Pokémon’s 2023 World Championships will take place in Japan for the first time
This will be only the second time the event has taken place outside North America
Location-based game News
Pokémon Center London’s 2022 exclusive plushies have been revealed
The previous exclusive plush often sold out before 2PM
Pokémon Go has backtracked on its decision to roll back Pokéstop distance requirements
"80 meters will be the base interaction radius" following player backlash
Pokémon Go team responds to boycott over in-game distance requirements
Niantic has started rolling back to pre-pandemic rules but some fans are unhappy
Pokémon Go ‘has earned $5 billion in revenue’ since launch
An analytics firm estimates the AR mobile game has made $1 billion per year on average from player spending
Pokémon Go HoloLens demo shown at Microsoft Ignite conference
Proof of concept experience uses a new mixed-reality platform called Microsoft Mesh
The Pokémon Company issues ban threat to Sword & Shield players using ‘modified data’
Company says it may issue permanent bans
Pokémon Home ‘downloaded 1.3m times’ in its first week on mobile
App estimated to have generated $1.8 million in user spending so far
Call of Duty Mobile’s launch quarter ‘the best since Pokémon Go’s’
Activision’s shooter reportedly downloaded 180 million times from Sep-Dec 2019
Pokémon Nintendo Direct broadcast announced
Live stream presentation scheduled for Thursday