Pokémon Go creators say COVID is ‘existential to our game’
A pandemic makes pushing your players outside impossible
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Pokémon Go was ready to kick off a new major event in March. Battle League which asks players to walk in order to gain entry was similar in spirit to many of Niantic’s initiatives within its game, one that encourages players to leave home and socialize. But outside, COVID-19 was beginning to take hold. “I remember being like there’s no way that this could be, there’s no way that this is anything,” says Veronica Saron, Niantic’s product marketing manager. “I was so stupid. I had no idea. None of us had any idea.”
Pokémon Go Game Awards Event: Start Time and Everything You Need to Know
On 12/10/20 at 2:21 PM EST
The Game Awards event in Pokémon Go begins this Thursday and will allow trainers to duke it out with near-endless hordes of Team Go Rocket Grunts and boost their Shadow Pokémon to new levels.
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Pokémon Go Game Awards event begins Thursday, December 10, at 7 p.m. and runs until Friday, December 11, at 7 p.m. EST.
SHINY WOOPER
Wooper, the Water and Ground-type Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild and its Shiny form will make its