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Two Men Fall off a Bluff While Playing Pokemon GO
Yesterday we told you about a driver in New York who actually hit a tree because he was playing Pokemon GO while driving, and now it looks like the game has caused another accident, this time around...
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Teen Hit by Car After Playing Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go has claimed another casualty: a 15-year-old girl was struck by a car after crossing a busy road following a session of the popular mobile game. Autumn Deisroth of Tarentum, Pennsylvania...
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Catch Them All without Moving with the PokéDrone
Are you interested in playing Pokémon Go, but aren’t into all that standing up and walking around? Are you afraid of the continuing Pokégeddon, which has resulted in muggings, road traffic accidents,...
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Hacking Group Claim Responsibility for Pokemon GO Servers Being Down
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past month, you’ll know about Pokemon Go. The monster collecting augmented reality game has taken the world by storm, despite it’s staggered launch...
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Not Even A Stab Wound Stops This Man Playing Pokemon GO
People love playing Pokemon GO, even in situations where they perhaps shouldn’t. So far we’ve seen engrossed players get into car accidents, get mugged and even fall off a bluff while playing. For...
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New Zealand Man Quits Job to Play Pokemon GO Full Time
While many people around the world are now playing Pokemon GO, for many of them while it may give them a reason to get out and exercise it is hardly life-changing. For Tim Currie of New Zealand,...
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Manchester Students Robbed Playing Pokémon Go
Three students in Manchester were mugged at knifepoint while playing Pokémon Go. The incident took place in Hulme Park at around 8pm on Friday night (15th July), less than 24 hours after Greater...
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How Niantic Plotted the Pokémon Go Phenomenon
Pokémon Go has sent a swathe of humanity Pokécrazy. But is this mania a Pokéomenon or Pokégeddon? Either way, with around 10 million daily users in the US alone and becoming more popular than porn,...
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Pokémon Go for HoloLens Previewed
While the wildly en vogue Pokémon Go is an augmented reality game only in the loosest sense – limited by the mapping capacity of current-gen smartphone cameras – emerging tech could see the game, or...
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US Police Use Pokémon Go to Lure Fugitives
A US police force has invited a select number of people to its local station in order to catch a rare pocket monster in Pokémon Go, the catch being that those named on the exclusive list are actually...
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Pokémon Go Account Sells for 400 Dollars
Despite being only a fortnight old, the enormous popularity of Pokémon Go has already spawned a number of secondary markets, from chauffeur services to drive players to Pokémon hotspots, businesses...
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Boy Shot While Playing Pokemon Go
When it comes to Pokemon Go, we have heard of all sorts of crazy accidents and incidents. There have been people falling off cliffs, falling into harbours, running into traffic, and much more as well...
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Babies Are Getting Named after Pokémon GO Characters
Remember when people were naming their babies after Game of Thrones characters? Well, it looks like new parents have decided to embrace yet another popular trend, and this time around we’re talking...
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Unofficial Version of Pokemon Go Available for Windows 10 Mobile
Pokemon GO is undoubtedly one of the most popular mobile games/apps right now, and even though there are plenty of people currently enjoying it on their iOS or Android-based devices, it looks like...
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Pokémon Go Removes Key Feature and Fans Aren’t Happy
For weeks, Pokémon Go players have been complaining about the game’s nearby Pokemon tracker, a fault that has become known as the “three-step glitch.” Niantic has now solved the problem; not by fixing...
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Niantic Responds to Pokémon Go Outrage
Since Niantic Labs removed a key feature from its hit mobile game Pokémon Go, fans have been apoplectic, with some avid players vowing to stop playing due to the change. Niantic removed the...
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Niantic Chief Wants Pokémon Go Contact Lenses
While Pokémon Go has become a roaring success, fears have grown over the safety of players as Pokémon hunters – their hazard awareness impaired while they are glued to the screens of their smartphones...
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Gymnast Hits $5000 in Pokemon GO Roaming Charges While in Rio
Pokemon GO is a worldwide phenomenon and there have been plenty of cases to come to light of people placing themselves in harms way and acting inappropriately in their pursuit of more virtual...
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Niantic Reveals Why it Closed Pokémon Go Map Services
Following the furore caused by its last update for Pokémon Go, which removed the faulty three-step feature for finding nearby Pokémon and disabled tracking features used by third-party map services,...
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Pokémon Go Banned in Iran over Security Concerns
Several governments around the world are worried about Pokemon Go and its security implications, but one country in particular has already decided to take things to a whole new level by banning the...
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Man Shot Dead While Playing Pokémon Go
A 20-year-old man was shot and killed while playing Pokémon Go in San Francisco over the weekend. Calvin Riley was apparently murdered while playing the popular mobile game with friends in Aquatic...
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Pokémon Go Nearby Tracker Returns
Niantic Labs has rolled out a new update for Pokémon Go that includes a new nearby Pokémon tracking feature. The removal of the broken “three-step” tracking feature, which allowed players to track...
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Niantic Now Permanently Banning Pokemon Go Cheaters
Niantic, the company behind the global hit mobile game Pokemon Go, have announced that they will be issuing permanent bans to any players who are found to be violating the game’s terms of service....
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Pokémon GO Playable in GTA V Thanks to This Awesome Mod
With Grand Theft Auto V being so popular with modders, and with Pokemon GO being played by millions of people from all over the world, I’m not even surprised that the two games merged. Thanks to this...
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French Mayor Bans Pokémon Go from Village
The mayor of a French village has banned the phenomenally popular mobile game Pokémon Go in order to preserve the locale’s tranquillity, and has effectively accused the game’s developer, Niantic Labs,...
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Pokemon Gone! As 10m Users Leave the Game
For a while, it seemed that Pokemon Go could have become the most successful mobile game of all time, with its combination of the classic Pokemon franchise and interesting location-based AR features....
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Two Fatalities in Japan Linked to Pokémon Go
Two people in Japan have been killed in separate Pokémon Go-related accidents, the first of their kind in the country. Both incidents involve drivers hitting pedestrians while playing the popular...
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Pokémon Go Triggers UK Crimewave
Following the launch of Pokémon Go in the UK in July, police recorded nearly 300 incidents related to the game, the BBC has discovered following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request. 290 incidents...
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Pokemon Go Update to Add Buddy Monsters and Go Plus Support
Another Pokemon Go update is currently in the works by developers Niantic Labs, who outlined in a blog post just what Pokefans can expect from this update, including a brand new feature called a Buddy...
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Video Shows Bus Driver Playing Pokemon Go While Driving
Pokemon Go has been a global sensation since it launched, and while much of the initial hype has died down, there is still a huge number of people around the world wanting to be the best trainer....
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Pokemon Go Heading to the Apple Watch
Pokemon Go was a global sensation when it launched, and while much of that initial hype has now died down, the game is still incredibly popular with Pokemon fans around the world. While playing it on...
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Pokémon Go Holiday Promotion Promises Better Catches and Hatches
Pokémon Go is gearing up for the holidays to run a promotional event that will give players better chances to get Togepi and Pichu eggs. Developer Niantic has expanded the popular mobile game’s roster...
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Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison for Playing Pokemon Go in Church
Russian video blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky was detained last fall after officials saw the video of him playing Pokemon Go inside an Orthodox church, citing religious hatred. Prosecutors requested 3 1/2...
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Pokemon Go Profits Reach $1.2b!
It seems like a long time ago that Pokemon Go arrived. It was going to revolutionise how kids exercise. Get them out and about hunting for a Pikachu or a Bulbasaur, well, since the initial buzz the...
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Pokemon Go Finally Gets Legendary Pokemons on July 22
Pokemon fans have more reasons to celebrate this weekend since Pokemon Go finally gets its Legendaries. After months of rumours and waiting, Niantic confirms that the most powerful monsters will be...
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Pokemon Fest a No Go Due to Highly Ironic Reason
Pokemon Go seems to have an army of loyal supporters. You apparently do have to catch ’em all. This had led the popular apps creator Niantic to host their first Pokemon Go Fest. Well, unfortunately,...
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Niantic for Pokemon GO Fest
The most recent Pokemon GO festival held in Chicago did not exactly go swimmingly. It was supposedly going to be a celebratory event for all players with the chance to participate in legendary raids....
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Pokemon GO Halloween Event 2017 Starts October 20
In case you are still playing Pokemon Go, then the upcoming Halloween event should be good news for you. Aside from the arrival of new ghost-type Pokemons such as Sableye, Banette and others, Ghastly,...
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Pokemon Go Developer Working on Augmented Reality Harry Potter Game
Niantic, the Pokemon Go Developer Working on reported portable Harry Potter game Pokemon Go, for a while, took the mobile gaming world by storm. The ability to physically track, chase and capture...
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Niantic Raises $200m in Funding Ahead of Harry Potter AR Game
Niantic Labs raise $200 million in funding ahead of their proposed Harry Potter AR game Niantic labs had a runaway hit on their hands when Pokemon Go landed. Despite the ‘player’ numbers dropping off,...
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Researchers Blame Pokemon Go for Increased Driving Accidents
Researchers from Purdue University are blaming Pokemon Go for an increase in vehicular accidents in their Indiana county. Working on their paper titled “Death by Pokemon GO”, they document a...
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Pokemon Go Mobile Game Is Finally Set To Launch In China
Pokemon Go In summer 2016, Pokemon Go set the mobile world ablaze. People would spend hours walking around attempting to find those rare Pokemon. Quickly gaining itself millions of downloads, it was...
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Jurassic World Alive Mobile AR Game Arriving Spring 2018
Pokemon Go but With Dinosaurs Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is arriving in theaters on June 22, 2018. However, fans will also soon be able to take part in a Jurassic adventure of their own....
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Pokemon Go Finally Letting Players Trade and Send Gifts
Pokemon Go Enables Trading After two years, Pokemon Go is finally getting a trading system. The feature will be part of Niantic Labs‘ large summer update which also includes the new friends feature....
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Pokemon Go Makes More Than $2m Each Day!
Pokemon Go Makes More Than $2m Each Day! On June the 6th, Pokemon Go celebrated its 2nd birthday. Despite the age of the mobile app, it has still remained exceptionally popular. This, even despite...
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The Walking Dead Augmented Reality Game Goes Live
Hunt Zombies Instead of Pokemon The official Walking Dead augmented reality game ‘The Walking Dead: Our World’ is finally out. Inspired by the highly popular Pokemon Go, the new free-to-play mobile...
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69-Year-Old Has 11 Phones – All To Play Pokemon Go!
Pokemon Go! Pokemon Go was a massive phenomenon when it landed 2-years ago. These days, while it’s still making oodles of money, the craze has died down somewhat. There is one many though who takes it...
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Pokemon Go Finally Brings AR+ Mode Update to Android
Pokemon to Scale Niantic first released the AR+ mode update for Pokemon Go back in December 2017. This allowed Pokemon Go players to actually see the Pokemon on their screens in their actual size as...
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YouTube Deletes Videos After Disturbing Users Algorithm Abuse
YouTube Deleting Videos Due To Algorithm Quirk The YouTube algorithm has certainly been a subject of hot contention in the last few years. The system, which effectively determines what videos appear...
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Man Caught Playing Pokemon Go on 8 Phones While in His Car
Since its release over 3 years ago, it’s pretty clear that some people out there take their Pokemon Go gaming very seriously. For example, there was a case of a 69-year old man who had 11 phones...
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