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Pokémon GO Players Unlock Farfetch’d in Global Catch Challenge

Pokémon GO‘s latest worldwide event, the Global Catch Challenge, has reached its goal of 3 billion captured monsters. The grand prize for the challenge is the rare Japan-exclusive Pokémon, Farfetch’d,…

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Pokémon GO Data Miners Discover Hyper-Rare Egg Tier

For an app game, Pokémon GO has a lot of different aspects to finding and collecting Pokémon. One such method is hatching the creatures from eggs by walking certain distances. Of…

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Pokémon GO Has Three US Live Events Coming Up

More location-based events for Niantic’s Pokémon GO are on the way to the US this year, and fans are hoping they’re better than the failed Pokémon GO Fest in Chicago. The Fest…

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Pokémon GO Adding Mewtwo, Keeping Legendary Birds for a Limited Time

It’s an exciting time to be a Pokémon GO player. Developer Niantic has announced the popular Legendary Pokémon Mewtwo is coming to the app game, and the previous four Legendaries — Lugia,…

Pokémon GO European Events Delayed Following Failed Chicago Fest

If you haven’t heard the hoopla surrounding the disastrous Pokémon GO Fest the week before last, where the hell have you been? To catch you up: Niantic hosted a physical event for…

Pokémon GO Update Changes Gyms, Brings Back Spark

The newest update for app game Pokémon GO is live now, and it brings back a missing character, solves some annoying bugs, and significantly changes the gym system. First up, Spark is…

Pokémon GO’s First Legendaries Are Here

Following yesterday’s Pokémon GO Fest — what turned out to be the Fyre Festival of the gaming world — Niantic decided to release the mobile app’s first Legendary Pokémon, Lugia and Articuno.…

Pokémon GO Fest is pissing off players with connectivity issues & long lines

Niantic’s first major physical Pokémon GO event in Chicago is off to a rough start with reports of all kinds of connectivity issues, as well as massive lines of attendees still…

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Pokémon GO Gyms Are Closing Tomorrow for Remodeling

Last summer’s app game craze Pokémon GO is still at it, and developer Niantic Labs has decided to overhaul one of the worst features: Gyms. Starting tomorrow, Gyms will not be…

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Pokémon GO Fire and Ice Event Details Leaked

Sadly not a Game of Thrones crossover event. Get your Pokéballs ready, kids. A new event is coming to app game Pokémon GO, and details of its features have just leaked. This…