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Apple offered a first look at a new advanced augmented reality tool known as ARKit at the Worldwide Developers Conference today. As part of the demonstration, Pokemon GO was featured. The mobile game will use the new tech, which allows for “fast, stable motion tracking,” along with scale estimation and ambient lighting estimation for a more immersive augmented reality experience.

It’s unclear how specifically Pokemon GO will be taking advantage of ARKit. Apple also did not say when the technology is releasing, and it’s currently unsupported by the company’s current hardware. Still, Pokemon GO players can look forward to improved AR functionality in the future.

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Niantic recently went over the amount of money that sponsors would pay for unique visitors visiting their locations as well as a few other interesting tidbits.

– Pokemon GO has brought 500 million visitors to sponsored locations including McDonald’s Japan
– McDonald’s Japan activated 3,000 stores
– Partners pay less than $0.50 for each unique visitor
– During the peak of Pokemon GO the activated McDonald’s store would pull in 2,000 visitors daily
– At the maximum $0.50 per visitor, McDonald’s could have been paying three million dollars per day

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Some long awaited content finally appears to be heading to Pokemon GO this summer. In an interview with Brazilian newspaper O Globo, Niantic VP of Strategic Partnerships Mathieu de Fayet indicated that the game will be updated with Legendary Pokemon as well as player-versus-player battles.

Fayet’s statement is translated as follows:

“Because of the huge success, we had to delay some planned news. Now, we are working in announcing new updates for this summer (Northern Hemisphere), like giving more value to the choice of teams, launching Legendary Pokémon and battles between the players. One thing which we learned with ‘Ingress’ is that the game sustains itself if we are capable to create social interactions between the trainers, and we are working on that.”

Although not an official confirmation, things are definitely looking good hear. Niantic did also recently teased that this summer would be “legendary”. 

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Cheating in Pokemon GO is something Niantic has been trying to address since the game launched last year. Within the past few days, the studio appears to have put a new security measure in place to address the situation. Players who are classified as cheaters will find that rare Pokemon are now hidden.

Here’s a look at a warning message some users have been receiving:

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Pokemon GO was a big winner at the 21st Annual Webby Awards. Most significantly, it was selected as best mobile game.

Niantic’s global product marketing lead Archit Bhargava stopped by to accept the award, and delivered a short but sweet speech. He simply stated: “This summer will be legendary.”

Bhargava’s brief comment comes off as a tease for future Pokemon GO plans. Players are still waiting on Legendary Pokemon to appear in the game after all. With Pokemon GO coming up on its first year anniversary, offering these creatures would be a nice way to celebrate the event. Niantic CEO John Hanke also indicated a few months ago that Legendary Pokemon are a part of Niantic’s plan for the game in 2017, which could be happening during the summer. 

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Pokemon GO is gearing up for another big event. Beginning on Thursday, Pokemon GO Adventure Week will be held in the mobile game.

During the event, more items will be dished out from every PokeStop you visit. Poke Balls will also be discounted by 50 percent. If that wasn’t enough, your Buddy Pokemon will discover Candies four times as fast and Rock-type Pokemon will be more easily encountered.

Everything you need to know about Pokemon GO Adventure Week can be found below with the official announcement.

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Update (5/13): The new Pokemon GO update is now live.

Original (5/9): The next Pokemon GO update is in the process of being rolled out. On iOS, players will have access to version 1.33.1. The Android version will be updated to version 0.63.1.

Two main points make up the latest update. First, when you tap on a medal, it will now show your progress toward the next medal tier. Brazilian Portuguese language support is added as well.

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Pokemon GO held a special event last weekend. The mobile game saw an influx of Grass-type Pokemon between May 5 and May 8.

On its Twitter page, Niantic delivered some key information about the event. Team Mystic caught the most Grass-type Pokemon at 116 million. Team Valor was next at 102 million, followed by Team Instinct with 72 million.

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Pokemon GO is holding a new mini-event this weekend. Beginning during the afternoon of May 5 (tomorrow), players will find an influx of Grass-type Pokemon in the wild sometime this weekend. The event ends on May 8 PT.

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The Android version of Pokemon GO has added a new feature. Although it doesn’t have much functionality yet, it will be possible to redeem promo codes in the future.

Players will be able to redeem codes by going through the following steps:

1. In the Map View, touch the Main Menu button.
2. Touch Shop button.
3. At the bottom of the screen, enter the promo code in the text field.
4. Touch Redeem.

Once a code is redeemed, a notification will display the items added to your inventory.

To reiterate, this feature is only included in the Android version of Pokemon GO. That being said, it will likely be added on iOS in the future.

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