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Man Caught Playing Pokemon Go on 8 Phones While in His Car
Since its release over 3 years ago, it’s pretty clear that some people out there take their Pokemon Go gaming very seriously. For example, there was a case of a 69-year old man who had 11 phones attached to his bike all in the effort to ‘catch ’em all’. One…
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YouTube Deletes Videos After Disturbing Users Algorithm Abuse
YouTube Deleting Videos Due To Algorithm Quirk The YouTube algorithm has certainly been a subject of hot contention in the last few years. The system, which effectively determines what videos appear in your recommended or ‘play next’ list can, on many occasions, lead you down to very strange paths on…
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Pokemon Go Finally Brings AR+ Mode Update to Android
Pokemon to Scale Niantic first released the AR+ mode update for Pokemon Go back in December 2017. This allowed Pokemon Go players to actually see the Pokemon on their screens in their actual size as they would appear in the real world. By default, users will see icons of the…
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69-Year-Old Has 11 Phones – All To Play Pokemon Go!
Pokemon Go! Pokemon Go was a massive phenomenon when it landed 2-years ago. These days, while it’s still making oodles of money, the craze has died down somewhat. There is one many though who takes it all very seriously. In a report via Kotaku, a 69-year-old man from Taiwan has…
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The Walking Dead Augmented Reality Game Goes Live
Hunt Zombies Instead of Pokemon The official Walking Dead augmented reality game ‘The Walking Dead: Our World’ is finally out. Inspired by the highly popular Pokemon Go, the new free-to-play mobile game from developers Next Games takes AR gaming to another level. While it uses a similar Google Maps +…
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Pokemon Go Makes More Than $2m Each Day!
Pokemon Go Makes More Than $2m Each Day! On June the 6th, Pokemon Go celebrated its 2nd birthday. Despite the age of the mobile app, it has still remained exceptionally popular. This, even despite several controversies over the years including being blamed for car accidents and for children wandering off…
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Pokemon Go Finally Letting Players Trade and Send Gifts
Pokemon Go Enables Trading After two years, Pokemon Go is finally getting a trading system. The feature will be part of Niantic Labs‘ large summer update which also includes the new friends feature. Players can add new friends by sharing trainer codes. If the other player accepts, then they will…
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Jurassic World Alive Mobile AR Game Arriving Spring 2018
Pokemon Go but With Dinosaurs Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is arriving in theaters on June 22, 2018. However, fans will also soon be able to take part in a Jurassic adventure of their own. Introducing Jurassic World Alive, an interactive augmented reality (AR) game in the vein of Pokemon Go.…
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Pokemon Go Mobile Game Is Finally Set To Launch In China
Pokemon Go In summer 2016, Pokemon Go set the mobile world ablaze. People would spend hours walking around attempting to find those rare Pokemon. Quickly gaining itself millions of downloads, it was one of the breakout hits of the year. Then, almost as quickly as people turned to it, they…
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Researchers Blame Pokemon Go for Increased Driving Accidents
Researchers from Purdue University are blaming Pokemon Go for an increase in vehicular accidents in their Indiana county. Working on their paper titled “Death by Pokemon GO”, they document a disproportionate amount of related incidents near PokeStop locations. This includes vehicular crashes, vehicle damage, personal injuries and even fatalies. Just…
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Niantic Raises $200m in Funding Ahead of Harry Potter AR Game
Niantic Labs raise $200 million in funding ahead of their proposed Harry Potter AR game Niantic labs had a runaway hit on their hands when Pokemon Go landed. Despite the ‘player’ numbers dropping off, it was, for a time, the must-have game for all mobile phone owners. Making incredible profits…
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Pokemon Go Developer Working on Augmented Reality Harry Potter Game
Niantic, the Pokemon Go Developer Working on reported portable Harry Potter game Pokemon Go, for a while, took the mobile gaming world by storm. The ability to physically track, chase and capture Pokemon, in the real world, made it a massive fan favourite. Grossing over $1.2b, it proved to be…
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Pokemon GO Halloween Event 2017 Starts October 20
In case you are still playing Pokemon Go, then the upcoming Halloween event should be good news for you. Aside from the arrival of new ghost-type Pokemons such as Sableye, Banette and others, Ghastly, Cubone and Drowzee are back as well. Those originally discovered in the Hoenn region will be…
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Niantic for Pokemon GO Fest
The most recent Pokemon GO festival held in Chicago did not exactly go swimmingly. It was supposedly going to be a celebratory event for all players with the chance to participate in legendary raids. The event however was plagued with server and connection issues. It also left many of the…
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Pokemon Fest a No Go Due to Highly Ironic Reason
Pokemon Go seems to have an army of loyal supporters. You apparently do have to catch ’em all. This had led the popular apps creator Niantic to host their first Pokemon Go Fest. Well, unfortunately, things didn’t quite go to plan due to a rather ironic snag. Pokemon a No…
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