Pokémon GO

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.

The Pokémon Europe International Championships are taking place this weekend at the enormous ExCeL Centre in London, England. Fans will be able to catch all the action via livestreams on the various official Pokémon Twitch and YouTube channels, as some of the world's most talent trainers compete in the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Video Games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE to qualify for a place at the 2024 Pokémon World Championships, which this year being held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

April 1st is an excellent opportunity to have some fun, and it seems like Niantic and Pokémon GO are getting into the spirit of it with the An Excellent Opportunity event, running April 1st between midnight and 11:59pm local time. Nice Throws or better will register as Excellent Throws throughout this event.

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.

The Pokémon Europe International Championships are coming once again to the enormous ExCeL London event center in England. Running from from April 5th to 7th, the event will feature competitions for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet video games, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE. As with the 2022 Pokemon World Championships and 2023 Pokémon Europe International Championships which were also held at this venue, a pop-up Pokémon Center store will be available at the event, selling a wide variety of Pokémon products, including a range of items themed around the International Championships.

The Pokêmon Company International (TPCi), their long-term charitable partner The Toy Foundation™, and the Empire State Building in New York City have teamed up to celebrate Pokémon Day 2024 by illuminating the iconic tower in yellow and blue, inspired by the colors of the Pokémon logo. TPCi says the lighting is also in anticipation of the U.S. premiere of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, which the company describes as the first new mainline Pokémon anime to premiere since the original Pokémon the Series over 25 years ago. The Empire State Building will be lit in Pokémon’s colors on February 27th from sunset until 2 a.m., along with hosting Pokémon GO activities for visitors. Catch the U.S. premiere of Pokémon Horizons: The Series on March 7th, exclusively on Netflix.

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.