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• Pokemon Go is still the undisputed leader of AR games

  Augmented reality games like The Walking Dead: Our World and Jurassic World: Alive haven’t been able to dethrone Pokemon Go.

• Pokemon Go unveils easy-to-power "Lucky Pokemon"

  Pokemon Go is introducing Lucky Pokemon, a special background feature that costs fewer Stardust resources.

• Ingress, the previous game from Pokemon Go dev Niantic, is getting a Netflix anime series

  Niantic’s 2015 AR smartphone game, Ingress, is getting an official anime series.

• Pikachu gets "summer style" variant to celebrate Pokemon Go's birthday

  Pikachu with sunglasses, I choose you!

• Pokemon GO will soon feature a Squirtle with sunglasses

  Niantic has confirmed that you’ll be able to catch an adorable, sunglasses-wearing Squirtle this summer.

• Pokemon GO update will introduce Alolan forms to the game for Gen 1 pokemon

  Pokemon Go is getting Sun and Moon’s Alolan pokemon forms in an impending update.

• Pokemon Go: Legendary Pokemon Ho-Oh is back for Raid Battles until June

  The Legendary pokemon Ho-Oh is coming back to Pokemon Go Raid Battles starting today.

• New Pokemon GO Fest events announced in Chicago and Dortmund

  After last year’s less-than-stellar Pokemon GO Fest, Niantic is putting its best foot forward.

• Dataminer finds over 100 shinies within Pokemon GO

  It seems Niantic has lots of first and second generation Pokemon variants to set loose in Pokemon GO.

• There's now a new way to encounter Pokemon Go's Legendaries thanks to recent quest update

  With the arrival of Pokemon Go’s quest and tasks update, came a new, raid-free way of encountering Legendary Pokemon.

• Pokemon Go is coming to China

  Niantic will finally bring Pokemon Go to China thanks to a new partnership.

• Pokemon Go's Mewtwo Raid is live at Yokohama Stadium Event, the Legendary pokemon's stats have already been nerfed

  Mewtwo makes its Pokemon Go debut in Japan, game master file update reveals the Legendary pokemon has already been nerfed.

• Niantic explains what went wrong at the Chicago Pokemon Go Fest

  A combination of software problems and network traffic overload were mostly responsible for the disastrous Pokemon Go Fest.

• Pokémon Go's Chicago event was a complete cringe fest and we have the supercut to prove it

  The Pokémon Go Fest in Chicago’s Grant Park was a mess.

• Pokemon Go app is the very best, like no one ever was, with over 750 million downloads and $1 billion revenue

  Pokemon Go is an undeniable money maker, raking in over $1 billion in revenue across 752 million downloads.

• Pokemon Go: monsters caught by cheaters will now carry a mark of shame

  If you’re using tracking apps to catch Pokemon, don’t expect them to behave.

• Pokemon Go gym rework begins today, with an update closing all gyms temporarily

  Pokémon GO has some potentially enormous changes incoming.

• Pokemon Go Solstice in-game event and real-world anniversary celebrations detailed

  Niantic has announced a slew of real-world and in-game events for Pokemon Go.

• Pokemon Go is getting PvP, Legendaries this summer - report

  PvP and Legendary Pokemon are coming soon to Pokemon Go.