Niantic Announces Restructuring, LA Studio Closure, And Hundreds Of Layoffs

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Pokemon Go developer Niantic is facing a major financial crisis and will subsequently be restructuring and laying off hundreds of employees. As part of the restructuring, the company will be downsizing teams, closing its LA studio, and making other necessary reductions. It will also be shutting down shutting down NBA All-World, stopping development on Marvel: World of Heroes, and laying [...]

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Pokemon Go’s Niantic Launches New Social Media Platform For Augmented Reality Gamers

Pokemon GO developer, Niantic, has launched a new social media platform called Campfire that’s designed to make it easier for augmented reality (AR) gamers to connect with each other. Campfire features a map that shows nearby people and events as well as a messaging feature that will allow players to communicated with one another and organize meetups and events. “Campfire [...]

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E3 Officially Cancelled Due To COVID-19 Coronavirus, SMITE And Pokemon GO Postpones Events

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Over the past few weeks, a number of video game companies, both big and small, announced the cancellation of their gaming events due to concerns over the rapidly-spreading COVID-19 coronavirus. The Entertainment Software Associaton (ESA), however, stubbornly refused to cancel this year’s E3 in Los Angeles and maintained that the event will be going forward as planned. Well, it looks [...]

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Pokemon GO Celebrates Detective Pikachu Movie With Exclusive In-Game Events

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Pokémon Detective Pikachu, the first-ever live action Pokémon movie, will be debuting in cinemas later this week and Pokemon GO has a slew of events lined up to celebrate the occasion. “The Pokémon Company International, in collaboration with Niantic, Inc., Warner Bros. Pictures, and Legendary Pictures, announced a variety of movie-inspired in-game activities and content coming soon to Pokémon GO. [...]

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Pokemon GO Earns $2.5 Million A Day

Pokemon GO may not be the talk of the town the way it was at launch, but despite slowing down the game has never stopped being popular. According to mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower, the game is earning $2.5 million a day, which is up 39% over the last 2 months thanks to the game's recent trading update. Pokemon GO [...]

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