Niantic News Articles
Monday7th Jul 2025
News Looks Like Paradox Pokémon Are Coming To Pokémon GO
Not a paradox here
Can you believe that the mobile AR game Pokémon GO is nine years old? We can't; it only feels like yesterday we started taking our phones with us for 'mon-catching trips. The official GO X account shared some brand new artwork to celebrate the 9th anniversary, and it seems to include a couple of hints on what we can expect to...
Friday9th May 2025
News Pokémon GO Doubling Amount Of Daily Remote Raids Has Nothing To Do With New Owners
"It's entirely the leadership here, internally"
Pokémon GO has been in the headlines a fair amount recently after Niantic sold off its gaming division to Saudi-owned mobile specialist Scopely. But in some good news for fans of the AR game, the developers have announced that they're doubling the number of daily remote raids players can take part in...
Tuesday15th Apr 2025
News After Selling Pokémon GO For $3.5 Billion, Niantic Spatial Is Now Laying Off Employees
68 workers will lose their jobs next month
Niantic is laying off 68 employees next month, following its multi-billion dollar sale of its gaming division which includes the AR mega-hit Pokémon GO, Game Developer reports. The outlet spotted a
Wednesday12th Mar 2025
News Niantic Sells Pokémon GO And Entire Gaming Division For $3.5 Billion
Pikmin Bloom and Monster Hunter Now are also going
It's official — Niantic, the developer of Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now, has sold its gaming division for a staggering $3.5 billion to Scopely, "a world leader in mobile games". This acquisition comes just a few weeks after reports emerged that Niantic was in talks to sell...
Wednesday19th Feb 2025
News Pokémon GO Developer Niantic Reportedly In Talks To "Sell Games Unit"
Including the sale of Pokémon GO
A new report from Bloomberg claims Pokémon GO developer Niantic is apparently in talks to sell its video game business to the Saudi Arabia-owned company Scopely. This deal would supposedly be announced in the "coming weeks" and the sale price is expected to be around $3.5 billion. The sale would reportedly...
Thursday21st Nov 2024
News It Turns Out Pokémon GO Players Have Been Training An AI This Whole Time
"It can't be bargained with... it can't be reasoned with..."
In a recent blog post from Pokémon GO developer Niantic, the company has laid out its plans for what it calls a 'Large Geospatial Model', an AI that fills in the blanks for geographical locations that haven't been physically captured in person. So for example, as Niantic highlights...
Monday14th Oct 2024
News Pokémon GO's Upcoming 'Gigantamax' Max Battles Promise The "Biggest Challenges Yet"
Nothing bigger going on in the world of Pokémon right now
Ready your Trainer team and brace for impact because Niantic has today revealed that Gigantamax Pokémon will be going large and going home in Pokémon GO Max Battles from 26th-27th October. You'll want to pull together a team of 10-40 players to take on these six-star Max Battles, which...
Tuesday3rd Sep 2024
News New Pokémon GO Season Welcomes Galarian Starters, 'Max Battles', UK-Exclusive Encounter & More
Go big or go home
The new 'Max Out' season has got underway in Pokémon GO today, bringing a boatload of new 'mon, a fresh battle mode and a long-awaited UK arrival to the mobile app. We'll start with the new additions to Pokémon GO's Pokédex line-up. It's all about Sword and Shield's Galar region this time, with Grookey, Scorbunny and Sobble...
Sunday11th Feb 2024
News Pokémon GO Is Changing How Android Users Redeem Offer Codes
"We are hoping this will be an easy transition"
If you're an Android user and are still playing Pokémon GO regularly, as of next week, Niantic will be changing how trainers with these particular devices redeem "offer codes". After 13th February 2024, Android devices will be "unable to redeem offer codes within the app". From here on out, all users...
Thursday14th Dec 2023
News Pokémon GO Celebrates Scarlet & Violet's New DLC With Free Avatar Items
Ready up for The Indigo Disk
To celebrate today's Indigo Disk DLC launch for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Niantic's mobile AR game Pokémon GO is giving out free themed outfits. As detailed on the official GO website, these new avatar items are inspired by the main characters' outfits, and are available for free: "Trainers, To celebrate the...
Monday16th Oct 2023
News Pokémon GO Introduces Brand New Multiplayer Feature 'Party Play'
But you need to be "close-by" others to use it
Pokémon GO developer Niantic has announced and released Party Play, a brand new multiplayer feature that allows you to team up with your friends — as long as they're close by. The feature is live now in Pokémon GO and enables you and up to three friends to party up and play together. Teaming up...
Wednesday6th Sep 2023
News Pokémon GO's Pokédex Is Now Bigger Than Any Mainline Entry
You're gonna need a bigger storage box
Niantic's mobile title Pokémon GO now officially has the most Pokémon to collect, placing it ahead of the mainline entries. With the new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Paldea region update going live this week, the total number of pocket monsters you can catch in the mobile hit has now been bumped up to 814. As...
Wednesday30th Aug 2023
News Paldean Pokémon Will Start Appearing In Pokémon GO Next Week
It's Gen nine time
After being announced in the August 2023 Pokémon Presents showcase, Niantic has now revealed that Scarlet and Violet's Gen IX 'mon will be making their way to Pokémon GO as of 5th September. The newest Pokémon will start appearing in the mobile game in two waves. First up, the 'Paldean Adventure' ev
Wednesday19th Jul 2023
News Niantic Announces Pokémon GO Community Day Classic 'Makeup Event' After Earlier Log-In Issues
Squirtle sticks around
Following certain problems with July's Community Day Classic event in Pokémon GO, Niantic has announced a special global 'makeup event' on 23rd July so that everyone who previously missed out has another chance to get involved. The Squirtle-starring Community Day Classic event took place a few weeks back on 9th July,...
Friday30th Jun 2023
News Pokémon GO Developer Niantic Axes Two AR Games And Lays Off 230 Employees
Pokémon GO is still the "top priority"
Niantic hit the big time with Pokémon GO and rapidly expanded into multiple other augmented reality-driven mobile experiences. Unfortunately, post-pandemic it's now experiencing a rough patch - with an update on the company website and email to employees revealing Niantic is axing two games and letting go of...
Wednesday14th Jun 2023
News Feast Your Eyes On The 'Ultimate' Premium Pokémon GO 'Auto Catcher'
With dual-device connectivity support
There's been a host of third-party imitators of the Pokémon GO Plus wristband, and this latest effort from Brook Gaming looks like it might well be the most feature-packed one yet. Out now for $80, the 'Watchic Plus' boasts dual-device connectivity support, so you and a friend can both enjoy the benefits of...
Friday19th May 2023
News Pokémon GO Game Director Responds To 'Hear Us Niantic' Social Media Backlash
"It's hard to ignore, right?"
Remember the Pokémon GO update last month that increased Remote Raid Pass prices and limited daily participation? It didn't go down well with the community, resulting in the hashtag 'HearUsNiantic' treading online. Now, well over a month later, the
Thursday18th May 2023
News New Shadow Raids Are Coming To Pokémon GO Next Week
Rounding out season 10
It was today revealed that Shadow Raids will be making their debut in Pokémon GO as of 22nd May. These will see Shadow Type Pokémon taking part in (you guessed it) raids, for the first time in the game's history. This all comes as a part of the Team GO Rocket plan (isn't it always?) to take over all of the gyms across the...
Tuesday16th May 2023
News The Master Ball Is Coming To Pokémon GO Next Week
Get on that upcoming Special Research
The Pokémon Company has today announced that the iconic Master Ball will be granting a 100% catch rate in Pokémon GO as it makes its way into the game for a limited time from 22nd May at 10:00am (local time). If you have ever played a Pokémon game before (which we assume most of you will have done) then you...
Tuesday9th May 2023
News Latest Game From Pokémon GO Dev Niantic Lets You Raise Adorable Pets In AR
Introducing Peridot
The developer behind Pokémon GO, Niantic, has today revealed its latest game, Peridot. This is another AR-based title, it is true, but it looks to be a marked step from the 'mon-based gameplay that we all know the studio from (thanks, Eurogamer). Instead of catching fantastic creatures and using them in battle (which really...
Tuesday18th Apr 2023
News Pokémon GO Dev Niantic Is Making A Monster Hunter Mobile Game
Roars in September
Capcom has announced a brand new mobile game in the Monster Hunter series, and it's being developed by Pokémon GO's Niantic. Monster Hunter Now launches in September 2023 and is "a real-world hunting action RPG" which will let you hunt Monsters in the real world. A Closed Beta kicks off on 25th April, which you can sign up for...
Saturday25th Feb 2023
News Pikmin Bloom Sprouts Clover Decor In Upcoming St. Patrick's Day Event
Feeling lucky?
Niantic has announced that this year's St. Patrick's Day event in Pikmin Bloom is going to be all about Clover Decor. Yep, this means that you will be able to grow Pikmin with clovers on their heads (four-leaf ones if you're lucky) and start celebrating all things green from 1st March 2023. The event is being split into two different...
Wednesday8th Feb 2023
News Finally, Shiny Heart Trim Furfrou Can Be Transferred From Pokémon GO To HOME
Completing the set
The elusive shiny version of Heart Trim Furfrou, a Valentine's Day exclusive in Pokémon GO, is now able to be transferred from the mobile game into Pokémon HOME! The Valentine's Day event started earlier today, and Serebii shared the news that — for
Friday9th Dec 2022
News Some Pokémon Will Now Be XXS Or XXL In Pokémon GO's New Size Feature
Pocket-sized Poochyena
If there's one thing that we can't help but find endearing about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, it's how the creatures out in the wild appear true to size. If you saw a rodent-like creature that was the size of, let's say, a dog, then you would be pretty freaked and we like the fact that the latest entry addresses that. What's...
Monday21st Nov 2022
News Pokémon GO Ultra Beast Event Coming To London This Week
Global event starts the following day
With the Season of Light in full swing across Pokémon GO, Niantic has announced that a brand new Ultra Beast event will be coming to London later this week on 26th November. The in-person event will take place on the River Terrace at Somerset House and will feature a visual Ultra Beast experience as well as...
Wednesday16th Nov 2022
News Pokémon GO Fans Are Not Happy With Niantic's Apology For Bungled Zorua Event
"A piece of tree bark, a salt packet from McDonalds, and a bottle cap"
Back in October 2022, a Pokémon GO event called the Shuppet Spotlight Hour took place, with a "special" surprise for people who participated. Niantic ended up cancelling this special surprise at the last minute, but not before those in the GMT +13 time zone in Australia and...
Tuesday15th Nov 2022
News Nintendo's Pikmin Mobile Game Gets A Limited-Time Pikmin 3 Deluxe Event
Reunite with Alph, Brittany and Charlie
As you might recall, Nintendo and Niantic are currently celebrating the first-year anniversary of Pikmin Bloom on mobile. The game's been hosting a series of exciting "first anniversary events" and the latest one happens to be a crossover with Pikmin 3 Deluxe, which got a release on the Nintendo Switch in...
Sunday6th Nov 2022
News Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Linking With Pokémon GO In 2023
Unlock Gimmighoul's Roaming Form
Alongside the reveal of the new Ghost-type Pokémon Gimmighoul, The Pokémon Company has also confirmed the new generation games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will be linking with Niantic's mobile title Pokémon GO in 2023. There's no exact release date for this rollout just yet, so keep an eye out for an update in...
Tuesday1st Nov 2022
News Nintendo's Pikmin Mobile Game Celebrates 1st Anniversary
Now bring on Pikmin 4
It's now been a year since Niantic's Pikmin Bloom game for mobile devices was made available in certain parts of the world. In an official blog on the game website, the creators thanked the community for their support over the past year with a short message and told fans to stay tuned for more "exciting" things: "We hope...
Tuesday25th Oct 2022
News Pokémon GO Pulls Surprise Zorua Encounter Due To Spotlight Hour Bug
"We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused"
Niantic Support has taken to Twitter to explain why today's surprise Pokémon GO encounter with Zorua has been pulled from the game. The Shuppet Spotlight Hour was to take place today between 18:00-19:00 local time, with the official game site teasing of a surprise: 'Bring your Buddy...
