones and no wild spawns in Pokémon GO.
August 1, 2021, 9:08 AM
Niantic applies interaction distance nerf in Pokémon GO
The pandemic continues, but you’ll still have to get closer to that PokéStop now.