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Niantic has released full details on the latest iteration of Pokémon GO's Rivals Week event, which will be taking place taking place early next month from May 4th. As with past Rivals Weeks, this event will feature Pokémon that are considered as rival counterparts to another Pokémon in Pokédex entries. Also commencing May 4th is the game's next GO Battle Weekend Event.

Niantic has announced that a Special Research story, Glitz and Glam, will be available to all Pokémon GO Trainers for free starting May 1st, at 10:00am local time. Trainers who complete this Special Research will earn an encounter with the Mythical Pokémon Diancie.

Niantic has released full details on the Pokémon GO in-person event being held in Melbourne, Australia starting later this week in conjunction with the DreamHack Melbourne festival, which runs from April 26th to April 28th. Trainers will be able to take part in the in-person gameplay experience during the event around the Rod Laver & Margaret Court Arena at Melbourne & Olympic Parks.

Pokémon GO is currently undergoing a major overhaul of several core aspects of the game, with significant changes being made to tailor the in-game map, encounter screens, battle screens, and more to the player's current location, as well as updates to avatar options, the Style Shop, and GO Snapshot. This update is being released in four different parts, with the first three, Rediscover Yourself, Rediscover Your World, and Rediscover Kanto all live in-game now. The final part, Rediscover Your Reality, is scheduled to go live in game on May 7th.

Earlier this week, Niantic announced details regarding the next Pokémon GO Hatch Day, which features the Star Shape Pokémon, Cleffa. The main event will be held on Sunday April 28th, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time, with extended bonuses starting two days before on Friday April 26th at 10:00am local time.

Earlier this week, Niantic released full details for the upcoming Sustainability Week event, which will be taking place in Pokémon GO starting April 22nd at 10:00am, and running through to April 26th at 8:00pm local time.

Team GO Rocket are back to their old tricks this Easter, with the latest Team GO Rocket Takeover event, World of Wonders: Taken Over, launching in Pokémon GO this week, starting Wednesday March 27th at 12:00am local time, and concluding Sunday March 31st at 11:59pm local time.

Niantic has announced that the annual Pokémon GO Fest will be returning once more this year with 3 separate on-site events, as well as a global event. The three on-site events will be held in Sendai, Japan from May 30th to June 2nd; Madrid, Spain from June 14th to 16th; and New York City in the United States from July 5th to 7th. The global event meanwhile will be held on July 13th and 14th. This year's edition of the Pokémon GO Fest will see the debut of the Mythical Pokémon Marshadow.

Earlier this week, Niantic released full details for the upcoming Weather Week event, which will be taking place in Pokémon GO starting March 14th, at 10:00am and running through to March 18th, at 8:00pm local time. Shiny Castform will have an increased chance of appearing in the wild during this event.

Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon, who made their Pokémon GO debuts last year as part of the Pokémon GO Tour: Hoenn, are returning to Pokémon GO this month in two separate Raid Day events. Primal Kyogre will be featured in a Raid Day on Sunday March 17th, while Primal Groudon will be featured the following weekend on Saturday March 23rd.

During the Pokémon Presents video presentation for Pokémon Day, it was announced that an event focusing on Pokémon from the animation Pokémon Horizons: The Series will be coming to Pokémon GO. This Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration Event will run from March 5th at 10:00am to March 11th at 8:00pm local time. Charcadet, Armarouge, Ceruledge, and Pikachu wearing Cap's hat will all make their Pokémon GO debuts during this event.

Blossoms are blooming next week in Pokémon GO with a pair of events themed around Valentine's Day, and the Brazilian Carnaval. The Carnival of Love 2024 event will run from February 13th at 10:00am through to February 15th at 8:00pm local time, and feature the Pokémon GO debut of Shiny Oricorio. Meanwhile, the Love-Hate Pokémon Enamorus will be making its debut in Elite Raids in its Incarnate Forme on February 14th.

Niantic released details for the upcoming Raid Day event featuring the Pokémon GO debut of Hisuian Decidueye, on February 11th from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time. Hisuian Decidueye will be appearing in three-star raids during this time, together with its Shiny variant.

Pokémon GO is celebrating the start of the Year of the Dragon next week with a special celebration event, Lunar New Year: Dragons Unleashed, to run from Monday February 5th at 10:00am local time, through to February 11th at 8:00pm. Drampa, the Placid Pokémon, will be making its Pokémon GO debut as part of this event.

Earlier this week, Niantic announced the Road to Sinnoh, a preparatory event before the Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh – Global event in late-February. Starting the day after the Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh – Los Angeles live events, Road to Sinnoh will run from February 19th, at 10:00am to February 23rd, at 10:00pm local time, and features opportunities for encounters with a variety of Pokémon originally discovered in this region. Two paid tickets will be available for this event, with bonuses that will continue through to Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh - Global.

Niantic has released details on the upcoming Taken Treasures event in Pokémon GO, which will take place from January 27th at 12:00am to February 1st at 11:59pm local time. This latest Team GO Rocket Takeover Event will include the Pokémon GO debut of Varoom and its evolution, Revavroom.

Niantic has announced a special ticketed collaboration event for the launch of Pokémon Air Adventures for Indonesia, exclusively for Indonesian Pokémon GO players. The Pikachu's Indonesia Journey in Bali event will run on March 2nd and 3rd, from 10:00am to 6:00pm local time. Tickets are available to purchase now for 150,000 IDR. Trainers may only purchase a ticket for one day of the two-day event.

The Rage Monkey Pokémon Annihilape will be making make its Pokémon GO debut next week as part of the Raging Battles event, which will run alongside the GO Battle Week that was previously announced all the way back in November 2023. Both events will run from January 19th at 10:00am local time, through to January 24th at 11:59pm local time.

Niantic this week has released more details regarding the upcoming Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh Live Event in Los Angeles on February 17th and 18th, and the Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh – Global event which will follow held on February 24th and 25th. These events will see the Pokémon GO debuts of both Origin Forme Dialga and Origin Forme Palkia, who can each be found in special space-time anomalies that will appear during these events.

Niantic have announced details for the upcoming Dazzling Dream event in Pokémon GO, which was first revealed in a post on the official Pokémon GO account on X late last month. The event, which will run from January 13th at 10:00am to January 16th at 8:00pm local time will feature the Pokémon GO debut of Shiny Cutiefly, together with encounters with a whole host of different Fairy-type Pokémon.