Niantic announces new social features coming to Pokémon Go and a new standalone Niantic App alongside further post-pandemic changes to rewards and Remote Raid Passes

Niantic today announced their version of a swing at the ‘Metaverse’ tech bubble: a suite of new social features for both Pokémon Go and other Niantic games, such as Ingress and the upcoming Peridot, aimed at making it easier to get in touch with in-game friends and other local players. Meanwhile, changes to raids and rewards are coming next week as another step in Niantic’s march towards deciding that the Global Pandemic is now over.

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Pokémon Go announces Amazon Prime Gaming tie-up with bi-weekly reward bundles for Prime Members

Posted at: 5:57pm on 19th May 2022

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Pokémon Go says Alola To the Season of Alola next week with a branching Special Research and a special Alolan Marowak

Posted at: 8:48pm on 18th May 2022

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Pokémon Home maintenance heralds big v2.0.0 update tomorrow

Posted at: 7:07am on 17th May 2022

Pokémon Home 2.0.0 update announced to finally add compatibility for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl and Legends Arceus

Posted at: 1:32pm on 12th May 2022

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After months of waiting, the much-anticipated update to Pokémon Home adding support for the most recent Pokémon games is finally nearly here. Announced to be arriving in “the coming weeks”, version 2.0.0 of Pokémon Home adds two-directional support for both Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl and Pokémon Legends Arceus.

Additional Pokémon Go official meetups planned for May’s Alolan Geodude Community Day

Posted at: 1:17pm on 11th May 2022

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Last month for the Stufful Community Day, Niantic hosted a series of official community day meetups in cities all over the world. This month, for Alolan Geodude Community Day on the 21st May, even more cities will be hosting these in-person events as the game builds up to this summer’s Go Fest days in Germany, America and Japan.

Espeon leaps into action in Pokémon Unite on the 16th May

Posted at: 1:14pm on 10th May 2022

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Espeon, Pokémon Unite’s second Eeveelution, will join the action next Monday, confirming rumours that came about following a datamine of the game in late April.

Pokémon series on Switch sold over 34 million units in the last year, with Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl becoming the best selling Pokémon Remakes

Posted at: 10:38am on 10th May 2022

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Nintendo’s Financial Report for April 2021 to April 2022 was released this morning and while sales of Nintendo Switch hardware declined from their pandemic boost, the past year was one of the most successful on record for the Pokémon series. The sales of all four premium Pokémon games on the platform combined exceeded 34 million units, making it the most successful franchise on the platform for the year.

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