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Pokemon Go is a free-to-play mobile game that sees players locate, catch, train and battle virtual Pokemon who can be found in real-life locations thanks to the game's use of augmented reality.
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Niantic bring back three legendaries to Pokemon Go Raid Week

Promotional image for Pokemon Go legendary monsters
Pokemon Go is filled to the brim with events recently which is probably the only reason why Niantic didn't chuck another event at players yet. They did the next best thing though - three Legendary Pokemon are returning in the Raid Week.

Pokemon Go June Community Day start date and time revealed

Picture of a Slakoth in Pokemon GO
Niantic have announced that Pokemon Go's next Community Day event will take place on Saturday, 8 June 2019. The featured Pokemon will be Slakoth, players will get the usual bonuses and kick off based on your local time, as per usual.

Pokemon Go gets new Gen 4 Pokemon and additional evolutions

Promotional image of Gen 4 Pokemon in Pokemon Go
Niantic have revealed a bunch of Gen 4 Pokemon that are coming to Pokemon Go. This comes on the tail of a leak that revealed new Mossy, Glacial and Magnetic lures were coming and likely previously unavailable evolutions with them.

Niantic are hosting a Pokemon Go raid week event soon

Promotional image for the Pokemon Go raid week
Pokemon Go players will have a busy week ahead of them when the Extraordinary Raid Week event kicks off. On the flip side, Raid Passes are about to get absolutely annihilated. The event will start on 21 and conclude on 28 May 2019.

Pokemon Go data mining reveals possible Eevee evolutions coming

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Pokemon Go may be getting Leafeon and Glaceon in the near future as Chrales, a data miner, posted their findings in the latest batch of file scouring. The conclusion came after files referencing mossy and glacial lure modules popped up.

Pokemon GO leaks three new lures - Glacial, Magnetic and Mossy

Eevee, a brown and beige Pokemon with long ears
Pokemon GO leakster Chrales has posted his latest data mining findings and it looks like Niantic's game is getting three new Lure Modules - Glacial, Magnetic and Mossy, which basically means Glaceon, Leafeon, Magnezone and Probopass.

Pokemon Go Detective Pikachu event start date and bonuses

detective pikachu artwork showing a man on a building with pikachu on his shoulder
Niantic officially announced that Detective Pikachu event is now live in Pokemon Go and it will run until Friday, 17 May 2019. The event will add Pokemon from the film to raids and also increase the spawn rate of these Pokemon in the wild.

Pokemon GO celebrating Pikachu movie with special event

Two Pokemon GO trainers wearing Pikachu hats
Detective Pikachu will be hitting the theatres soon and Niantic have a perfect event to celebrate. As of today, Pokemon GO trainers will be able to capture all the Pokemon appearing in the movie, as well as its main star, of course.

Pokemon GO players and NGOs clean up 145 tons of trash worldwide

Pokemon Go promo art showing shiny buneary walking in forest
Niantic have posted official findings from the recent series of Pokemon GO events aimed at cleaning up planet Earth. It turns out that Pokemon GO players helped remove around 145 tons of trash in various countries all over the world.

Shiny Diglett debuting in Pokemon GO as part of Earth Day cleanup

Pokemon GO trainer walking down a path
As part of their annual Earth Day cleanup event, Niantic promised Pokemon GO trainers rewards if they reached certain milestones and they have, so it's time to collect. As you can see, Shiny Diglett is debuting but Sandshrew is there too.