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Ed Sheeran’s favorite Pokémon is Squirtle
Two days ago, Ed Sheeran posted a cryptic Twitter message, hinting at a soon-to-be announced collaboration with Pokémon GO. I’ll be honest: I’m not the biggest Ed Sheeran fan, but the hashtag...
View ArticleNiantic’s new Pokémon GO feature incentivizes users to ‘AR scan’ nearby...
Niantic announced a Pokémon GO feature today that will incentivize users to conduct more AR scans of landmarks in their neighborhood. This user-generated data will help Niantic build its “real-world...
View ArticleA new main series Pokémon game is coming in late 2022
Step aside, whatever “Pokémon Café Remix” is — the ninth generation of Pokémon is coming. This morning, a Pokémon Presents broadcast announced “Pokémon Scarlet and Violet,” the latest installment in...
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Niantic’s new game Peridot gives you VERY CUTE virtual pets
Remember caring for your “Nintendogs” on your Nintendo DS? Or maybe you used to bring your Tamogatchi to third grade to make sure you could flush its pixelated poop? Pokémon Go creator Niantic is...
View ArticleSamsung is making a Pokémon phone because why not
Are you looking to buy a folding smartphone? Do you want it to be Pokémon-themed? And do you live in South Korea? If all those stars are aligned just right, do we have some good news for you: Samsung...
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Drip aims to provide thrill of live commerce to NFTs, physical collectibles
Javaughn Lawrence was wandering around Eniac Ventures’ entrepreneur-in-residence program in 2020 looking for a product, and found inspiration from some Pokémon cards. He joined a Facebook group for...
View ArticlePokémon GO trainers who use Amazon Prime can snag some bonus items
Let’s say we have a Venn diagram with two circles: Pokémon GO players and Amazon Prime members. If you fall in the middle, congrats! Here’s 30 pokéballs. Niantic’s flagship Pokémon GO app has partnered...
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Niantic transcends Discord to build Campfire, an AR social app, and unveils...
Since the launch of Pokémon Go in 2016, players have been coordinating meetups, in-game raids and battles on platforms like Reddit and Discord. This summer, parent company Niantic is unveiling...
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Pokémon Scarlet & Violet will release on November 18
The newest main series Pokémon game, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, will arrive on the Nintendo Switch on November 18, 2022. A trailer for the game dropped this morning, revealing new details about the...
View ArticleNiantic’s Campfire social AR app rolls out for Pokémon Go players
Devindra Hardawar Contributor Devindra Hardawar is a Senior Editor at Engadget. More posts by this contributor Meta’s latest VR headset prototypes will help it pass the ‘Visual Turing test’ Cadillac’s...
View ArticleWhatnot’s valuation doubles to $3.7B as livestream shopping gains popularity...
Livestream shopping in the United States has a ways to go to catch up with China’s booming $600 billion industry, but Whatnot’s new $260 million Series D round shows that shoppers stateside are...
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Pokémon Go’s new ‘daily adventure incense’ will make you take a 15-minute walk
The parent company to Pokémon Go, Niantic has been very clear over the years that it wants us to take a “stupid walk for our stupid mental health,” as the meme goes. This week, Pokémon Go is rolling...
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Wake up, new Pokémon just dropped
Today’s “Pokémon Presents” livestream wasn’t as chock-full of news as previous announcements about the upcoming Nintendo Switch games “Pokémon Scarlet & Violet.” Last time, we learned that the...
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Daily Crunch: Unknown hacker drains millions of dollars from thousands of...
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View ArticleNintendo announces new Zelda, Fire Emblem and Pikmin games
This morning’s Nintendo Direct was full of upcoming game announcements, but one in particular stood out to fans: the long-awaited sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is coming to the...
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Make your very own AI-generated Pokémon-like creature
After nine generations of Pokémon, it can sometimes feel like the game developers are just pulling random words from a hat and seeing what they come up with. I still can’t decide if Klefki, the...
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Pokémon Scarlet & Violet has a VTuber gym leader
I didn’t know we needed a VTuber Gym Leader in the Pokémon universe. Then, we met Iono. Last week, Pokémon released a 14-minute trailer about the upcoming Pokémon Scarlet & Violet games, which will...
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I played a sneak peek of ‘Pokémon Scarlet,’ the franchise’s first open world...
The ninth installment in the iconic franchise’s main series games, “Pokémon Scarlet & Violet” melds the best parts of “Pokémon Legends: Arceus” and “Pokémon Sword & Shield” to debut Pokémon’s...
View ArticleGet a load o’ this guy! (There’s a new ghost dog Pokémon called Greavard)
I cannot feasibly write a new post on TechCrunch dot com every time a new Pokémon is announced. I did skip over Bellibolt, the electric frog Pokémon that generates power from its big belly. But you...
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In Pokémon GO, you can now capture superbig or supersmall friends
For some reason, Niantic added a feature to Pokémon GO in which sometimes Pokémon can be HUGE and sometimes they’re tiny. This feels like a relatively useless feature that doesn’t really change...
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