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Niantic is best known for developing mobile games such as Pokémon Go and Ingress. This American developer company started as a startup within Google in 2010.

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Pokemon GO introduces Lucky Pokemon trading

Niantic have updated Pokemon GO, announcing new incentives for trading Pokemon in the form of a Lucky trait. This trait will upgrade the creature so it takes less Stardust to increase its CP and Pokedex can detect them for easier tracking.

JULY 24

Valve Anti-Cheat bans 90,000 Steam accounts

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.

JULY 20

Pokemon GO raked in $1.8 billion in two years

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.

JULY 7

Corsola is now available throughout Europe

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.

JULY 4

Pokemon Go will feature costumed Squirtle

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.

JULY 3

Pokemon Go is getting new research tasks

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.

JUNE 26

Pokémon GO finally gets 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.

JUNE 19

Pokemon GO June Community Day details

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.

MAY 23

Pokemon GO Summer Tour 2018 time and location

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.

MAY 7

Pokemon GO's raid system got regional bosses

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.

APRIL 23

Pokemon GO Community Day #4 date and details

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.

APRIL 18

Niantic to announce Pokemon GO Kanto event

Pokemon trainers will be back in the Kanto region for Niantic's next special event. A newsletter revealed the certainty of the event, following the previous Earth Cleanup event was sent out to certain players for them to share with friends.

APRIL 9

Niantic must pay $1.6 million due to lawsuit

Niantic, Inc has to pay a lot of money following a pending lawsuit which has since reached a settlement. Pokemon GO's fest did not go so well and Niantic must return money to 20,000 community festival attendees for their traveling expenses.

APRIL 3

Fourth Pokemon GO Community Day announced

Niantic have revealed details for the fourth Pokemon GO Community Day. The event will happen on Sunday, 15 April 2018. Community Day will start at 11 AM Pacific Time / 2 PM EST for North America but it is still unknown for other zones.

MARCH 29

Mew joining the fray in Pokemon GO

New Field Research and Special Research features are introducing new ways for trainers to earn in game rewards and catch Pokemon. Mew is one such Psychic class Pokemon and he will start appearing soon, all across the world.

MARCH 26

Next Pokemon Go Community Day coming soon

Niantic's events for Pokemon Go were highly praised by the players, especially the Dratini one. The upcoming Pokemon Go Community day has a little less hype since it's focusing on Bulbasaur but the incentives are still top notch.

MARCH 20

Pokemon GO's Pokemon Day now live, next Community Day to feature Bulbasaur

Pokemon GO's next Community Day has been announced. The next event's rare monster will be Bulbasaur, and the resource bonus will be triple XP points. Niantic has added a festive Pikachu and some new outfits for Pokemon Day.

FEBRUARY 27

Pokemon GO's Legendary Week brings three ancient Legendary Pokemon and a challenge

All three ancient Legendary Pokemon: Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza are back in Raid Battles around the world. This Legendary week has a challenge for the Trainers. The outcome will be determined by the number of monsters caught.

FEBRUARY 24

Pokemon GO EX Raid Battle invites have been sent out

Invites for another EX Raid Battle have been sent out. The next Battle is scheduled to happen on Monday, 26 February 2018. Niantic's recent changes to the invite criteria are in effect, which means more Trainers should receive an EX Raid pass.

FEBRUARY 21

Pokemon GO Community Day event challenge

Niantic's next Community Day event for Pokemon GO will feature Dratini. If you manage to capture and evolve the Pokemon into a Dragonite while the event is live, it will learn the powerful Draco Meteor move.

FEBRUARY 19

Pokemon GO's Lunar New Year event

Niantic have kicked off yet another event in Pokemon GO. This time it's the Lunar New Year and five "dog type" Pokemon bring extra Stardust when caught. The latest shiny is Poochyena.

FEBRUARY 16

Pokemon GO has some new threads

Niantic have added a few more outfits to Pokemon GO. In addition to the outfits inspired by the Fisherman, Battle Girl, and Jogger trainer classes, Pokemon GO's in-game store now has Team Rainbow and Team Rocket clothes.

FEBRUARY 15

Pokemon GO's next Community Day event

Niantic's next Community Day event will go down on 24 February 2018. The event will focus on Dratini. Valentine's Day bonuses will stop being distributed on 15 February 2018.

FEBRUARY 14

There's a shiny Swablu in Pokemon GO now

Pokemon GO has a new shiny monster. This time it's Swablu and it costs 400 candies to evolve it into Altaria. The new shiny Pokemon arrived as part of the latest Rayquaza update. The update also brought some Special, Great and Ultra boxes.

FEBRUARY 12

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