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Augmented reality, location-based game. Pokémon Go (stylized as Pokémon GO) is a 2016 augmented reality (AR) mobile game, part of the Pokémon franchise, developed and published by Niantic in collaboration with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for iOS and Android devices. It uses mobile devices with GPS to locate, capture, train, and battle ...
Niantic, Inc. (/ n aɪ ˈ æ n t ɪ k / ny-AN-tik) is an American software development company based in San Francisco. Niantic is best known for developing the augmented reality mobile games Ingress and Pokémon Go. The company was formed as Niantic Labs in 2010 as an internal startup within Google.
Pokémon Go live events. Appearance. Since its release in 2016, multiple real-life events and gatherings based on the augmented reality (AR) mobile game Pokémon Go have been held by its developer Niantic Labs outside of unofficial player gatherings. Typically, the events involve increased in-game rewards for participating players and are often ...
Niantic has begun rolling out Campfire, a social app that will let users chat with their friends, join groups of like-minded mobile wanders, and arrange major events like Pokemon Go's raids.
Augmented-reality games pioneer Niantic Labs is laying off 230 employees, about 25% of its workforce, and shutting down its Los Angeles studio as it refocuses on flagship title Pokémon Go. CEO ...
Pokémon Go was developed and published by Niantic, and was released for mobile devices in July 2016. Pokémon Go is an augmented reality game, having players seek and try to capture virtual Pokémon marked at real-world locations. The game was available as a free-to-play download, using in-app purchases to buy Poké Balls for capturing ...
Tsunekazu Ishihara ( Japanese: 石原 恒和, Hepburn: Ishihara Tsunekazu, born November 27, 1957) is a Japanese video game designer, director, producer and businessman who is the president of The Pokémon Company. Prior to working with the Pokémon series, Ishihara was part of Ape Inc. and worked on titles such as EarthBound, and then years ...
Pokémon[a]is a Japanese media franchiseconsisting of video games, animated seriesand films, a trading card game, and other related media. The franchise takes place in a shared universein which humans co-exist with creatures known as Pokémon, a large variety of species endowed with special powers.