Niantic News

In June last year, the Pokemon GO game developer had laid off eight per cent of its workforce, which was said to be around 85-90 jobs.

Finally the game is making its debut in the country after making headlines all across the world for around 5 months after its official launch.

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (“Jio”)  delights Indian  gamers  by bringing the sought -after, first-of-its-kind, augmented reality game ‘Pokémon GO’ to India in a partnership  with Niantic, Inc. –publisher and developer of Pokémon GO in association with The Pokémon Company.

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the US-based developer of Pokemon Go on a PIL seeking ban on the location based-augmented reality game in India for "posing danger to public safety".

People who cheat in Pokemon Go will now be banned from playing the augmented reality game, thanks to its developer which is cracking down on violators.

Born in Google`s shadow, Niantic strode into the spotlight with a mobile internet spin on hunting Pokemon but can the obsession with the game lead to long-term financial success?

Creators of Pokemon Go on Wednesday said the blockbuster mobile game has been released in Brazil just in time for the Rio Olympics which start on Friday.

The game from Google spinoff Niantic Inc has been launched it more than 30 countries, but not Brazil.

Built on Niantic’s Real World Gaming Platform, Pokémon GO uses real locations to encourage players to search far and wide in the real world to discover Pokémon.