News Xsolla and Savvy partner to strengthen games industry in Middle East 3,600 games jobs should be created in the region by 2030 thanks to the partnership, the firms claim Aug. 27, 2024 Marie Dealessandri
News Niantic pushing for arbitration ahead of sexual bias lawsuit hearing UPDATE: Superior Court judge blocks Nianitc's motion, enabling the class action to proceed Nov. 22, 2023 James Batchelor
News Monster Hunter Now hits 10m downloads The Niantic RPG originally reached 5 million downloads within a week of its release Oct. 19, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Monster Hunter Now amasses $14m in player spending The Niantic location-based game based hits the revenue figure weeks after launching Oct. 2, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Pokémon Go downloaded over 678m times globally A quarter of those downloads come from the US Aug. 14, 2023 Sophie McEvoy
News Lawsuit accuses Pokémon Go maker of allegedly being a "boys club" Complaint also says that the employee was paid less because she discussed workplace sexism July 11, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Pokémon Go maker to close LA studio The decision sees Niantic reduce its workforce by 230 staffers while shifting from in-house development June 29, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Pokémon Go hit $34.7m in April, its lowest monthly sum in five years UPDATE: Niantic calls AppMagic's monthly estimate data inaccurate and says in-person raids have increased May 4, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Niantic and Capcom launching Monster Hunter Now in September "I strongly believe we have a hit on our hands," Niantic's Kei Kawai tells GamesIndustry.biz April 18, 2023 James Batchelor
News Niantic acquires former Magic Leap developers NZXR New Zealand studio will help design multiplayer AR experiences for Pokémon Go firm April 6, 2022 James Batchelor
News Niantic acquires 8th Wall Web-based augmented reality platform will remain as a separate entity and joins Niantic's AR engineer organization March 10, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau
Feature "The next frontier for AR": Why Niantic is sharing its tech with Lightship The Pokémon Go developer on how to finally move augmented reality beyond a novelty in mobile gaming Dec. 6, 2021 James Batchelor
News Niantic acquires Lowkey "We share a common vision for building community around shared experiences," the studio said Dec. 1, 2021 Marie Dealessandri
News Niantic raises $300m at a $9bn valuation for "real-world metaverse" Pokémon Go developer aims at creating "ever-evolving AR map of the world" Nov. 23, 2021 Marie Dealessandri
News Niantic begins licensing its AR tech Pokémon Go company launches Lightship AR dev kit as Niantic Ventures established to invest $20m in AR metaverse companies Nov. 8, 2021 Brendan Sinclair
News Niantic to shut down Harry Potter: Wizards Unite in 2022 Pokémon Go studio will remove AR title from various app stores in December Nov. 2, 2021 Danielle Partis
News Niantic acquires Hoss Pokémon Go creator picks up API solution developer to help with expansion and launch of AR creator toolkit Oct. 5, 2021 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Niantic will shut down soft-launched Catan: World Explorers this November Pokémon Go studio will remove app from stores and stop real-money purchases as project Sept. 20, 2021 James Batchelor
News Niantic acquires 3D mobile scanning app Scaniverse Acquisition will further enable Niantic developers and users to create a 3D map of the world using smartphones Aug. 11, 2021 James Batchelor
News Niantic responds to Pokémon Go fan pushback over rollback of COVID updates Company acknowledges the benefits of the update and says it is “addressing specific concerns” regarding interaction range Aug. 9, 2021 Danielle Partis
News Pokémon Go's lifetime revenue hits $5 billion Niantic's title has generated $641.6 million in the first half of 2021 alone July 6, 2021 Marie Dealessandri
News Niantic rolls back some of Pokémon Go's COVID-19 changes The developer will be introducing new exploration bonuses in the coming months, rewarding players for playing outside June 22, 2021 Marie Dealessandri
News Niantic launches Black Developers Initiative, offers funding and mentorship Pokémon Go developer continues efforts to support underrepresented Black developers in creating new AR games Feb. 11, 2021 James Batchelor
News Niantic acquires community gaming platform Mayhem San Francisco gaming start-up to bring more social gaming experience to Pokemon Go maker Jan. 5, 2021 Rebekah Valentine
News Niantic donated a total of $7m in 2020 to Black Lives Matter charities At least $5 million more is pledged to funding new games and AR projects from Black developers Dec. 10, 2020 Rebekah Valentine