Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, developer Niantic’s augmented reality mobile game set in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, is shutting down on Jan. 31, 2022. Niantic announced the game’s closure on the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite website, and promised players that they’ll get a narrative conclusion — Harry Potter and Hermione Granger will put an end to […]
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Niantic Begins Rolling Back Pokémon Go's Social-Distancing Measures, Fans Are Angry
Despite growing case numbers from Covid-19’s Delta variant, Pokémon Go is slowly reverting back to pre-pandemic form, beginning with a change to gyms and Pokéstops that require players get closer to these locations. After 15 months of updates that made Pokémon Go an exceptional social-distancing experience, Niantic announced in June that changes would be on the […]
Niantic reversing Pokémon Go banwave that caught innocent players
Pokémon Go developer Niantic say it’s working to revert strikes that have resulted in suspensions and bans for players of the mobile AR game who were unjustly punished by the game’s anti-cheat system. In a statement posted to Twitter on Monday, Niantic said that players who have been affected will have strikes against their accounts […]
Niantic Is Trolling Us With The Worst Shinies Ever For Pokemon Go Fest 2021
It’s been a while since anyone has made the classic “2020 was awful” joke, so this latest dose of meta millennial humor from Niantic has come beautifully out of left field. Despite the fact the world was on fire at the time, the revered developer of Pokemon Go managed to pull off an excellent Go […]
Niantic unveils Pokémon GO Battle League changes for Season 7
Pokémon GO developer Niantic revealed important information on Tuesday about the new cup formats, rewards and themes for the upcoming GO Battle League Season 7, beginning on March 1. To start, ratings from the GO Battle League Season 6 will reset and all players will begin their climb from rank one. Season 7 will also […]
Niantic reveals details about Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto
After teasing information about Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto for several weeks now, Niantic announced on Tuesday all the information about the upcoming event. The Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto event will feature special research with a chance to get shiny Ditto and shiny Mew, 10 new Collection Challenges and special themed event blocks. The event will […]
Pokémon Go Developer Niantic To Receive $5 Million Settlement From Hacker Group
In 2019, Pokémon Go developer Niantic, Inc. filed a lawsuit against hacking group Global++ for the selling of hacked and/or modified versions of Pokémon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and Ingress. The San Francisco-based developer Niantic alleges that these apps used original code without permission, gave unfair advantages to those who used the modified apps, and that […]
Niantic CEO’s public service message: Take a walk
Niantic CEO John Hanke has a reputation for being purposeful with his work in games like Pokemon Go, like getting people to go outside to visit monuments. And so it’s no surprise that, during the midst of the pandemic, is that he wants people to take a walk. In a blog post, Hanke said that […]
Niantic: The History Of Pokémon GO’s Developer
Developer Niantic is on top of the world right now with Pokémon GO, the mobile game that is constantly among the most profitable titles nearly four years after launching. Today the developer is one of the biggest players in the mobile gaming industry, but prior to releasing Pokémon GO was also deep into creating augmented […]
Niantic Acquires 3D Spatial Mapping Company 6D.ai
Niantic, the company behind the world-scale mobile AR games Pokemon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, is acquiring 3D spatial mapping company 6D.ai. According to Niantic CEO and Founder John Hanke, the acquisition will allow Niantic to “leverage 6D.ai’s deep expertise and significant breakthroughs in AR research and engineering” and see them build a “dynamic, […]