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Here’s our take on the big events in the games industry this year. There were some very big releases this year; though some weren’t quite as big as hoped for. As we’ve discussed that ad nauseam in recent weeks, we’ll have no more talk of that here. We’ve picked out …

Niantic’s world conquering Pokemon Go has now arrived in the world’s second most populated country. As of today, trainers living in India and other South Asian countries including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh can download Pokemon Go and explore their neighbourhoods in search of Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle …

Pokémon Go emerges as the most played mobile game, beating out Puzzle & Dragons and Monster Strike.

To say that Niantic’s first year as an independent company was special would be massively underselling it. In October 2015, the firm spun itself out from tech giant Google, where it had been run as one of the company’s start-ups. The following July, Niantic released Pokmon Go. The title brought …

The chief marketing officer of Pokmon Go firm Niantic, Mike Quigley, has said it’s important for titles on mobile to be made precisely for the platform. In the past, companies such as Rockstar and Square Enix have brought ‘traditional’ console and PC experiences such as Grand Theft Auto III and …

The unimaginable success of Pokemon Go seems like an almost impossible target to aim for, but that’s exactly what Nintendo is doing with the release of Super Mario Run in December. In terms of expectations, we all saw what happened when we delivered Pokemon Go. And honestly I was quite …

Nintendo has cut its profit forecasts for the financial year after its second quarter earnings release showed that the company lost around $50 million over the last few months. The release showed that Nintendo’s revenue for the quarter was around $1.32 billion, which was down 33% compared to the same …

Pokmon Go is getting its first seasonal event, in the form of the Halloween update that will increase the spawn rates of spooky critters. Starting on October 26th spawn rates for spooky Pokmon will increase. These Pokmon include the likes of Gastly, Gengar, Haunter, Zubat, Golbat, Drowzee and Hypno. While …

45% of android gaming for last quarter was taken up by Pokémon Go

It's losing 3.9 million players a week, but it's not so bad