Niantic said it’s updating its games like Pokémon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and Ingress so that they can record your indoor activity and link that to gameplay goals. CEO John Hanke said in a blog post today that Niantic acknowledges the “this time of unprecedented challenge due to the COVID-19 pandemic” and the “increased […]
Pokemon Go Getting A Very Helpful New Feature Soon
Pokemon Go developer Niantic has been making numerous adjustments to the popular AR game as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In addition to canceling a handful of events that were planned to take place this month (including this week’s Lugia Raid event), the studio has implemented a variety of tweaks to make it […]
CS: GO Breaks Record With 1 Million Concurrent Users
For the first time in its eight-year history, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has hit 1 million concurrent players. CS:GO is the most popular game on Steam and continues to rise in popularity. This can be attributed to the game being free-to-play since 2018 and the release of a battle pass in 2019. It has been breaking its […]
Pokémon GO: How To Counter Registeel, Azumarill, And Altaria
Since Pokémon GO is a game that both relies on and encourages its players to get out into the real world and interact with each other, everyone needing to stay at home isn’t great for its numbers. Niantic isn’t letting that stop Trainers from playing, though. It has been implementing temporary measures allowing players to carry […]
Pokémon GO Becomes Pokémon Stay Inside As Niantic Makes Sweeping Changes
As concerns over COVID-19, the coronavirus, continue to grow, Niantic has moved to curtail the risks to Pokémon GO players by cancelling the next community day and providing a way to keep playing their game without the need to leave the one’s home. While it is unintuitive to imagine measures taken to keep players from […]
Pokémon Go Makes Changes For The Coronavirus Pandemic
Pokémon Go is one of the most popular social gaming experiences out there, but it now needs to scale back the social interactions as the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic. Last night, developer Niantic issued a statement that addresses the outbreak, and what players can expect from Pokémon Go. The message states that “the […]
Pokémon GO Battle League: How To Get Pikachu Libre
Pikachu Libre will make its debut in Pokémon GO this weekend as a GO Battle League reward but earning that encounter won’t come easy. Although Niantic first introduced PvP battles to Pokémon GO in 2018, that corner of the game is finally about to get a lot more serious. The first season of GO Battle League launches […]
New York Subliners go 0-2 with new roster: time to bring in Censor?
Coming into CDL Los Angeles, the New York Subliners had high hopes after a rocky start to the season. They arrived at the event with a new roster featuring Nick “Happy” Suda, replacing grizzled veteran Trei “Zer0” Morris. While this was supposed to ignite a fire under the roster, it seems to have had the […]
Pokémon GO: Abra Community Day’s Special Research Story, Explained
This month’s Pokémon GO Community Day features a brand new feature called Special Research Story, which is available to trainers willing to spend a little extra. Niantic gave Pokémon GO players the power to decide which Pokémon would be the star of February’s Community Day via a unique voting system. This month, it has taken that power back, […]
Scrabble GO Launches With Huge Celebrity Campaign (Including Stars From The Office)
A whole new take on one of the world’s most popular board games has launched on the app store, and celebrities are getting in on the fun for charity. Ever wonder what everybody did to entertain themselves before video games were around? Chances are a lot of them were playing board games in their free […]