[Link] There will never be another Pokémon Go

Read: 9/11/2021 www.theverge.com

Creating a follow-up to Pokémon Go is an impossible task. The game was the kind of breakout success that had never been seen before — and might never happen again; it’s hard to overstate how the game was absolutely everywhere when it first launched in 2016.

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[Link] Pokémon no go? Players revolt as Niantic sends them back outside

Read: 4/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

The developer of Pokémon Go is facing a player revolt after rolling back safety measures implemented at the onset of the pandemic last year. Niantic, the Google subsidiary which released the smash hit mobile game in 2016, had reacted to the onset of the pandemic by tweaking how its games work.

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