Niantic Archives

Pokemon Go: What is the Campfire App?

Posted By: Artur Novichenkoon: July 02, 2022In: Android, Features, Gaming, iOS, Mobile, NewsTags: Niantic, PokemonGoNo Comments

So what is the Campfire App for Pokemon Go, and why do you need this app? Campfire App is Niantic’s new app designed to bring the gaming community together even more. Campfire is a gaming social network that will affect all of the company’s products. Players who install the application will receive many advantages over […] Read more

Pokemon Go Developer Launches Campfire Network

Posted By: Emre Ozdoganon: June 30, 2022In: Android, Early Access, Gaming, Mobile, New Releases, NewsTags: Niantic, Pokemon GoNo Comments

Pokemon Go is a game that makes you get up from your seat. Exploring the world is much funnier with friends, especially with those who are ready to catch Pokemons. The game’s lucky players had friends to go on hunting and set their campfire. But that luck didn’t appear to everyone. Developer Niantic knows about […] Read more

Pokemon Go Developer Niantic Labs is Making AR Game, ‘NBA All-World’

Posted By: Omer Dursunon: June 28, 2022In: Gaming, Mobile, NewsTags: NBA All-World, NianticNo Comments

Niantic Labs has announced NBA All-World, a new basketball game that uses augmented reality (AR) technology. The developer is known for preferring AR technology in its previous popular games, such as Pokémon GO and Pikmin Bloom. “NBA lifestyle meets the real-world metaverse,” said the company, collaborating with the NBA. NBA All-World Is Niantic’s Newest AR […] Read more

Niantic’s Next Project Will Be A Tamagotchi-Style Game

Posted By: John McDonaldon: April 13, 2022In: Android, Gaming, iOS, Mobile, NewsTags: Niantic, tamagotchi

Niantic’s next project is a game that has players caring for and breeding fictional creatures, similar to the Tamagotchi that you and your siblings used to play with when you were a child. The Pokémon Go developers are working on this next project with a title called ‘Peridot’, which will be their first project in […] Read more

Pokemon Go Distance Increases Worldwide

Posted By: Jacobi Reddixon: August 26, 2021In: Android, Gaming, iOS, Mobile, NewsTags: Niantic, Pokemon GoNo Comments

The official Twitter account for Pokemon Go announced late Wednesday that it will increase the interaction distance for Pokestops and Gyms. The worldwide distance is now back to 80 meters, reversing the revert back to 40. This change to Pokemon Go was in response to the player’s community boycott and complaints in regards to COVID-19 measures. […] Read more

Pokémon GO Boycott Causes Niantic to Release Promising Statement

Posted By: Adam Alvernazon: August 06, 2021In: Android, Gaming, iOS, Mobile, NewsTags: Niantic, PokemonGoNo Comments

For the past year, augmented reality games have had to adapt. Where travel and leisure outside activities have been limited, Pokémon GO players have managed in troubling times. For Pokémon’s 25th anniversary, Niantic had big plans and was thankfully able to pivot. Following the pandemics’ health and safety guidelines, fans were impressed with the lengths Niantic had […] Read more

Pokémon GO 5th Anniversary Event Details: What to Catch and When

Posted By: Quinton O'Connoron: July 05, 2021In: Gaming, NewsTags: Niantic, Pokemon GoNo Comments

Five years have come and gone since the lucrative launch of Pokémon GO, and since the human perception of time is linear in scale, that means the Pokémon GO 5th Anniversary Event is upon us. In true Niantic fashion, no anniversary is left uncelebrated, and thankfully the party favors aren’t purely for Kanto critters this […] Read more

Niantic Announces Partnership With Nintendo

Posted By: Johnny Reynoldson: March 23, 2021In: Gaming, Mobile, News, NintendoTags: Niantic, NintendoNo Comments

Niantic, the team behind Pokémon Go, is bringing us more games based on Nintendo properties. The San Francisco-based developer uploaded a blog post on Monday about the new partnership. Niantic will work with Nintendo to develop more games using its real-world AR technology. And the team is starting with Pikmin. To kick off the partnership, Niantic and […] Read more

Mysterious Never Before Seen Pokemon Appears in Pokemon Go

Posted By: Connor Evanson: September 23, 2018In: Android, Gaming, iOS, Mobile, NewsTags: Niantic, PokemonGoNo Comments

A mysterious new Pokemon has started appearing in Pokemon Go. This new Pokemon has never been seen in any Pokemon generation and is the first unique pocket monster to appear in Pokemon Go. The curious new Pokemon can be seen below. The unnamed Pokemon started appearing in the Asia-Pacific region for a brief period after […] Read more

Johto’s Legendary Trio Have Appeared in Pokemon GO!

Posted By: Matt Eschbachon: September 05, 2017In: Android, Gaming, iOS, Mobile, NewsTags: Niantic, Pokemon Go1 Comment

After the fiasco that was Pokemon GO! Fest in Chicago, Niantic announced that Johto’s Lugia and the legendary birds were being unleashed upon the world and would be catchable in raid battles. Not long after, the company revealed that the legendary dogs (even though Raikou looks more like a saber-tooth) from the Johto region would soon […] Read more