Pokemon Go News

A handful of Pokémon Go events scheduled to run across Europe this month have been postponed, Niantic announced this weekend. The developer said that it’s pushing Europe’s planned official Safari Zone events into the fall — likely in light of the problems that marred Pokémon Go Fest earlier this month. “In order to guarantee the best possible gameplay experience for European Trainers, we have decided to postpone the events in Europe scheduled for August 5 (Copenhagen and Prague) and August 12 (Stockholm and Amsterdam) until a date later in the Fall,” the developer wrote on its blog. Meanwhile, an event planned for Japan in mid-August is still on schedule, as are Safari Zone events in France, Spain and Germany this September. European trainers who wanted to catch rare Pokémon during the events will still have a chance to do so, however. Niantic will unleash some special monsters across certain cities “for a brief time” later this month. Although the developer was careful not

Some annoyed Pokemon GO Fest attendees have decided to sue Niantic due to technical issues faced during the day causing the event to not live up to "what was promised". As Polygon reports, a class-action lawsuit of between 20 and 30 people is being prepared by attendees who travelled great distances to attend the event. This includes some attendees who travelled from Japan to attend. Niantic is already offering full refunds on tickets, along with $100 worth of in-game PokeCoins, and a free Legendary Pokemon that was released at the event. The attendees are asking for further refunds for their travel expenses. Lawsuit, I choose you! Players also continued to enjoy the game after the event in smaller groups, and were still able to catch the Legendary Pokemon. Niantic CEO John Hanke said that over 7.7 million Pokemon were caught in the surrounding area once the event had officially closed. Niantic won't be hugely hurt if it needs to pay up, of course. Sensor T

The Pokemon GO Fest may have been a disaster, but if there was one bright spot to be found in the weekend's events, it was the unlocking of a couple of Legendary Pokemon for folks to catch. Over the next couple of weeks, there'll be two more. Niantic has announced that Moltres will be available between July 31-August 7, and Zapdos will be available between August 8-14. Articuno, meanwhile, will disappear on July 31. (Note: these dates are US time.) As a reminder, here's what you need to do in order to catch a Legendary: As Trainers around the world go out and explore their neighbourhoods in search of Pokemon and Raid Battles, they can keep an eye out for unique Legendary Eggs appearing at Gyms. If Trainers and their team are able to successfully defeat a Legendary Raid Boss, they will have the opportunity to catch a Legendary Pokemon of their own! While Legendary Pokemon will help them take on the toughest Raid Bosses and Gym Battles, they're not willing to le