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A Great New City-Builder, A Terrific New Zombie Shooter, And More Of The Week's Recommendations And Opinions
22.3.2025
Gamers are a passionate bunch, and we’re no exception. These are the week’s most interesting perspectives on the wild, wonderful, and sometimes weird world of video game news.Read more
Pokémon Go Lead Claims Being Run By Saudi-Owned Scopely Won't Ruin The Game
19.3.2025
Michael Steranka, senior product director on mobile smash hit Pokémon Go, has told Polygon that the game being sold to Saudi-owned Scopely is “actually great.” News of the sale last week understandably led to a lot of concern among fans, especially since Scopely also owns the extraordinarily...
An Amazing Steam Sale, A Major Pokémon Go Development, And More Of The Week's Top News
15.3.2025
This week saw Pokémon Go become the property of the Saudi government as Scopely, the mobile game maker owned by Savvy Games Group which itself was founded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, acquired POGO developer Niantic for the tidy sum of $3.5 billion. In other news, Steam has launched...
Autoři mobilního hitu Pokémon Go mají nového majitele. Za 3,5 miliardy dolarů je odkoupilo Scopely
13.3.2025
Pokémon Go Sold To Saudi Government
12.3.2025
One of the defining games of the last decade, Pokémon Go, now belongs to the Saudi Arabia government. Mobile game maker Scopely, which is owned by the Saudi royal investment fund, announced its purchase of the hit game along with the rest of Niantic Labs game business for $3.5 billion. The sale...
Monopoly Go Maker Reportedly Wants To Buy Pokémon Go For $3.5 Billion
19.2.2025
Pokémon Go is one of the biggest games of the decade. Like Minecraft and Grand Theft Auto V, it was a sensation when it launched and remains a massive part of the fabric of online gaming years later. But Niantic, the tech startup that created it, might soon be spinning Pokémon Go off along with...
Pokémon TCG Pocket Braces For Explosion In Real Money Trades
27.1.2025
The creators of Pokémon TCG Pocket have issued a warning to all players not to tamper with game data or participate in real money trades, or risk getting their accounts banned. The crackdown comes right before card trading and a new Space-Time Smackdown set are added to the mobile hit. Read more
Pokémon Go's Dreadful Community Days Are Doubling In Price
3.1.2025
For so many years, so many have been lamenting the dire state of Pokémon Go’s monthly Community Days. What should be events that encourage players to fill local parks for a fun series of challenges have become repetitive, desultory events that can be completed almost without trying. And now they’re...
Infomon Blends Pokémon Go With NFTs and X Integration
22.12.2024
Imagine Pokémon Go but with NFT ownership, token rewards, and social media integration—welcome to Infomon, a revolutionary Web3 game that brings AR to the blockchain. Quick Recap from OpenSeason Openseason by Fractional Uprising Studios combines third-person shooter action with Web3 technology....
Let’s Not Pretend: Pokémon TCG Pocket Is Promoting Gambling To Children
6.11.2024
There is a way to play the PokémonTCG on your phone or tablet that is entirely free. Not “free-to-play,” but “free to leave it with your kid and not ever worry.” While it’s not the world’s best piece of software, PokémonTCG Live is an application that lets you play the full-size, 60-card deck...
Pokémon GO Officially Unveils Gigantamax Pokémon
14.10.2024
Pokémon GO added Dynamaxing to the mobile game only just over a month ago, with the accompanying addition of Max Points, all-new Pokéstop-like Power Spots, and the ability to Max Battle your monsters. And today, it’s followed up with the announcement of the arrival of Gigantamax Pokémon, with...
Pokémon Go Is Finally Doing Something Right This Halloween
10.10.2024
It’s weird how many Pokémon have just never made it to kerbillion-player mobile hit, Pokémon Go. Astonishingly, the game has yet to feature major monsters like Arceus, Naganadel and Silvally, and even the most banal minor names like Phione, Honedge and Blipbug. The gaps in Gen VII are inexplicable....
Pokemon Go's Sword Or Shield Quest Is A Colossal Waste Of Your Time
27.9.2024
Pokémon Go has made a lot of big changes in the last month, to the degree that if you’ve not logged in for a while, you’ll find yourself bemused by what look like new, pink Poké Stops, Dynamaxing Pokémon, and at long last, the starters from 2019's Pokémon Sword and Shield. Continuing this trend...
Pokémon Go Has Added Dynamaxing, And Then Forgotten To Explain It Properly
17.9.2024
Pokémon Go has continuously added new Legendaries and mechanics over time—Alolan Legendaries joined only earlier this year during Pokémon Go Fest 2024. But the latest major update is one of the biggest changes the game has seen in years. Alongside finally adding the starters from the Galar region...
Jeanne D'Arc Is Great, Flock Is Supremely Chill, And More Video Game Takes For The Week
20.7.2024
This week, a Pokémon GO event accidentally reminded us of how much better the game used to be. Also, PSP tactical RPG classic Jeanne d’Arc hit PlayStation Plus and we just had to sing its praises. We also vented about how frustrating trying to become a PC gamer can be, and oohed and ahhed at...
Pokémon GO's Big Weekend Accidentally Reminded Us The Game Used To Be Fun
15.7.2024
This weekend may have been deranged on previously unexplored levels, but it was also Go Fest in Pokémon GO, the annual event when the mobile game reminds its millions of players why they used to love playing. This year, as the app reaches new nadirs of money-grubbing banality, the event’s terrific...
Pokémon GO Is Refusing To Let Long-Time Players Come To Its Birthday Party
28.6.2024
Mobile game mega-hit Pokémon GOnever misses a chance to make an inexplicably dreadful decision. Its latest comes with the celebration of the game’s eighth birthday, where it has made the bizarre decision to refuse to allow access to long-time players who completed one specific quest back...
It's Not Just You: Pokémon GO Update Has Broken Curveball Throws
6.5.2024
If you’re a regular Pokémon GO player, there’s a good chance in recent days that you’ve wondered if something’s wrong with your phone or your fingers. As you spin the Poké ball ready for a curveball, it suddenly pops back to the bottom of the screen right as you attempt to throw. I’m relieved...
Fake Beaches Are Popping Up Online And You Can Blame Pokémon Go Players
3.5.2024
A large and popular open-source mapping database used by many companies, apps, and websites is currently dealing with a strange problem: Random, fake beaches are appearing in places like backyards, church parking lots, and golf courses. And the community knows who to blame: Pokémon Go players...
Udělali nám z postaviček ošklivce, stěžují si hráči mobilních Pokémonů
23.4.2024
Nová aktualizace populární mobilní hry Pokémon GO je podle hráčů naprostá katastrofa. Ve hře se totiž změnila vizuální podoba hráčských avatarů, které jsou nyní ošklivější