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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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Valve Anti-Cheat bans more than 90 thousand Steam accounts

Valve's Steam Platform
In the largest exodus of cheaters since Steam came to be, Valve have banned upwards of 90,000 Steam accounts since Tuesday, 17 July 2018 and although this "trend" seems to have slowed down somewhat, it still shows a different kind of Valve.

Pokemon GO raked in $1.8 billion in two years on the market

Popular Pokemon standing in the city background
Two years have passed since Niantic's Pokemon GO took the world by storm and even though the game is no stranger to all sorts of milestones, the latest one takes the cake. Namely, Pokemon GO has raked in $1.8 billion since launch.

Pokemon Go's Corsola event nearing the end and fans are not happy

Pokemon Go's legendary bird Pokemon Articuno
After the major bugs that happened during the Pokemon Go's Safari zone event in Dortmund, Niantic will make region exclusive Pokemon Corsola available throughout Europe. This made the fans that attended Dortmund's event somewhat furious.

Pokemon Go's Community Day to feature Squirtle wearing sunglasess

A smart phone running Pokemon Go with a beach background
As the next Pokemon Go Community Day event creeps around the corner, Niantic decided to share more details. The event will feature Squirtle with sunglasses which is the first time costumed Pokemon is being featured beside Pikachu.

Pokemon Go to receive new research tasks and rewards in July

Pikachu in the wild, about to be captured
According to Niantic, the next batch of Pokemon Go's field research tasks and rewards is on the way. The new daily tasks which players can obtain at PokeStops are going to feature first generation Pokemon exclusive to the Kanto Region.

Niantic announced new Pokémon GO update which enables trading

Pokémon GO trading system
Two years after the debut, Niantic will release an update which allows players to trade pokemon. The new update will come during Pokémon Go’s big summer update. This latest update will also add friends lists which ties in with trading.

Niantic have announced Pokemon GO's June Community Day

Image promoting Pokemon GO Community for June 2018
It appears that Community Day events in Pokemon GO are quite successful worldwide, as Niantic are announcing the next event days after the May event concluded. The event will take place on Saturday, 16 June 2018 and will feature Larvitar.

Pokemon GO Summer Tour locations and dates announced

Promotional image for Pokemon GO Summer Tour 2018 events
Niantic have announced three major Pokemon GO events that will be happening during summer 2018. These events will happen in Dortmund - Germany, Chicago - USA and Yokosuka - Japan during May, June and July for Europe and North America.

Pokemon GO regional raid bosses have been introduced

Niantic's augmented reality game got some new additions this week. The Kanto Community event is over and a most welcome "update" marks the first appearance of certain non-legendary Pokemon in raid formats. The event lasts until 08 May 2018.

Fifth Pokemon GO Community Day will feature Charmander in May

Spoof of a smartphone outside that can apparently catch a Charmander.
Pokemon GO Community Day featuring Mareep has barely concluded and the May Community Day's details were already leaked. This one will feature Charmander and it is scheduled for 19 May 2018 which is the first time it will happen on Saturday.