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• First Pokemon GO Community Day takes place in January, Legendary Pokemon Kyogre has appeared

  Niantic is hosting a Community Day for Pokemon GO players, and on top of that, a Water-type Legendary Pokemon is now appearing in Raid Battles.

• Pokemon GO update that adds dynamic weather and more Gen 3 is live

  The Pokemon GO update detailed earlier this week is live.

• Pokemon GO update adds dynamic weather based on location and 50 Gen-3 Pokemon

  Pokemon from the Hoenn Region will start appearing this week in Pokemon GO.

• Pokemon Go: first Gen 3 Pokemon coming this weekend, more to release gradually starting in December

  Gen 3 Pokemon will start arriving in Pokemon Go this weekend for the Halloween event.

• Latest Pokemon Go datamine suggests upcoming Halloween Event will include Gen 3 Pokemon

  It’s possible Gen 3 Pokemon will appear in Pokemon Go sooner rather than later.

• Delayed Pokemon Go Safari Zone events in Europe given new dates

  Niantic Labs has provided new dates for the Pokemon Go Safari Zone events in Europe which were postponed back in July.

• Pokemon Go's current feature set is only 10% of what its developers plan to add to the game

  It looks like there’ll be a lot of updates to come for Pokemon’s mobile adventure.

• Pokemon Go players can start trying to catch Legendary Pokemon Raikou, Entei, and Suicune from today

  Pokemon Go players can now try to catch three Legendary Pokemon of the feline variety. Or canine. Depending upon which camp you’re in. Just call them beasts and be done with it, please.

• Pokemon GO players caught over half a billion Magikarp during the Water Festival

  The Pokemon GO Water Festival was a great success for those who caught a Magikarp.

• Pokemon GO Water Festival increases encounter rate for Magikarp, Squirtle, Totodile

  The latest Pokemon GO in-game event, the Water Festival, has kicked off.

• Unity support is coming to Facebook

  Unity developers may soon have access to a huge new audience.

• Pokemon Go's latest bug increases the odds of escape

  Pokemon Go is currently suffering from a bug that makes the Pokemon you’re trying to catch more likely to run away.

• Battery saver mode is returning to Pokemon Go on iOS

  If Pokemon Go is draining your battery at at a ridiculous rate, the return of Battery Saver mode should come as good news.

• Age of Booty headed to iOS, Android

  History repeats: Age of Booty is coming right back around, hitting iPhone, iPad and Android devices in the near future, with developers working on an “all new version” of the game. If you don’t remember the original, you’re forgiven – it was a download-only title released in the mess that was holiday 2008, and died […]

• Iwata: "I certainly do not think that Wii was able to cater to every gamer's needs"

  Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has said he feels Wii was miscategorized by the media as a casual gaming console compared to PS3 and Xbox 360, and while he disagrees with the label, he admitted the console did not “cater” to every gamer’s needs.

• Krome working on smaller games in the casual and DLC space

  Krome Studios CEO Robert Walsh has said the Australian firm is currently working on smaller games which fit more into the causal and DLC space, instead of focusing entirely on boxed products.

• ModNation Racers patch adds "casual" difficulty

  Sony’s announced it will add a casual difficulty to ModNation Racers via an upcoming patch.

• DICE wants to assure fans it's not "going casual"

  DICE producer Patrick Liu wants to reassure fans that the company is not going casual. The Battlefield and Mirror’s Edge developer plans to “continue to do what we are best at”. Speaking with Videogamer.com, Liu’s comment stems from the fact free-to-play cartoon shooter Battlefield Heroes is aimed at casual PC gamers. “We are definitely still making […]

• 145 million Americans played casual game in 2007

  According to this, 145 million Americans played a casual game in 2007, or roughly two thirds of all US citizens in the 12-65 age range. While casual game revenue is obviously a lot lower than that taken from discs – most casual games are free and played online – that piece estimates that $400 to […]