January 24, 2023 Gotta Dunk 'em All Is basketball bigger than Pokemon? Niantic has to hope so The augmented reality pioneer brings the world's biggest NBA stars to your neighbourhood
June 16, 2022 Prediction Positivity McKinsey & Company report predicts $5 trillion in metaverse earnings by 2030 Between $2 trillion and $2.6 trillion could come from e-commerce
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
October 27, 2021 Bloomin' Lovely Niantic and Nintendo launch Pikmin Bloom Will roll out globally, starting with Australia and Singapore
June 14, 2021 Soft Launch, Roll Out Niantic partners with Hasbro to launch Transformers: Heavy Metal in 2021 Studio confirms around a dozen games in development
July 2, 2018 Sneak Peek Niantic opens up preview of its AR Real World Platform Pokemon Go developer looks to collaborate with third parties to advance augmented reality
June 28, 2018 Acquisition Pokemon Go developer Niantic acquires London-based machine learning outfit Matrix Mill AI research outfit join the augmented reality giant
February 1, 2018 Technology Unite Pokemon Go studio Niantic set to become more than just a games developer with Escher Reality acquisition Plans to make AR technology more widely available later this year
January 2, 2018 Going East Niantic readies Pokemon Go for China launch Possible partnership with Chinese publishing giant NetEase
July 27, 2017 Pokemon Go Slow Niantic CEO John Hanke pins Pokemon GO Fest issues on overloaded mobile data networks Things went far more smoothly when everybody left
June 9, 2017 Pokemon Party Pokemon GO clears 750 million downloads as Niantic prepares first anniversary celebrations Time to crack open a cold Pokemon with the boys
May 5, 2017 Go Play Outside Niantic partners with Knight Foundation to foster communities in the real world Play Pokemon GO and make some friends while you're at it
April 10, 2017 Pokemon Society Pokemon GO now has as many MAUs as the entire population of the UK Expect that number to grow
April 6, 2017 Vr Is Bad Niantic's John Hanke thinks VR is a "problem for society" because it's too immersive Says AR is the way forward, obviously
March 20, 2017 Pokemon Go Forever SK Telecom signs deal with The Pokemon Company offering free data to Pokemon GO players in South Korea In exchange for 4,000 PokeStops and Gyms
March 1, 2017 Even More Pokemon Three "major" updates planned for Pokemon GO by the end of 2017 Could PvP finally be on its way?
February 15, 2017 More Pokemon 80 new Pokemon coming to Pokemon GO alongside new gameplay and customisation If this doesn't bring players back, nothing will
December 13, 2016 Go To India Pokemon GO to officially launch in India following Niantic partnership with Reliance Jio No data charges on the game until the end of March
July 15, 2016 Weather Vs Pikachu Is Pokemon GO a fad or a billion dollar phenomenon? We won't know until the first snow The weakness of location games
July 13, 2016 Between Worlds Rewind Wednesday: Niantic Labs' John Hanke on the opportunities for location-based mobile games The power of position
February 26, 2016 Go Pokemon Go Niantic Labs extends its funding for Pokemon GO and other location games to $25 million Still working on Ingress and new titles
December 7, 2015 Location Is Key Ingress and Pokémon Go dev Niantic opens Tokyo office Studio to focus on Pokémon Go and building a platform
October 15, 2015 All Creatures Go Nintendo continues mobile game assault, investing up to $30m into Pokemon Go dev Niantic Labs $20 million cash upfront