January 31, 2024 Women In Games Niantic’s Karen Tong shares her experience marketing the world’s biggest AR game, Pokémon GO As part of its ongoing Women In Games series, Liftoff speaks to Karen Tong, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Niantic about her achievements, challenges and aspirations.
October 9, 2023 Reigning Revenue Raisers Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time From Candy Crush and Clash of Clans to Pokémon and Lineage M
September 18, 2023 Pokémon Go Pokémon GO sets sights on tenfold increase in monthly active users in India Niantic vice president of emerging markets Omar Tellez reveals big plans for the game’s expansion
September 6, 2023 Supersized Sum Pokémon Go catches them all The mobile giant now has seven more species on board than any other Pokémon game
August 1, 2023 Routes Arrive Niantic flies the AR flag with new features in Pokémon Go Routes in Pokémon Go is a new feature being rolled out ahead of eagerly anticipated Niantic/Capcom collab, Monster Hunter Now
July 6, 2023 Pokemon Permeates Pokémon Go is seven years old today… And I'm playing it for the first time… In time for Pokémon Go’s seventh anniversary I finally give it a try and discover a game that prioritises mobile gaming perfectly
July 4, 2023 Pokemon Power More than 600 billion Pokémon caught as Pokémon Go approaches seventh anniversary Celebration details revealed for upcoming anniversary
June 30, 2023 Week That Was Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news including EA's big break up, new looks, new opportunities and new challenges…
February 27, 2023 A Plus With Pikachu Pokémon Go Plus + hardware works with your favourite Pokémon apps The dedicated Pokémon accessory is back, powering up your Pokémon Go and Pokémon Sleep experiences this summer
January 5, 2023 Fairy Tales Pokémon Go announces Twinkling Fantasy Event The event will highlight the game’s roster of fairy and dragon types
November 16, 2022 Making It In Ar Mobile Pokémon Go to Minecraft Earth: the successes and failures of AR mobile games Can anyone compete with Pokémon Go’s success in the AR genre?
November 16, 2022 Sprouting Seedlings Can a push from Nintendo help Pikmin Bloom recapture the magic of Pokémon Go? Pikmin Bloom’s first anniversary features a Nintendo Switch crossover event
September 28, 2022 Milestone Pokémon Go reaches $4.5 billion in lifetime revenue The popular Pokémon Go title reaches milestones in revenue and downloads
September 2, 2022 Gotta Catch Em All Pokémon GO Fest 2022 drives more players outdoors - and in game Increased spend shows the ongoing value of events - both in-game and live in keeping an active and engaged audience
July 7, 2022 No Longer Niche Anime games make up 20% of all app store spending, says data.ai Over $17 billion in consumer spending generated in 2021 alone
July 4, 2022 Niantic Wants You To Play Together Niantic introduces social app Campfire After the beta period, the app’s rollout begins in the coming days
June 30, 2022 Between 85-90 To Lose Jobs Niantic lays off 8% of its workforce, as it cancels four projects Between 85-90 staff members affected by layoffs as numerous projects, including a Transformers title already in beta, are shuttered
June 6, 2022 Prospering Pikachu Pokémon GO celebrates lifetime player spending of $6 billion Sensor Tower data reveals the game has averaged $1 billion per year since launch
April 25, 2022 Searching For Stats Angry Birds is the most popular mobile game in the US, according to search volumes Bits and Pieces analyse mobile game search data
April 14, 2022 Pokemon To Peridot Niantic unveils latest AR game Peridot Pokémon Go creator's latest AR title harness original IP
March 22, 2022 Gdc GDC snapshot: keeping Pokémon GO alive during the COVID pandemic Light bites from Niantic’s panel detail managing the world’s largest AR game during a global lockdown
February 18, 2022 Compiling Cards Pokémon TCG Live is getting a limited launch in Canada next week The Pokémon Company keeps to its promise following delay
February 14, 2022 Most Read Hot Five: Philip La moves from Pokémon GO to Axie Infinity, the latest ironSource Supersonic competition, and $4.4 billion spend on money-themed games The hottest news articles on PG.biz
February 11, 2022 PokÉ To Axie Philip La on moving from Pokémon GO to Axie Infinity Player ownership, the strength of the Pokémon IP, and Axie Infinity's economy sustainability
February 7, 2022 Appointment At Axie Sky Mavis appoints former Pokémon Go product manager as Axie Infinity game product lead Phillip La brings over 10 years of product management experience
February 3, 2022 Lift Off RocketRide Games’ Louis-René Auclair on Netflix Games, data analysis, and the forest for the trees Auclair speaks to PocketGamer.biz on the importance of the audience, patience and data, and launching the Netflix partnership
December 29, 2021 Featureful PocketGamer.biz’s top five biggest features of 2021 Our most-viewed features, opinion pieces, and interviews
December 16, 2021 Tencent On Top More than $1 billion generated by eight mobile games each in 2021 PUBG Mobile is the highest-grossing for a second year
November 24, 2021 Bitcoin Battling Niantic partners with Fold to create AR Bitcoin metaverse experience Gameplay involves finding and protecting your Bitcoin from other players
November 11, 2021 Winner? Pokémon Go is the only mobile game shortlisted for Golden Joystick’s Ultimate Game Other shortlisted games include Minecraft and Zelda: Breath of the Wild
November 9, 2021 Merging The Worlds Niantic to license its Lightship ARDK dev kit to developers Also establishes $20 million fund to invest in devs
November 5, 2021 Id Now Niantic introduces Niantic ID allowing players to link accounts across titles In-game usernames will not change
November 3, 2021 Obliviate Why Harry Potter: Wizards Unite failed to find the magic Nearly two years on, Niantic's game is moribund
October 6, 2021 Accelerate Development Niantic acquires developer experience firm Hoss Will assist in accelerating development of Lightship ARDK
September 8, 2021 Bang Bang Bank PUBG Mobile does $270 million, Honor of Kings $256 million during August 2021 Shooting to the top
September 6, 2021 Safari Zone Postponed Pokémon GO Safari Zone events set to return from October Events will be held in person across three locations
August 26, 2021 Expanded Reach Niantic restores 80m interaction radius in Pokémon Go The increase was initially implemented to encourage social distancing
August 18, 2021 Very Onix-pected Pokémon Unite mobile launch, Pokémon GO introduces Galar region and Pokémon Café Mix gets rebrand Latest Pokémon Presents goes big on mobile
August 13, 2021 Winner Winner PUBG Mobile dethrones Honor of Kings for July global revenue The battle royale jumped ahead by almost $70 million
August 11, 2021 Scanning The Market Pokémon GO creator Niantic acquires 3D scanning app Scaniverse Scaniverse founder and CEO will join Niantic’s AR engineering team
July 28, 2021 Cheaters Bewear Niantic combats wave of false bans in Pokémon GO The ban prevents players from accessing their accounts for seven days to permanently
July 21, 2021 Fifth Annual Pokémon GO Fest 2021 generated over $20 million in two days $731.3 million in global spending from 2021 alone
July 8, 2021 "hooked" Mario maker Shigeru Miyamoto obsessed with Pokémon GO "The average person playing Pokémon GO in Japan is probably around 60 years old"
July 6, 2021 Bagon In Bagram Pokémon GO spotted at former US military base in Afghanistan "We can’t have no IED Pokémon on the FOB"
July 6, 2021 Victory Road Pokémon GO shows no signs of slowing down with $5 billion revenue in five years Another $1 billion in seven months
June 30, 2021 11 Days Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds beats Pokémon GO to $100 million revenue Only available in five markets
June 22, 2021 Get Moving Pokémon GO starts to reset for a post-lockdown world Changing coming to US and New Zealand in July