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Pokémon Go

April 2024

  • Competitors at the Pokémon European championships last weekend.

    Pushing Buttons newsletter
    Pushing Buttons: Meet the pint-sized Pokémon pros

    With its giant inflatable Pikachu, fairground games and friendly vibe, this just might be my favourite esports event around, and it’s touching to see kids living out their trainer dreams

December 2023

  • The men were engaged in a round Pokémon Go outside an adjacent Veterans of Foreign Wars post.

    Former Pennsylvania mayor imprisoned for shooting at Pokémon Go players

    Ida Reams served as mayor of Osceola Mills from 2013 to 2021 and was intoxicated when she confronted the two men

November 2023

  • Takato Utsunomiya is the Chief Operating Officer of The Pokémon Company

    ‘Our goal is to keep Pokémon alive for hundreds of years’: Pokémon’s chief’s plans for Pikachu and pals

    Not content with a billion fans, The Pokémon Company’s COO Takato Utsunomiya talks about his plan to catch the rest of humanity – and for the far-reaching franchise to outlive us all

October 2023

  • Visitors pose with a painting of Pikachu at the Van Gogh Museum

    Pokémon no go: Van Gogh Museum stops free cards amid tout chaos

    Booming resale market for cards featuring Pikachu in style of Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait With Grey Felt Hat

May 2023

  • Peridot screenshot

    The next Tamagotchi? Meet Peridot, the AR pet app from the makers of Pokémon Go

    While kids will love throwing themselves into caring for their new virtual pet, older players looking for a next-gen AR-led Pokémon Go may be disappointed

April 2023

  • a mobile phone displaying Pokémon Go.

    From Google Maps to Pokémon Go, John Hanke is programming the future

    The CEO of Niantic has helped create technologies that have changed the way we live. How does he see the future of play?

October 2022

  • Participants of the Pokemon Go Safari event at Da An Forest Park, in Taipei, Taiwan, pose with large cutouts of Pikachu inside the Da An Forest Park subway station. October 21st, 2022 An Rong Xu for The Guardian

    Pokémon still going: Taiwan’s love affair with the game the world forgot

    Global use of Pokémon Go has plummeted, but its popularity remains undimmed among Taiwan’s young and old

January 2022

  • A close-up view of a person playing Pokémon Go.

    Two Los Angeles officers fired for ignoring robbery to play Pokémon Go

    Investigation reveals that Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell heard the call but ignored it in favor of pursuing a nearby Snorlax

September 2021

  • Which would you choose?

    The 15 greatest games of the 2010s – ranked!

    The 2010s birthed games that changed the world, from Grand Theft Auto V to Pokémon Go. In a decade with so many exceptional games to pick from, which will win out?

August 2021

  • Pokémon Go players gather under night lights against a backdrop of skyscrapers at the game's Hong Kong launch in 2016.

    Pokémon no go? Players revolt as Niantic sends them back outside

    Consternation as players summoned back to gyms and PokeStops after pandemic-induced relaxation of rules

December 2020

  • Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture

    A video game garden: the delights of virtual botany

    Can rich video game worlds introduce us to nature? A forager, a programmer and a botany professor discuss the educational possibilities of simulated plantlife

June 2019

  • Gotta catch em all! Dominic Rushe with his Pokemon.

    My secret shame: I am (still) addicted to Pokémon Go

    Dominic Rushe has caught over 11,000 Pokémon, walked 1,841km in Poké-land, and doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon

May 2019

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    Shortcuts
    Pokémon Sleep: are games really the best way to get more rest?

    The augmented-reality giant is promising to turn shuteye into entertainment but experts aren’t convinced about the gamification of sleep
  • Logo for Pokémon Sleep, an app that aims to track your sleep cycle, developed by the Pokémon company.

    Pokémon Sleep: game unveiled that 'turns sleeping into entertainment'

    After turning walking into a game, franchise now aims to ‘reward good sleep habits as part of a healthy lifestyle’
  • Pokemon Detective Pikachu

    Detective Pikachu and the case of the highest grossing media franchise of all time

    It made adults walk into lamp posts and kids throw sickies: now Pokémon fever is back. What’s the appeal?

March 2019

  • Event: British Academy Games Awards 2014 Date: 12 March 2014 Venue: Tobacco Dock, Wapping, London Host: Dara O'Briain - Area: Ceremony<br>Dara O'Briain

    Bafta games awards 2019: God of War leads nominations

    Epic mythological fighting game picks up 10 nominations, chased by Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn and Florence with six nominations each. See the full list here

February 2019

  • Pokémon Go’s augmented reality photo mode

    Point and shoot: what's next for photography in video games?

    From Pokémon Snap to Fatal Frame, photography has long been popular in games – but some developers are taking the idea further

November 2018

  • Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu for Nintendo Switch.

    Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu & Eevee! review – a children’s classic, refreshed

    With the gameplay of Pokémon Go, this bright and beautiful update welcomes a new generation of trainers to a world of wholesome fun

August 2018

  • Pokemon Go Festival image5

    Harsh headlines, failed festivals and, finally, friends: Pokémon Go, two years on

    John Hanke, the boss of developer Niantic, is as passionate as ever about getting players outside. And his strategy is working, as seen in the success of this year’s Pokémon Go Fest in Chicago

May 2018

  • Image from Pokemon Let’s Go

    Pokémon Let's Go games announced for Nintendo Switch

    New games aim to mix mass appeal of Pokémon Go with nostalgia of classic titles
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