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Niantic Labs is setting its sights on the wizarding world for its next AR project, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. If the prospect of Pokémon Go excited you, save for, say, the Pokémon part, now might be your chance to join in on the excitement. Following on the massive success of Pokémon GO, the world of Harry Potter seems like a natural next step for the social AR genre.

The game's still in the early stages of development, but here's what you can expect from the game so far.

You'll get your first chance to nab a legendary Pokémon in Pokémon GO this weekend. As players gather in Chicago's Grant Park on Saturday, they'll get the chance to spawn the first legendary Pokémon. Trainers will have to capture enough Pokémon during the festival's Challenge Windows to trigger the event, but people world-wide can chip in to help the folks in Chicago. That won't be the last time players get a chance to catch an elusive legendary, though.

Pokémon GOis celebrating its continued success with Adventure Week, set to begin at 1:00 P.M. PDT on May 18 and run until 1:00 P.M. PDT on May 25. Niantic Labs revealed that the collective& Pokémon GO playerbase has logged over 15.8 billion kilometers. That's a crazy number, so clearly it's time to celebrate.

Pokémon GO is joining in on the timely spate of spring-themed festivities cropping up across the mobile gaming landscape this week. The Pokémon GO Eggstravaganza starts this afternoon at 1 P.M. PDT and runs until 1 P.M. PTD on April 20.

Niantic Labs' CEO John Hanke took to the stage at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to talk about how plans have shifted from the game's inception to the present, giving us a few hints at what's to come in the process.

Generation 2 finally launched in Pokémon GO, unleashing a brand new batch of Pokémon into the wild. Even before the update went live people were speculating on how to catch elusive Pokémon like the legendary "dogs", Unknown, and whether or not there would be new regional exclusive Pokémon. The answer to that last question is a resounding yes, it turns out, thanks to the astute researchers over on The Silph Road subreddit.

At long last, Niantic Labs finally unleashed the Generation 2 Pokémon into the wild. Pokémon GO trainers are scrambling to grab up this new set of 80 Pokémon. There are some special new tricks required to catch all of these new beasties, though. Some of the original 151 Pokémon have new evolved forms that require special items. Meanwhile, there are two brand new Eeveelutions for you to acquire. Let's go over the finer details. Onward, young trainer!

Well, after some, frankly, disappointing updates to Pokémon GO, fans are finally getting what they've always wanted - 80 brand new Pokémon, likely from Generation II. We'll be able to catch the Johto region starters--Totodile, Chicorita, and Cyndaquil--along with Pokémon like Bellossom and the new Eeveelutions, Espeon and Umbreon.

Pokémon GO is kicking off its Valentine's Day festivities today, washing the app in waves of pink, hearts, and cutesy Pokémon. Niantic has a bunch of sweet treats for Pokémon GO addicts this time around. And yes, we're talking lots and lots of candy.

From today until February 15, you'll earn double candy every time you catch, hatch, or transfer a Pokémon. Keep your buddy close at hand, too -- they'll be scooping up candy twice as fast for the duration of the event.

Perhaps most importantly, though, this Valentine's Day event is the perfect chance to finally hatch some of the elusive baby Pokémon that were added to the game a few weeks ago. These new, second generation Pokémon are tough to catch, as they can only be hatched from eggs and those eggs are mixed with all of the older Pokémon you probably already have. Now, though, Cleffa, Igglybuff, and Smoochum will all hatch more frequently from eggs.

If that's not enough for you, lures will now last for six hours, too. Chansey, Clefairy, and other pink Pokémon can also be caught at a higher rate.

How do you think the Valentine's Day event holds up to past Pokémon GO celebrations? Share your thoughts in the comments!

While folks were out collecting oodles of Candies and snatching up ghostly pokémon, developer Niantic was having its best week in quite some time. According to data reports from Sensor Tower, Pokémon Go's revenue from in-app purchases (IAPs) increased by a massive %133, placing the app once again at the top of the App Store charts for highest grossing product.

In the first few days of the event, Pokémon GO earned approximately $23 million, where the game was making $10 million the week before. Interestingly enough, that means previously Pokémon GO was still making $2 million daily, which, even after all of the doom and gloom about players flocking from the game, is quite a number.

These numbers are expected to settle back down now that the Candy bonuses have ended and the event pokémon have gone back to their normal feeding grounds. The aftermath of the Halloween event still leads us to speculate on how Niantic will use this success to create further events in the future.

Niantic is still ironing out how to handle live events involving rare pokémon without excluding populations of players, but this holiday format could continue to boost the game's numbers if Niantic chooses to take advantage. We could easily see events for Christmas featuring festive pokémon and similar levelling bonuses players were treated to on Halloween. Afterall, the event was a huge success, and the company didn't even have to add new content -- the pokémon promoted were already in the game.

Eventually Niantic will need to add more features, but for now they can still bank on the core game if they're creative. This will give them more time to work on new content for the game while keeping up fan interest. It could be likely that we have many more exciting activities like those we saw this Halloween to look forward to.

The folks behind Pokémon GO have some exciting things planned for their Halloween celebration, the first in-game event since it launched back in July. Starting October 26 and ending on November 1, trainers will be running into large numbers of spooky Pokémon while Candy will be extra bountiful. Let's check out the details.

Pokémon GOjust got a new update today as part of Niantic's continuing efforts to support the game. Before you ask, no, they still haven't added a tracking feature, and no, people are not very happy about that. However, Niantic has thrown in a few new fixes that will make the lives ofpokémon trainers worldwide a touch easier. Let's take a look, shall we?

Back when it was announced that Nintendo was going to start working on mobile games, it was tough not to expect the worst. Granted we still haven't really seen anything substantial from the console juggernaut on iOS yet, but if the new trailer for Pokémon GO is any indication things might just turn out alright.

Field Trip, by Google’s Niantic Labs, is an exploration app that gives you details about the awesome places you can discover wherever you find yourself. The app can show you local history, delicious restraunts, the best places to shop, and places to just have fun. Field Trip curates information from over 200 publishers such as Thrillist, Zagat, Spotted by Locals, Arcadia History Press, and Cool Hunting.

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