Category: Pokemon Go News

Reddit user NetWoodle has posted an offer on the /r/ICanDrawThat Reddit page for anyone who may like to see their favorite Pokemon doodled. NetWoodle will draw “real” or imaginary Pokemon. Currently there are 577 posts so it may be awhile before you se…

Pokemon Go has literally taken the world by storm, generating over $200M in its first month of service. As with any widely accepted new technology, the game has tweaked the consciousness of gamers and non-gamers alike, often in very different ways. We’…

A young baseball star playing Pokemon Go in a very public place at a reasonable hour of night was shot and killed in what appears to be a random act of violence at a Pokestop on San Francisco’s Aquatic Park near the city’s largest tourist location. 20-…

The Iranian government has made a ruling that Pokemon Go will be banned in its country. Iran’s High Council Of Virtual Spaces cited security concerns about how much data Niantic can access about players through the game’s servers. Other sources, includ…

A group of Pokemon cosplayers took to the streets with oversized (and soft!) Pokeballs to try to catch some of the Pokemon Go players trying to catch them. Everyone looks like they’re having a great time, even the guy at the beginning, a ‘staged’ intro…

A New Jersey homeowner has filed a lawsuit against Niantic and Nintendo for placing a Pokestop on his property without his consent. The man alleges that several players have approached his door to ask for access to his backyard. The suit seeks to becom…

A Brooklyn Pokemon Go player has managed to do exactly what every PG players wants: He has literally caught all 142 Pokemon in North America. The 28-year-old says that, despite working 50 hours a week, he managed to walk 95 miles, lost 10 pounds and ca…

Pokemon Go players are finding lucrative ways to cash in on the game’s fever pitch of excitement around the world by ‘flipping’ accounts on Ebay. A cursory glance at Ebay reveals accounts being sold for around $40 (with 30 bids!) for account level 14 a…

When Pokemon Go launches in Japan tomorrow, it will be the first country to feature sponsored PokeGyms, notably three thousand McDonald’s locations throughout the nation. It is likely that this is a test ground for the rest of the world and a larger sp…

Pokemon Go players in Doncaster have been publicly thanked by local police after they reported suspicious activity during their hunt for critters. As a result of the report, police nabbed thieves in the commission of the crime.